The Packers are having a tough time stopping the run, and Dalvin Prepare dinner has been potent in opposition to them prior to now. It might be robust to choose Inexperienced Bay profitable by 4 in opposition to the luckiest workforce within the N.F.L. at full energy, however the Packers rookie receiver Christian Watson injured his hip final week and is questionable for this recreation, so we’re taking the “underdog.” Decide: Vikings +3.5
Miami Dolphins (8-7) at New England Patriots (7-8), 1 p.m., CBS
Line: Patriots -3 | Complete: 42
Each of those groups are limping towards the top of the common season. New England has misplaced 4 of their final 5, and the offense has regressed sufficient that there are rumors of a shake-up coming to Invoice Belichick’s workers.
Miami has misplaced 4 in a row, and Coach Mike McDaniel introduced on Wednesday that he deliberate to start out Teddy Bridgewater rather than Tua Tagovailoa, who self reported concussion signs after final week’s loss to the Packers. Miami wants this win to hold onto a wild-card berth, with the Patriots only a recreation behind within the A.F.C. East, and the Dolphins can clinch right here. Bridgewater is able to throwing to Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle and would possibly even fare higher than Tagovailoa did in opposition to the press protection prior to now two weeks. Decide: Dolphins +3
Carolina Panthers (6-9) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-8), 1 p.m., Fox
Line: Buccaneers -3 | Complete: 39
The Buccaneers will clinch the N.F.C. South with a win, however they face a Panthers workforce extremely motivated to maintain that from occurring. Sam Darnold has averaged 8.6 yards per try since Week 12 — a interval through which the workforce has gone 3-1 — and the Panthers solely turned the ball over as soon as throughout that stretch (in contrast with the Buccaneers’ 11). Regardless of buying and selling Christian McCaffrey early within the season, Carolina nonetheless has a dashing recreation Tampa Bay ought to envy: D’onta Foreman and Chuba Hubbard assist the workforce put up a mean of 187 dashing yards per recreation since Week 12 (the Buccaneers averaged 90 in that stretch).
The Buccaneers have stayed on prime of this division by grinding out ugly wins in opposition to unhealthy groups, needing miraculous late-game scores to come back out on prime. If Tampa Bay’s offense performed complete video games the way in which they do in the course of the last two minutes, the Buccaneers might need been Tremendous Bowl contenders. Decide: Panthers +3
Jets (7-8) at Seattle Seahawks (7-8), 4:05 p.m., Fox
Line: Seahawks +2.5 | Complete: 42
The previous two weeks, the market has backed the Jets closely and, with Zach Wilson below middle, the workforce has didn’t cowl in each situations. This week, Mike White is again at quarterback, and that information pushed the road from the Jets being 1.5-point underdogs on Sunday to being 2.5 favorites on the street by Tuesday.
The Seahawks have misplaced 5 of their previous six and dropped their shot at profitable the N.F.C. West within the course of. These two bubble groups match up properly: Seattle’s offense is nice sufficient to check the Jets’ staunch protection, and the Jets’ offense is simply as inept because the Seahawks’ protection. We’ll take the workforce that may truly handle to attain. Decide: Seahawks +2.5