Jets (7-4) at Minnesota Vikings (9-2), 1 p.m., CBS
Line: Vikings -3 | Total: 45.5
For the second time in two seasons, Mike White swooped in for a sport and upgraded the Jets offense. White had 22 completions on 28 passes for 315 yards and three touchdowns final week in opposition to the depleted Bears, however it is a Jets group that beat Miami and Buffalo this season behind Zach Wilson, due to expertise across the area together with the league’s fourth-best red-zone protection. The Vikings have weapons of their very own, together with Justin Jefferson, who has one fewer receiving yard (1,232) than the league chief, Tyreek Hill. Minnesota’s protection, nevertheless, is second solely to Detroit in yards allowed per sport and per play, so White might have one other showcase. Pick: Jets +3
Pittsburgh Steelers (4-7) at Atlanta Falcons (5-7), 1 p.m., CBS
Line: Falcons -1 | Total: 41.5
Atlanta had a shot to beat the (*13*) final week, however Marcus Mariota’s go from the 4-yard line was picked off with 58 seconds left within the sport. It was a well-recognized ending for the Falcons, who’ve misplaced 5 video games by 6 factors or fewer this season. Still, Atlanta is just a half-game again of the Buccaneers within the N.F.C. South, and their remaining schedule has only one group with a successful document. The Steelers aren’t that group. Despite Kenny Pickett having maybe the most effective sport of his season in a 24-17 win over the Colts on Monday evening, the Steelers nonetheless common the second-fewest yards per play of any group within the N.F.L. Pick: Falcons -1
Green Bay Packers (4-8) at Chicago Bears (3-9), 1 p.m., Fox
Line: Bears +4 | Total: 43.5
There are nonetheless questions on who will play quarterback for each of those groups. Aaron Rodgers, already taking part in with a damaged thumb, left final week’s loss with a rib harm. He mentioned he anticipated to be prepared for Sunday’s sport although Jordan Love took the snaps in his absence and accomplished 6 of 9 passes for 113 yards, main the Packers to 10 factors in two possessions.
For the Bears, Justin Fields sat out final week with a separated shoulder and Coach Matt Eberflus had not mentioned, as of Wednesday, whether or not Fields would play this week. The Bears have misplaced eight of their final 9, and 7 of these losses got here regardless of Fields’s placing up spectacular numbers. If he’s out, it’s laborious to image Chicago masking this quantity. If he’s in, the Packers ought to nonetheless have a bonus with both of their quarterbacks underneath middle. Pick: Packers -4
Jacksonville Jaguars (4-7) at Detroit Lions (4-7), 1 p.m., Fox
Line: Lions +1.5 | Total: 51
Trevor Lawrence threw for an astounding 173 yards and two touchdowns within the fourth quarter of the Jaguars’ 1-point upset over the Ravens final week. It could be silly to count on a repeat, particularly given the Jaguars’ struggles on the highway, the place the group has misplaced 21 of twenty-two video games.
They match up properly, although, with the Lions: The two groups can transfer the ball on offense, and their defenses are equally atrocious. The market was almost evenly cut up by midweek. In a fair contest, take the factors at house. Pick: Lions +1.5
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