NFL Week 13 Betting Picks: Against The Spread

Dec 01, 2021

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Week 13 comes on the heels of Thanksgiving week, bringing us back to a normal schedule. Four teams—Panthers, Browns, Packers, Titans—will be out of action this week.

Exactly like the week before, we are coming off a difficult-to-swallow 1-2 result. Our first game of the week was Bears -3. They were covering before inexplicably giving up a touchdown drive and the lead to the Lions. The Bears got the ball with eight-and-a-half minutes to go in the game and put on a ridiculously sustained drive. The drive had a goal to go at the Lions' four-yard line with 1:09 left on the clock. The Lions did not conserve the timeouts necessary, and after three kneel-downs, the Bears kicked a game-winning field goal to win by two while laying three. The Bills came through with an easy win and cover on Thursday night. That left just the Chargers -2.5 at Denver. The Chargers dug themselves an early hole, giving up two rushing touchdowns. After climbing their way back into the game, Justin Herbert threw a pick-six that essentially iced the game. The discouraging thing is the Chargers did not stick with what has worked for them. Keenan Allen again had more targets than Austin Ekeler and Mike Williams, and it is no surprise that brought another loss.

Moving on to this week’s betting picks. We will have three plays, all of which are favorites falling under the 1:00 PM EST start times on Sunday. Let’s dive in.