What’s higher than opening presents on Christmas Day? Opening presents on Christmas and watching the NFL, in fact!
We’ve got ourselves a tripleheader of NFL motion on the vacation, and a few of these contests have professional playoff implications. As an example, the Detroit Lions try to maintain their postseason hopes alive and have to win out (and have the Inexperienced Bay Packers lose out) to sneak in, so that is very a lot a playoff recreation of their eyes. In the meantime, if the Denver Broncos win out over these subsequent two video games, they will be the No. 1 seed within the AFC.
Whereas these are the playoff implications for this Christmas Day slate, one of many different storylines would be the onslaught of accidents at quarterback for an array of those groups suiting up on Thursday. The Commanders, Vikings and Chiefs will all be beginning backups, which kind of appears like a lump of coal, however we’ll make do.
As we do each week, we have collected the entire finest picks and playing content material from CBSSports.com and SportsLine and put them in a single place, so you will get sports activities betting picks towards the unfold from our CBS Sports activities consultants in addition to further characteristic content material for every recreation, together with performs from prime SportsLine consultants and the SportsLine Projection Mannequin, finest bets from our employees, survivor picks and extra this Christmas.
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Thursday, 1 p.m. ET on Netflix
Cowboys -7: “This appeared prefer it could be an enormous Christmas Day recreation earlier than the season, however it’s not near being one. Each groups are eradicated, and the Commanders do not have their beginning quarterback or probably their backup in Marcus Mariota. It could possibly be Josh Johnson. Search for Dallas and Dak Prescott to go in and light-weight up the Washington protection. Cowboys win it.” — CBS Sports activities Senior NFL analyst Pete Prisco on why he likes the Cowboys to cowl with a 31-23 victory over the Commanders. To see the remainder of his Week 17 picks, click on right here.
Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings
Thursday, 4:30 p.m. ET on Netflix
The SportsLine Projection Mannequin has been a must-use useful resource for critical NFL bettors. It is 53-37 on top-rated picks since final season, and we have now aimed it at this Christmas Day matchup between the Lions and Vikings. By way of the unfold, the mannequin tasks Minnesota masking roughly 50% of the time. Nonetheless, when wanting on the complete, the mannequin has one aspect hitting greater than half the time. To see that play, go take a look at SportsLine.
Vikings +7.5: “The Lions want this recreation to have any playoff likelihood, however it will not be straightforward on the highway. Minnesota has performed excellent protection. The issue is the Vikings have rookie Max Brosmer enjoying for the injured J.J. McCarthy. That could possibly be a difficulty, even towards a Lions protection that has struggled.” — CBS Sports activities Senior NFL analyst Pete Prisco on why he has Detroit profitable, however the Vikings pulling off the duvet 21-19. To see the remainder of his Week 17 picks, click on right here.
Denver Broncos at Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
Thursday, 8:15 p.m. ET on Prime Video
Are you continue to kicking in your survivor pool? If that’s the case, you are coming right down to the wire, and every choice you make over these subsequent two weeks could possibly be the distinction between outlasting the competitors or falling simply quick. To present your self the perfect shot of creating all of it the best way, permit SportsLine’s R.J. White to assist make your choice this week. White has been a must-see supply with regards to betting on the NFL and has been remarkably sharp in survivor pool settings. Whereas White has this recreation between Denver and Kansas Metropolis circled as one in all his choices for Week 17, it is not his best choice. To see that play, head over the SportsLine.
Chiefs +13.5: “The Broncos are coming off a foul loss to the Jaguars, so their focus can be good right here. The Chiefs are completed and hardly seem like the group we have come to know the previous eight years. Chris Oladokun will begin at quarterback towards Denver protection. Good luck with that. The Broncos will rebound, however pleasure would possibly preserve the Chiefs in it for a bit.” — CBS Sports activities Senior NFL analyst Pete Prisco on why he has Denver pulling out the 24-13 victory over Kansas Metropolis. To see the remainder of his Week 17 picks, click on right here.
