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As you wake up this morning, likely bloated from leftovers and lamenting tomorrow’s impending workday, don’t forget that after 72 straight hours of football that there is still one more day filled with pigskin on this Thanksgiving weekend.
Here is our weekly breakdown of the TV schedule and announcer assignments.
The highlight of the NFL Week 12 schedule, as always, is the Thanksgiving Day slate of games. With Dallas’ reemergence under Jason Garrett and Detroit’s competitiveness this season, it’s possible the two early games could be quite entertaining. And with the Jets playing everyone down to the wire, there is also a good chance of a good Thanksgiving night game as well.
As for Sunday, there are a couple of key NFC battles to keep an eye on. Philly travels to Chicago and Green Bay travels to Atlanta in battles of possible playoff teams. Another surprising game between possible playoff teams is the Jags-Giants battle. We’ll see New York can limit the turnovers enough to steal a win without its two top receivers.
Update: The NFL Week 17 TV schedule, point spreads, and picks post is up.
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Well, things were not looking so good for me at about 4:15 today.
After my stellar comeback performance in Week 11, I “shot” out of the gates with a 4-6 record during the early games.
Fortunately, I had much better luck (and believe me, I understand how much luck is involved picking NFL games successfully) in the afternoon, nailing all four games plus the Sunday nighter.
This left me at a very respectable 9-6 for the week (87-64 overall) heading into Monday night.
For those of you planning to celebrate Thanksgiving weekend with some NFL wagering, hopefully I can lead you in the right direction again. There are plenty of division matchups this weekend, which are always difficult to predict, so we’ll see if I can keep up my .576 winning percentage.
