Thursday Night Football Picks: Seattle Seahawks at Chicago Bears
by Mike Allen - 12/23/2024

Typically, Thursday Night Football is the kickoff for the NFL week of football. We have quite the unique Christmas break of games, with matchups on the tube five of the seven days of Week 17. The big day is, of course, Wednesday, with two massive matchups in the AFC, the Chiefs and Steelers, and the Texans and Ravens. Isn't that too short of a week, though?

Thursday Night Football Picks: Denver Broncos at Los Angeles Chargers
by Mike Allen - 12/17/2024

Welcome to Week 16 of the 2024 NFL Season. Kicking us off on Thursday Night Football is a divisional matchup in Los Angeles between the Chargers and Denver Broncos. LA comes into this one reeling after their worst loss of the season on Sunday. Baker Mayfield lit up the Bolts for 10.7 yards a pass and four touchdowns. Justin Herbert came into the game banged up and ended up leaving before the end, albeit after the game was far out of reach.

Thursday Night Football Picks: Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ers
by Mike Allen - 12/10/2024

Minus the Cowboys punt block that wasn't, it was mostly a meaningless Monday Night of football. Today, we shift our focus, on a short week, to this Thursday's SoCal vs NorCal matchup in Santa Clara. The Los Angeles Rams improved to 7-6 on Sunday with a 44-42 win at home over the Buffalo Bills. It was the highest-scoring game of the season in the NFL.

Thursday Night Football Picks: Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions
by Mike Allen - 12/3/2024

It was right back to work after Thanksgiving for the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions last week because there's no mini-bye for either team. I love how the league set this one up. Neither team should have a scheduling advantage in such a big game. This is the biggest game of the 2024 season thus far. KC versus Buffalo was big. However, for the NFC, this Thursday night football game is gigantic.

Thursday Night Football Picks: Miami Dolphins at Green Bay Packers
by Mike Allen - 11/25/2024

Is it just me, or does November seem to go by faster than any other month? Only days ago, it seems, we were eating our kids' tootsie rolls and heading out to the polls. After an exhale, just like that, it's Cyber Monday. It's a short week of work but a busy one, as the NFL has a tripleheader on Thanksgiving once again, along with a Black Friday game for those who would rather stay safe in their living rooms and enjoy some football.

Thursday Night Football Predictions: Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns
by Mike Allen - 11/20/2024

Until last week’s massive AFC North first-place win over the Ravens, the Pittsburgh Steelers had yet to play a divisional game. The victory may have been aided by the freefall of Baltimore kicker Justin Tucker, but a win is a win.

Thursday Night Football Predictions: Washington Commanders vs Philadelphia Eagles
by Mike Allen - 11/12/2024

First place in the NFC East will be on the line this Thursday night in Philadelphia when Jayden Daniels makes his first visit to the City of Brother Love. The Commanders quarterback is coming off the "worst" loss of his rookie year on a short week against a surging Eagles team, who have now won five consecutive ball games.

Thursday Night Football Picks: Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens
by Mike Allen - 11/5/2024

We are officially at the halfway mark of the season, and this is about where we thought we would be. The only difference is that both teams are better than their respective records. Both offenses have obliterated opposing defenses from the start of the season. It’s the Ravens, though, that have more balance on that side of the ball.

Thursday Night Football Picks: Houston Texans vs New York Jets
by Mike Allen - 10/29/2024

New York, New York, big city of teams, that take too much scrutiny. I think the only thing keeping Daniel Jones under center is the 2-6 start to the season from the New York Jets. The reactions from the Manning brothers to his performance, particularly at the end of the game, tells you everything you need to know about the Duke grad. The shock and awe on their faces opposed to Jones' lost/blank expression was priceless.

Thursday Night Football Picks: Minnesota Vikings vs Los Angeles Rams
by Mike Allen - 10/22/2024

This Thursday night from the City of Angels, the Rams have the privilege of hosting one of the league’s top teams, the Minnesota Vikings, who are coming off their first loss straight up and against the spread all season when they fell to their rival, the Detroit Lions. This contest was a classic that came down to a missed extra point for Minnesota and a game winning field goal for the Lions.

Thursday Night Football Picks: Denver Broncos at New Orleans Saints
by Mike Allen - 10/14/2024

It’ll be an emotional night of football this Thursday for Denver Broncos’ head coach Sean Payton. This matchup with the Saints will be the first time he’s returned to New Orleans to play his former team in the Superdome. Payton has since made a solid account for himself, taking over the headset in Denver, where the Broncos hadn't sniffed the playoffs since their Super Bowl win in early 2016. After three consecutive last-place finishes, ownership made the move for the Super Bowl-winning coach.

Thursday Night Football Picks: San Francisco 49ers vs Seattle Seahawks
by Mike Allen - 10/8/2024

Both the San Francisco 49ers and their NFC West rival, the Seattle Seahawks, will need to lick their wounds quickly as they are on the Week 6 slate for Thursday Night Football. They each lost at home in games the Niners were favored by a touchdown and Seattle by the same. It would've been nice to get a half of a point on either side of the key number, but neither team won.

Thursday Night Football Picks: Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Atlanta Falcons
by Mike Allen - 10/1/2024

In business, a buccaneer is quite clever and usually successful. However, they are not to be trusted. It's been the story for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for quite some time, but they're looking better through the first month of the season than they have since the Brady "era." Tampa looks good so far this season, but are they for real?

Thursday Night Football Predictions: Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants
by Mike Allen - 9/24/2024

The Dallas Cowboys have owned their NFC East division rival, the New York Giants, for three years, winning six consecutive contests. For all betting intents and purposes, they were 5-1 against the spread. That's great news for Cowboy backers this week, because outside of the Giants injury report (more on that in a moment), there simply isn't a whole lot to feel great about down in Big D.

Thursday Night Football Picks: New England Patriots at New York Jets
by Mike Allen - 9/17/2024

Green 18, green 18…hut! The NFL is a better place when Aaron Rodgers is playing every week. He may not have the scrambling ability that we see from Patrick Mahomes or C.J. Stroud, and he is 40 years old, but the dude can still sling it better than anybody. In Week 1 on Monday Night Football this season, Rodgers was up against it big time playing opposite the San Francisco 49ers. The Niners proved themselves to be the better overall team that night. However, it was the first time we saw Rodgers play an entire NFL game in 20 months.

Thursday Night Football Predictions: Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins
by Mike Allen - 9/10/2024

This Thursday night in primetime, the Dolphins welcome a familiar foe, the Buffalo Bills, to Miami for an early-season AFC North showdown. Both teams had to come back from double-digit deficits to win, with each game coming down to the wire. Miami had the lead for only 1 second in that game, as they needed a walk-off field goal to defeat the Jaguars. The Bills held off a potential game-winning drive from Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals, securing a win in their home opener.

Thursday Night Football Predictions: Baltimore Ravens at Kansas City Chiefs
by Mike Allen - 9/3/2024

Week 1 of the 2024 NFL regular season is finally upon us! Let’s cross our fingers for no major injuries. It would be interesting, however, to see the Kansas City Chiefs try to play an entire season without the best football player in the league. This Thursday, the defending Super Bowl Champion Chiefs play host to the Baltimore Ravens in a rematch of last season’s AFC Championship Game, only with the home/away switched. The betting odds are close, as you may imagine, with the home Chiefs as field goal favorites in Arrowhead.

Thursday Night Football Picks New York Jets vs Cleveland Browns
by Mike Allen - 12/26/2023

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and came out of their betting holiday in the green. Santa might be returning to the North Pole, but the betting season never stops. It's now Week 17 of the 2023 NFL regular season, and the playoff picture is still wide open.

Thursday Night Football Picks: New Orleans Saints vs Los Angeles Rams
by Mike Allen - 12/19/2023

As we enter Week 16 of the 2023 NFL regular season, the playoff picture is finally taking shape in the NFC. We have three different teams that are 10-4, while the San Francisco 49ers are seemingly miles ahead at 11-3. How about all of that Brock Purdy for MVP talk? How many NFL stars were favored above the Niner quarterback to win the MVP?

Thursday Night Football Picks: Los Angeles Chargers vs Las Vegas Raiders
by Mike Allen - 12/12/2023

We are entering Week 15 of the NFL regular season, and believe it or not, only two teams have been eliminated from postseason contention. Those two teams are the NFC's Carolina Panthers and, in the AFC, the New England Patriots. This Thursday night, we have a matchup between 2 AFC West foes. Each team is 5-8 coming into this one, but mathematically speaking, they are still in the hunt.