We’re making a list and checking it twice. We’re going to find out… just who the hell is playing in NFL Week 16.

The pandemic is crashing Christmas weekend with Grinch-like ferocity, stealing away your best-laid plans for the holidays and, as well, handicapping the NFL Week 16 odds. 

Any NFL Underdogs point spread picks we get down early run the risk of being flipped on their ear, with outbreaks popping up like festive cheese-and-meat kiosks at the mall. And with the league tweaking its rules around vaccinated players, availability is just a big mystery box to be opened in a final hours before kickoff.

Roger Goodell is giving off major Clark W. Griswold vibes in the home stretch of the schedule. But instead of staring through cra…

Thanksgiving begins in earnest on Thursday with the Buffalo Bills taking on the Detroit Lions at Ford Field.

Buffalo is coming off a bounce-back win over the Browns (in Detroit, no less), while the Lions have won three straight following a dismal 1-6 start to the season.

Find out if the Lions can keep rolling in our free NFL player props for Bills vs. Lions. Also, be sure to check out Rohit Ponnaiya’s full Bills vs. Lions betting preview.

• Allen Over 270.5 passing yards
• St. Brown Over 73.5 receiving yards
• Knox anytime touchdown

Click on each pick to jump to the full analysis.

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SNF odds serve up a big game this week as the Baltimore Ravens travel to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Ravens came into the Week 15 odds slate leading the race to be the No. 1 seed in the AFC but will need to finish strong to lock it up.

All eyes will be on Lamar Jackson’s odds here and I’m going to dig deep into the former Louisville man to find the best prop to bet on him. Join me as I provide my best free NFL picks surrounding Jackson.

Be sure to also check out our Ravens vs. Jaguars betting preview and SNF player props!

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The Philadelphia Eagles host the Minnesota Vikings at Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday afternoon to get ready for the regular season in just two weeks.

Given that it’s the final preseason game and neither team is expected to play many notable players our Eagles vs. Vikings predictions have still found an edge on the total. 

Read on for my NFL picks for Saturday, August 24th.

Vikings vs Eagles prediction

My best betOver 33.5 (-105 at BetMGM)

My analysis

The Minnesota Vikings have had no trouble moving the ball and finding the end zone so far in the preseason. They’ve put up 24 and 27 points against the Raiders and Browns, and we have a total set just above that here in the preseason finale.

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Perhaps it was fitting that milestones were brought up in trademark fashion. Cristiano Ronaldo completed a triple century of Manchester United appearances as the comic-book hero, comeback king and matchwinner against Atalanta. A day earlier, Roberto Firmino joined Liverpool’s 300 club with a relentless display of scurrying.

Diego Simeone’s famously industrious Atlético Madrid met a man who shares their ethos. Liverpool secured one of their finest victories under Jürgen Klopp. “I am pretty sure he was the player who ran the most against Atlético, 100% the attacking player who ran the most,” said a grinning Klopp. “It says a lot.”

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The two nominal cent…

By a quirk of fate Dean Smith is in familiar territory. Three years ago, at an empty London Stadium because of the pandemic, he preserved Aston Villa’s Premier League status on the final day of the season courtesy of a draw against David Moyes’s West Ham. Moyes and West Ham again stand in the way of Smith securing safety and, eerily, Everton also host Bournemouth, as they did at the climax of that strange season.

This time, however, the scenario is much simpler – and there will be supporters to provide mood music. “Can you create scoreboard pressure on other teams? I don’t know,” the interim Leicester manager says. “We just have to concentrate on trying to win the game.”

Allardyce calls in Leeds legends to prepare squad fo…

When we weren’t busy watching sports contests, we watched some things. Here are the best things we saw this year. American Vandal BABY FARTING!!!! – Drew Magary Riverdale If it hadn’t happened already, 2017 was the year that prestige TV got oppressively boring. The Americans faceplanted into a vat of molasses by trotting out 13 hour-long episodes filled with dead air. (Seriously, if I have to read the phrase “With one glance, Matthew Rhys communicates everything” one more time, I’ll throw my computer out the window.) Curb Your Enthusiasm—the comedy for people who don’t actually enjoy laughing—returned with little fanfare beyond a few eye rolls. Meanwhile, Netflix’s Ozark was the most prominent example of the numerous white-bread stars trying to become the next Bryan Cra…

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