The NFL season grinds along, and the playoff picture, at least those who will and won’t be in the mix, is starting to take shape. As it stands right now, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Detroit Lions—top
two seeds in the AFC and NFC, respectively—are on the outside looking in, as well as the Minnesota Vikings and Baltimore Ravens. It’s been a wild 11 weeks so far, and it’ll be an exciting race to the finish.
As we have done in past seasons, our staff will be making weekly predictions for every game on the NFL schedule. Each of the Pride of Detroit staff will pick the moneyline (winner of the game, no spread), but some of the members will also pick against the spread and even the over/under lines—there’s an easy-to-use toggle button in the widget below to cycle through the settings and in the week’s ahead, check out our records when it comes to making picks. You can also check out all of the odds for this week’s games courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook.
We’re back to non-divisional matchups on Thursday night—bummer. At 8:15 p.m. ET over on Amazon Prime, the Buffalo Bills (7-3) take on the Houston Texans (5-5) from NRG Stadium for this week’s installment of “Thursday Night Football.”
Four teams are on bye this week—the Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins, Los Angeles Chargers, and Washington Commanders—so the NFL has 12 games scheduled for Sunday. The NFL’s International Series has concluded, so no more international football until next season.
The local Detroit audience will have a couple of options to choose from in the 1 p.m. slot. On CBS, most Michigan residents will get a matchup of interest when the Pittsburgh Steelers (6-4) travel to the Windy City to face off with the top dog in the NFC North—the Chicago Bears (7-3). Over on FOX in the same time slot, the Detroit Lions (6-4) host the New York Giants (2-9) to round out your local coverage at 1 p.m. ET. In the late window, FOX has an NFC East showdown between the Philadelphia Eagles (8-2) and Dallas Cowboys (4-5-1) from the Lone Star State at 4:25 p.m. ET.
“Sunday Night Football” closes out the day of football with a matchup between two of the top teams in the NFC when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-4) travel to California to take on the Los Angeles Rams (8-2) at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC.
On ABC/ESPN, the San Francisco 49ers (7-4) host the Carolina Panthers (6-5) from Santa Clara for “Monday Night Football” at 8:15 p.m. ET.
Here is who our staff is picking on the moneyline, spread, and over/under for all 14 games on the NFL Week 12 schedule:
