Well, isn't this a fun little Thursday night surprise: the Broncos are hosting the Seahawks on Thursday Night Football to kick off Week 6. While it's not actually a surprise -- because the schedule is released months in advance -- it's pretty shocking that both of these teams come into the game at 3-2 and looking up in their division at an undefeated rival. We're on quite the roll with the prime-time picks right now, surging onto the SportsLine NFL leaderboard.
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In other words, the records aren't great and the offenses have been suspect at times, but these are two big-time contenders set to stage a defensive battle on Thursday night. Wager on the NFL with the latest FanDuel promo code and get up to $350 in bonus bets: Monday night's wild ending was a friendly reminder that football games are 60 minutes and nothing is locked until the game ends. And Thursday night feels like one that might come down to the last possession as well.
We've got two quarterbacks who have been questionable in Sam Darnold and Bo Nix. And we've got two really dangerous defenses that can create a lot of havoc. I don't think we'll get a shootout here, but I am tempted by the Over because it's so low and there are explosive playmakers on each side of the ball.
Plus the potential for short fields with turnovers. Instead, I'm just going to back the home dog in prime time on a short week. It's a pretty easy formula, honestly.
Sean Payton is taking some heat for ripping play-calling duties away from Davis Webb, and the Broncos weren't electric last week in their crazy comeback over the Chargers. Payton will have some stuff dialed up and it's a short week at altitude so we're rolling with a Denver upset this evening. Harvey was an absolute non-factor last week against the Chargers, which is really disappointing given that Payton took over play calling and the Broncos were trailing by double digits for stretches in that game.
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