Week five has a slew of interesting match-ups kicked off by an early battle for supremacy in the NFC West on Amazon’s Thursday Night Football.
That’s followed up by a London game for Breakfast and Football Sunday morning. As it is the first week with byes, four teams are not playing this week. There are six games in the 1:00 PM Eastern time block and then four games in the 4:05/4:25PM Eastern time block. Sunday Night Football on NBC features the Patriots and the Bills in an AFC East match-up.
It all wraps up for week five with a Monday Night Football game with Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in Duuuuvalllll to take on a rejuvenated Jacksonville Jaguars team that is 3-1 and tied for first in the AFC South.
Each week during the season, I make my picks with my buddy David on his SportsKrunch with DKrom podcast as we’ve done regularly for the past five years (and pre-pandemic as well). I was out on vacation but still sent my picks in to David from the Vanilla Gorilla cafe near Times Square in New York City where I enjoyed an amazing cappuccino and they also were nice enough to whip me up a delicious London Fog while we waited for the train home.
Sadly, I wasn’t able to record this weeks’ episode but I was lucky that Carl Dumler was available to more than ably fill in. Check out the episode as it is available here.
Please give a listen each week on your preferred podcast provider. All back episodes are available here at Apple podcasts.
Last Week: Straight up: 9-6-1; Against the Spread: 7-9
Season Totals: Straight up: 42-21-1; Against the Spread: 32-32
Lock of the Week: 3-1
Upset Special: 1-3
Now, on to the week five picks!
THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL 8:15PM
49ERS @ RAMS
Spread: Rams -5.5: 49ers
Moneyline: Rams -258, 49ers +210: Rams
(edit: Hit on the 49ers covering but really did not expect the Rams to drop a game to Mac Jones)
SUNDAY MORNING 9:30AM
VIKINGS @ BROWNS
Spread: Vikings -4.5: Vikings
Moneyline: Vikings -198, Browns +164: Vikings
SUNDAY AFTERNOON 1:00PM
BRONCOS @ EAGLES
Spread: Eagles -4.5: Broncos
Moneyline: Eagles -218, Broncos +180: Eagles
TEXANS @ RAVENS
Spread: Ravens -3.5: Texans
Moneyline: Ravens -185, Texans +154: Texans
RAIDERS @ COLTS
Spread: Colts -6.5: Raiders
Moneyline: Colts -305, Raiders +245: Colts
COWBOYS @ JETS
Spread: Cowboys -3: Cowboys
Moneyline: Cowboys -145, Jets +130: Cowboys
DOLPHINS @ PANTHERS
Spread: Panthers -1.5: Panthers
Moneyline: Dolphins -102, Panthers -118: Panthers
GIANTS @ SAINTS
Spread: Giants -1.5: Giants
Moneyline: Giants +102, Saints -122: Giants
SUNDAY AFTERNOON 4:05/4:25PM:
BUCCANEERS @ SEAHAWKS
Spread: Seahawks -3: Seahawks
Moneyline: Seahawks -162, Buccaneers +136: Seahawks
TITANS @ CARDINALS
Spread: Cardinals -8.5: Cardinals (Lock of the Week)
Moneyline: Cardinals -455, +350: Cardinals
LIONS @ BENGALS
Spread: Lions -10: Lions
Moneyline: Lions -520, Bengals +39: Lions
COMMANDERS @ CHARGERS
Spread: Chargers -2.5: Chargers
Moneyline: Chargers -142, Commanders +120: Chargers
SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL 8:20PM:
PATRIOTS @ BILLS
Spread: Bills -8.5: Patriots
Moneyline: Bills -410, Patriots +320: Bills
(Check out W2W4 (What to Watch For) for an in-depth and complete game preview)
MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL 8:15PM:
CHIEFS @ JAGUARS
Spread: Chiefs -3.5: Jaguars (Upset Special)
Moneyline: Chiefs -192, Jaguars +160: Jaguars
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