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Jason McIntyre
Co-Host of THE HERD and FOX Sports Betting Analyst
Turkey time equals pigskin time.
There are three NFL Thanksgiving Day games this season, including two division tilts in the NFC, and one warm-weather team visiting Wisconsin.
Let’s get into my picks for the latest football holiday.
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THURSDAY, NOV. 28
Chicago Bears @ Detroit Lions (12:30 p.m., CBS)
Chicago is coming off a heartbreaking loss in which it rallied from down 11 points with two minutes left to force overtime, then won the coin toss but couldn’t score and lost to the Vikings.
The last time the Bears suffered a brutal loss was the Hail Mary game in Washington earlier this season, and that sent them into a two-game tailspin.
Will the same happen here?
Detroit is the best team in the NFL, a covering machine, and it has a +177 point differential, which is 71 higher than the next team (Eagles). Of its last eight games (8-0), only two of them have come by single digits. The Bears and Lions are tied for third in the NFL in turnover margin (+9) and weirdly, Chicago is 4-7.
So what’s its record if it isn’t generating turnovers?
I took the Lions -10 as soon as it came out, and I don’t mind it at -10.5. And when it hits -11 on game day, you might as well take that, too. Yes, I’m aware the Lions have lost their last seven Thanksgiving games. Two years ago they covered against the Bills; last year they were shocked by the Packers in a game in which Jared Goff fumbled three times.
PICK: Lions (-10.5) to win by more than 10.5 points
New York Giants @ Dallas Cowboys (4:30 p.m., FOX/FOX Sports App)
Two NFL blue bloods playing on a national holiday sounds awesome … until you realize it’s Cooper Rush against Tommy Devito.
But wait! Devito got dinged up in last week’s loss to the Bucs, and as of now, we don’t know if Drew Lock will be starting at QB for the Giants.
I’m not sure how much it matters. In no…
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