NFL 2025: Week 13 Picks

NFL Week 13 serves as a pivotal point in the season, with all 32 teams in action over Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday, Sunday, and Monday. With just five weeks left after this, playoff races are heating up, and every game matters.

In my Sakmann Sports Game of the Week, Patrick Mahomes and the underachieving 6-5 Kansas City Chiefs will look to right the ship on national TV against Dak Prescott and a 5-5-1 Dallas Cowboys team that could sneak in to the NFC playoff race with a win.

On Sunday, the biggest game with playoff implications on the line is either Josh Allen and the 7-4 Buffalo Bills taking on the 6-5 Pittsburgh Steelers, or the red-hot 6-5 Houston Texans looking to make the AFC South interesting with a win over the 8-3 Indianapolis Colts.

Read on for my 2025-26 NFL Week 13 Picks, and if you’d like to debate or discuss any picks, join the conversation with @SakSports on Twitter/X, on Facebook, or by commenting directly on this post!

Picks Record

Week 1: 10-6

Week 2: 13-3

Week 3: 11-5

Week 4: 10-5-1

Week 5: 5-9

Week 6: 9-6

Week 7: 11-5

Week 8: 10-3

Week 9: 8-6

Week 10: 11-3

Week 11: 11-4

Week 12: 8-6

Overall Record: 117-61-1 (66%)

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Thursday Night Football

Sakmann Sports Thanksgiving Day NFL Picks

Packers 27 Lions 24
Chiefs 24 Cowboys 17
Ravens 23 Bengals 20
— Sakmann Sports (@SakSports) November 27, 2025