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NFL Week 7 Predictions: Initial Vegas Odds, Lines, Spreads and Projections
- Updated: October 17, 2016
We’re nearly through the sixth week of the 2016 NFL season, which will wrap up on Monday night with the Arizona Cardinals hosting the New York Jets. What we’ve learned so far this season is that nothing should actually be expected.
If you thought the Dallas Cowboys might only be pretenders with Dak Prescott under center, you were probably surprised to see Dallas waltz into Green Bay and thump the Packers 30-16. If you thought the Miami Dolphins were the worst team in the NFL, you were shocked when they trounced the Pittsburgh Steelers 30-15 at home.
The reality is that there are some good teams, some bad teams, some that fall somewhere in the spectrum and a whole lot of uncertainty this season. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to predict the outcome of games, especially when spreads are concerned.
This, of course, rarely stops anyone from trying to predict which teams can win against the line. In fact, we’re here to do exactly that.
We’ll be examining the early lines for Week 7—courtesy of Odds Shark—and making our projections based on those. We will also take an in-depth look at some of the more interesting matchups of the upcoming slate.
Week 7 kicks off with a game that looks a whole lot more interesting than it might have a few days ago. The Green Bay Packers will host the Chicago Bears on Thursday night, and this is a game the Packers absolutely must have.
Green Bay lost by two touchdowns at home to the upstart Cowboys on Sunday afternoon, a scenario that almost seems strange to say aloud. The offense simply could not find a rhythm, and Green Bay’s vaunted run defense—previously ranked first in the league—was battered by Cowboys rookie back Ezekiel Elliott.
“Elliott was a tough back,” Packers defensive end Mike Daniels said, per Rob Reischel of the Dallas Morning News. “We’ve had great battles with their offensive line in the past, where if [you] take away two plays each game and they don’t have a lot of rushing yards. And, today, they got one on us today.”
The loss drops the Packers to 3-2 and firmly behind the undefeated Minnesota …
