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It’s a special NFL schedule this week, with the Week 13 slate featuring the iconic Thanksgiving Day triple-header and the recently-introduced Black Friday game. With so many great matchups on the schedule this week, we believe this can be one of the best of the entire 2025 NFL season.
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Let’s dive into our NFL Week 13 predictions, delivering score projections for every game on the NFL schedule this week from Thanksgiving through Monday Night Football.
It’s an NFL classic: the Detroit Lions hosting the Green Bay Packers on Thursday Night Football. Neither NFC North contender has been quite as good as everyone expected coming into the season. At the very least, we haven’t seen the dominant version of the Packers that we saw in the regular-season opening victory over Detroit. Green Bay really doesn’t have the pass-catching threats who can create separation from the Lions’ secondary. Meanwhile, Detroit should be able to run the football effectively enough to create third-and-shorts that prevent Micah Parsons and Co. from pinning their ears back to get after Jared Goff. In the end, we think Detroit’s advantages in the run game and its superior pass-catchers dictate who comes out on top.
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We’re certainly not ruling out the possibility of the Dallas Cowboys upsetting the Kansas City Chiefs on Thanksgiving. For one thing, Kansas City doesn’t have much of a run game to speak of, and its offensive line could be a bit leaky against this new-look Cowboys’ front seven. We can also say confidently that the Chiefs’ secondary isn’t well-equipped to handle both CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens, especially with Dak Prescott more than capable of outmastering Steve Spagnuolo in a chess match. In the end, it will be the weakest link for both teams (Cowboys’ secondary) that allows Patrick Mahomes to get a critical win for the Chiefs.
The nightcap for the Thanksgiving Day triple-header in Week 13 delivers the return of Joe Burrow. Unfortunately for the Cincinnati Bengals, he is still saddled by the league’s worst defense and a bottom-10 offensive line. Even with Lamar Jackson not playing at 100 percent, the Baltimore Ravens will be able to run the ball at will on Cincinnati, and there’ll be some deep shots available, too. We expect plenty of fireworks from both sides, but the better roster and coaching staff comes out on top despite Burrow’s best efforts.
Being without All-Pro right tackle Lane Johnson is a definite blow for this Philadelphia Eagles offense. Even without him, though, there’ll be an opportunity on Friday night for Saquon Barkley to have success against a bottom-10 run defense. As for Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears offense, it’s just far too inconsistent to have...
