The season is really heating up as November enters its second half and Thanksgiving approaches. Week 12 brings some great games, as well as some lop-sided-looking matchups, but anything can happen in the NFL, any given Sunday.

On Sunday afternoon, the Detroit Lions will look to improve to 10-1, if they can beat Anthony Richardson and the 5-6 Indianapolis Colts on the road. The 8-2 Minnesota Vikings will look to stay right on the Lions’ tails in the NFC North, if they can beat Caleb Williams and the 4-6 Chicago Bears at Solider Field.

The Denver Broncos and Arizona Cardinals will both be looking for their seventh win of the season, against the Las Vegas Raiders and San Francisco 49ers, respectively. For two teams that didn’t exactly make most experts 14-team playoff field, the wins would be big in their hunt for the postseason.

The juiciest games of the week are the last two, in prime time. On Sunday Night, a feisty 5-5 Los Angeles Rams team hosts an 8-2 Philadelphia Eagles team, and on Monday Night Football, in the Sak Sports Blog Game of the Week, Justin Herbert and the 7-3 Los Angeles Chargers host Lamar Jackson and the 7-4 Baltimore Ravens in a high stakes AFC battle.

Read on for my 2024-25 NFL Week 12 Picks, and if you’d like to debate or discuss any predictions, join the conversation with @SakSports on X/Twitter or Facebook.

Picks Record

Week 1: 13-3

Week 2: 7-9

Week 3: 8-8

Week 4: 10-6

Week 5: 9-5

Week 6: 10-4

Week 7: 10-5

Week 8: 11-5

Week 9: 10-5

Week 10: 7-7

Week 11: 9-5

Overall Record: 104-62 (62.7%)

Thursday Night Football

Pittsburgh Steelers (8-2) at Cleveland Browns (2-8): Steelers win 23-17

Sunday Games

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Minnesota Vikings (8-2) at Chicago Bears (4-6): Vikings win 24-20

Detroit Lions (9-1) at Indianapolis Colts (5-6): Lions win 30-20

New England Patriots (3-8) at Miami Dolphins (4-6): Dolphins win 27-16

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-6) at New York Giants (2-8): Buccaneers win 30-13

Dallas Cowboys (3-7) at Washington Commanders (7-4): Commanders win 23-16

Kansas City Chiefs (9-1) at Carolina Panthers (3-7): Chiefs win 27-20

Tennessee Titans (2-8) at Houston Texans (7-4): Texans win 26-18

Denver Broncos (6-5) at Las Vegas Raiders (2-8): Broncos win 24-17

San Francisco 49ers (5-5) at Green Bay Packers (7-3): 49ers win 27-24

Arizona Cardinals (6-4) at Seattle Seahawks (5-5): Seahawks win 23-22

Sunday Night Football

Philadelphia Eagles (8-2) at Los Angeles Rams (5-5): Rams win 26-23

Monday Night Football

Sak Sports Blog Game of the Week Baltimore Ravens (7-4) at Los Angeles Chargers (7-3): Ravens win 30-24

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