NFL Predictions Week 14: Early Odds, Picks and Projections for Upcoming Schedule

The NFL’s Week 14 features a slate of juicy matchups, beginning on Thursday Night Football as the Kansas City Chiefs host the Oakland Raiders in a battle for AFC West supremacy.

That should be one of the best Thursday night showdowns this season, but there’s plenty of action left to watch over the weekend.

In the NFC, the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers, two teams with plenty of bad blood between them, will face off at Lambeau Field. With the Packers’ season on the line, expect a determined Aaron Rodgers to show up against the vaunted Seattle defense.

Let’s break down the rest of the schedule for Week 14 and go over the point spreads and odds for each matchup:

Safe Bet: Detroit Lions (-7.5)

Seemingly no one can stop the 8-4 Detroit Lions, who are in sole possession of first place in the NFC North and have won four games in a row.

But if someone is going to put a stop to the Lions’ reign, it’s probably not going to be the 3-9 Chicago Bears, who are rounding out the bottom of the division.

Sure, the Bears enjoyed a decisive 26-6 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Week 13. But 1-11 San Francisco has been one of the league’s worst teams this year, and even the momentum from its first win …

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