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Gobble, Gobble gamblers! Is there anything more that siginifes the giving of thanks than gambling? No?

Okay, probably not.

In any case, with three games on the docket today, I have to put in my picks or miss out the chance to lose three more times. So, without further blather, let’s get to it!

Home teams in caps, lines courtesy of World Sports Exchange.

Packers (-3.5) over LIONS: The Lions, usually a crappy Thanksgiving tradition, are actully half-decent this year, and makes this a good game. Kind of. A Packer win would all but end the division race, and with the team on Dallas’ schedule today (more on that in a second), they have plenty of reason not to relax. The Lions are beginning to hear the word “fraud”, about them after showing signs of an explosive offense early and a defense after that. But Mike Martz insistence that the quarterback should get hit on every play and that the running game is merely an amusing diversion may be beginning to catch up with them.

Jets (+14.5) over COWBOYS: Why not? They beat the Steelers last week on the road, why not go into big D and take on the likely NFC…Wait, what? That wasn’t Heinz Field, with all the Terrible Towels and Steelers’ garb? Ah, another great sign of a Jets season gone down the tubes: when the Jet fans either 1) sell off their tickets to fans of popular teams or 2) give their tickets to Jet fans even more hooliganish than the usual lot, leading to incidents of all sorts. Jet fans have already made the papers about the infamous Gate D. The worst may be yet to come. Still, Kellen Clemens seems to have a little knack for never giving up that reeks of “backdoor cover”.

Colts (-12.5) over FALCONS: While they are on the road, the Colts will be playing in a dome against a bad Falcons team who are beginning to believe their season might be salvaged because they play in the dreadful NFC South. However, I look for the defense to step it up and snag a few turnovers to make their sizable margin. Too bad this one’s going to be on NFL Network, so if you don’t have DirecTV, you’re ass out. Unless you have the stones to sneak out of the house after Thanksgiving dinner and go to a sports bar. Well, do you, punk? Do you?

Best Bet: Packers

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