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| Hoping your table has a better aroma than this one, and that whoever is doing the cooking can actually cook! Happy Thanksgiving! ~Bird |
This week we count our blessings for things like friends & family, our health, and that Melvin Gordon doesn’t have to carry anything across a goal line for the Broncos anymore.
And it’s gratitude like this that helps us to see light and hope in otherwise dire situations.
For instance, while recent election results and current topics of social strife do indeed make excellent table talk at any gathering, always remember a well-timed "how ’bout them Lions?" can provide a much-needed blast of levity to tense conversations.
The Bird wishes everyone a blessed day filled with love, good tidings, and plenty of football. The rest of the picks will be posted Sunday, but for now…
Here are my Turkey Day picks!
Buffalo (-9.5) at Detroit
Thanks to the Lake Erie weather gods, last Sunday Ford Field finally played home to a playoff-caliber football team for once. And this week, the fine people of Detroit get to watch them.
Bills 37 Lions 24
New York Giants at Dallas (-10)
The New York Giants are missing starters on defense, they have the NFL’s weakest receiving corps, and they just got blown out at home by the Lions. No one gets blown out at home by the Lions unless it’s the Lions.
While Dallas has lost 3 Thanksgiving games in a row and are 1-10 ATS in the last 11 such games, they are also coming off an impressive shellacking of the NFC’s #2 team on the road.
I feel like they are due to reverse some trends here.
Cowboys 31 Giants 20
New England at Minnesota (-2.5)
I’m not saying there is ever a good time to get your ass kicked 40-3 in a football game, but I do know it helps if you can suit up again four days later and put it immediately behind you.
Minnesota is thankful for the quick turn around and will put last week’s debacle in the rear view.
Vikings 27 Patriots 17
Gobble, gobble! Enjoy the games and check back Sunday for the rest of my Week 12 largesse!
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