There is still time — two weeks, to be exact — for the regular season to adjust our final standings, but we have to be quite proud of what we have achieved this year. The irony is that almost all of the next 32 games is will be meaningless.
Plenty of the playoff berths will be locked up over the next few days, and we will head into the final week of the season without any driving force behind the matchups.
Then again, we are going to use that in our favor this week. Because we know how many teams are relying on specific outcomes, we can balance said outcomes with the spreads associated with them.
Below are predictions for each game against the spread. Spreads have been taken from various websites and are subject to change. The spread in parenthesis denotes the selected team. Spread is listed as advertised number and odds at either DraftKings Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook, Caesars Sportsbook, or Fanatics Sportsbook (formerly PointsBet). All efforts were made to provide picks at -110 or better, with some stretching to a -125 if no reasonable advertised spread was found.
*Confidence Picks – 2025 Season: 56-42-1 (Last Week: 3-3)
(2024 Season: 65-57) (2023 Season: 63-61-4) (2022 Season: 54-54-5) (2021 Season: 55-50) (2020 Season: 53-42-3) (2019 Season: 57-43-3) (2018 Season: 63-48-4) (2017 Season: 53-48-4) (2016 Season: 53-67-3) (2015 Season: 69-45-2) (2014 Season: 61-46-2) (11-Year Total: 646-561-30)
All Picks Against Spread – 2025 Season: 133-106-1 (Last Week: 10-6)
(2024 Season: 148-136-1) (2023 Season: 142-135-8) (2022 Season: 143-132-9) (2021 Season: 158-126-2) (2020 Season: 132-128-7) (2019 Season: 142-118-7) (2018 Season: 137-118-12) (2017 Season: 137-119-11) (2016 Season: 123-136-8) (2015 Season: 143-117-7) (2014 Season: 149-114-4) (11-Year Total: 1554-1379-76)
Dallas Cowboys at Washington Commanders
We’ve seen Thursday games disappoint over the course of the season, but we were spoiled with one of the best last week. We have three some games this week — albeit, staggered throughout the day — and none of them opened with a spread smaller than five-and-a-half points. The irony is that each game has a different combination of teams.
The latest game on Thursday features one team that has already been eliminated and an opponent trying to secure home field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs. The late afternoon game also has a team on the outside of the playoff picture, but it will host a team that needs to win to keep its postseason dreams alive.
The first game, however, has absolutely nothing on-the-line.
As always, this does not mean that it has no value.