The NFL Blog: 2012 Week 6 Betting Lines

Last Week: Vs. Spread: (8-6); Straight Up: (10-4)

Season: Vs. Spread: (45-30-2); Straight Up: (45-32)

Week 5 Review: Another solid week. I’m pretty excited. I don’t know if I’ve ever been above .500 ATS in both CFB and NFL this late in the year. I’m going to try and enjoy it for now because we all know it ain’t gonna last.

Week 6 Preview: There are only 14 games this week, as 4 more teams will be on their bye week. There’s really not a lot going on in the early session on Sunday, but there are some good matchups later on. The Giants and Niners play during the late session and the Packers play the Texans that night on NBC. The Monday night game is the usually interesting Denver-San Diego rivalry. 

This doesn’t look like the most exciting week ever based on the matchups, but it could end up being one of those epic Sundays when all the games stay close. There are no double digit spreads this week and there’s only 1 spread over 5.5 points. And you know, that actually could be the recipe for a disastrous week picking games. 

Thursday Night’s Game

Pittsburgh (-5.5) @ Tennessee

Pick: Steelers cover

Sunday’s Early Games 

Oakland (+9.5) @ Atlanta

Pick: Falcons win but Raiders beat the spread

Kansas City (+3.5) @ Tampa Bay

Pick: Bucs cover

Indianapolis (+3) @ New York Jets

Pick: Jets cover

Cincinnati (-1) @ Cleveland

Pick: Bengals cover

Detroit (+4.5) @ Philadelphia

Pick: Eagles cover

St. Louis (+3.5) @ Miami

Pick: Dolphins cover

Dallas (+3.5) @ Baltimore

Pick: Ravens cover

Sunday’s Late Games

Buffalo (+4.5) @ Arizona

Pick: Cards cover

New England (-3.5) @ Seattle

Pick: Patriots cover

New York Giants (+5) @ San Francisco

Pick: Niners win but Giants beat the spread

Minnesota (+2.5) @ Washington

Pick: Vikings pull off the upset

Sunday Night’s Game

Green Bay (+3.5) @ Houston

Pick: Texans win but Packers beat the spread

Monday Night’s Game

Denver (+1) @ San Diego

Pick: Chargers cover