The Detroit Lions will play on Thanksgiving for the 84th straight season when they host the rival Green Bay Packers in an NFC North matchup at Ford Field in Detroit. The Lions (8-2), who lead the division, have lost six straight games on Thanksgiving. Meanwhile, the Packers (4-6) will be making their first appearance on Thanksgiving since 2015. Kickoff is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. ET. Detroit is an 8.5-point favorite in the latest Lions vs. Packers odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 47. The game kicks off a football feast on NFL Thanksgiving 2023.
Also on Thursday, the Cowboys host the Commanders, Ole Miss and Mississippi State will collide in the Egg Bowl and the Seahawks and 49ers will battle for the lead in the NFC West. Before making any NFL or college football predictions for Thanksgiving Day, you need to see what the SportsLine Projection Model has to say.
The model, which simulates every NFL game 10,000 times, is up well over $7,000 for $100 players on top-rated NFL picks since its inception. The model enters Week 12 of the 2023 NFL season on an incredible 175-126 run on top-rated NFL picks that dates back to the 2017 season. It is also on a 29-18 roll on top-rated NFL picks since Week 7 of last season.
The model also ranked in the top 10 on NFLPickWatch four of the past six years on straight-up NFL picks and beat more than 94% of CBS Sports Football Pick'em players four times during that span. The model is also up well over $2,000 all-time on top-rated college football spread picks. Anyone who has followed it is way up.
For this year's Thanksgiving games, the model has locked in four NFL and college football best bets. If you successfully parlay the picks, you'd be looking at a payout of around 12-1. You can only see the model's top picks at SportsLine.
Top football picks for Thanksgiving
The model, which ran 10,000 simulations on each of the three NFL games and the Egg Bowl in college football, likes the Packers to cover against the Lions. One of the main reasons is Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love, who is playing his best ball of his career. Two weeks ago, Love set a career-high with 289 passing yards. Last week, he broke that career-high with 322 passing yards, while also throwing two touchdowns and zero interceptions.
In addition, Packers receiver Romeo Doubs enters the game on a roll. The 6-foot-2, 204-pound Doubs has four receiving touchdowns in his last five games. That's tied for the most receiving touchdowns in the league over that time. See the model's top picks here.
How to make Thanksgiving football parlays
The model also locked in three other best bets for Thanksgiving Day NFL 2023. If the parlay hits, you're looking at an epic 12-1 payout. You can see the model's NFL and college football Thanksgiving best bets and parlay only at SportsLine.
What Thanksgiving football picks should you target for a payout of 12-1? Visit SportsLine now to see the NFL and college football best bets from an advanced model on a 175-126 run on top-rated NFL picks and up well over $2,000 on top-rated college footballs spread picks, and find out.
