102 Bears (+3) over Cowboys
The Cowboys are just coming off an embarrassing home loss on Thanksgiving against the Bills and they’re dealing with internal issues with rumors off their coach being possibly fired and their QB not earning the contract he was seeking in the offseason. The Bears are coming off a great win and QB Mitch Tribusky had his best game of the season. He was 29/38 for 338 yards 3 TDs and 1 INT. He’ll also finished the game with a 75.2 QBR and a 118.1 QB rating. That should be enough confidence for him to carry into this matchup and give the Bears a shot to win.
132 Bills (+5.5) over Ravens
The Bills have been one of the most underrated teams this year and they’ve also been one of the better bets this year going 8-3-1 ATS. They’re built pretty similar to the Ravens as they’re led by 2nd year starter Josh Allen who also is a threat with his legs as well as his arm. The Bills also pose a great defense and great coaching this should be another physical game like the Ravens had last week and coming down to the last few minutes. The Home team is 6-1 ATS in the last 7 meetings.
137 49ers (+3) over Saints
Last few weeks the Saints have been in some games they easily could’ve and probably should’ve lost. Saints also have an average pass defense over the season ranking 16th but over those last 3 games they’ve given up an average of 262.3 passing yards which would rank bottom 5 in the league and now they’ll have to deal with one of the most accurate QBs this year in Jimmy Garoppolo and one of the best playcaller/play designers in the game. Other than the bad weather against the Ravens, Jimmy G has been one of the better QBs over the last 5 games and over that same span the 49ers have figured out whose their most reliable WRs (Bourne, Samuel and Sanders). 49ers will also be playing in a dome, so weather won’t be a factor like last week and teams have went to New Orleans and have had success (Texans, Falcons, Bucs and Panthers). Road team is 4-0 ATS last 4 meetings. 49ers are 5-1 ATS in the last 6 matchups. Saints are 1-4 ATS in the last 5 December games.
139 Bengals (+9) over Browns
The Bengals got their 1st win last week and they have some relief that going 0-16 is no longer an option. You might think it’ll be a perfect time for a let up and continue tanking for a better draft pick but because they only have 1 win and the next bottom team has 3 wins, they can afford to play hard enough to get another win and seeing how they enjoyed the feeling from winning I’m expecting a good performance from them. The Browns hurt their chances of any playoff shot by losing last week and they’re heading in the wrong direction. Baker Mayfield also is dealing with an injury to his throwing hand and it could be an issue for him in this matchup with the Bengals showing they could get to the QB last week against the Jets. Bengals are 5-0 ATS in the last 5 meetings in Cleveland. Bengals are also 8-1 ATS in the last 9 meetings.
147 Colts (+3) over Bucs
Colts are coming off a tough loss to the Titans but they actually outplayed the Titans by out-gaining them by 99 yards. The difference was the Colts losing the turnover battle by 1. This week they’ll be up against an easier defense in the Buccaneers. Colts are dealing with some injuries to some key skilled position players but they’ll have enough weapons and a good enough game plan to put points up on the Bucs.