NFL First Look: Week 12

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The NFL First Look, complete with sortable odds, offensive rankings, and DvP rankings, will help you get an early start on the upcoming week.

NFL Schedule & Vegas Lines

Home Away Favorite Spread Total Game Date Game Time
Detroit Lions Philadelphia Eagles PHI -1 46.0 Thursday, November 26 12:30 P.M.
Dallas Cowboys Carolina Panthers CAR -1 46.0 Thursday, November 26 4:30 P.M.
Green Bay Packers Chicago Bears GB -9 47.0 Thursday, November 26 8:30 P.M.
Houston Texans New Orleans Saints HOU -3 47.5 Sunday, November 29 1:00 P.M.
Cincinnati Bengals St. Louis Rams CIN -9 42.0 Sunday, November 29 1:00 P.M.
Atlanta Falcons Minnesota Vikings ATL -2 46.0 Sunday, November 29 1:00 P.M.
Washington Redskins New York Giants NYG -2.5 46.5 Sunday, November 29 1:00 P.M.
Indianapolis Colts Tampa Bay Buccaneers IND -3 46.5 Sunday, November 29 1:00 P.M.
Kansas City Chiefs Buffalo Bills KC -5 41.0 Sunday, November 29 1:00 P.M.
Tennessee Titans Oakland Raiders OAK -2 44.0 Sunday, November 29 1:00 P.M.
Jacksonville Jaguars San Diego Chargers JAC -4 46.5 Sunday, November 29 1:00 P.M.
New York Jets Miami Dolphins NYJ -3.5 42.5 Sunday, November 29 1:00 P.M.
San Francisco 49ers Arizona Cardinals ARI -10 45.0 Sunday, November 29 4:05 P.M.
Seattle Seahawks Pittsburgh Steelers SEA -4.5 44.5 Sunday, November 29 4:25 P.M.
Denver Broncos New England Patriots NE -3 44.5 Sunday, November 29 8:30 P.M.
Cleveland Browns Baltimore Ravens CLE -2.5 41.0 Monday, November 30 8:30 P.M.

Team Totals and Pace of Play

Team Opponent Spread Team Total Offensive PPG Opponent PPG Pace Difference
Green Bay Packers CHI GB -9 28.0 63.1 65.1 2.0
Arizona Cardinals at SF ARI -10 27.5 63.9 59.3 -4.6
Cincinnati Bengals STL CIN -9 25.5 64.5 57.1 -7.4
Jacksonville Jaguars SD JAC -4 25.3 65.5 68.6 3.1
Houston Texans NO HOU -3 25.3 72.7 69.6 -3.1
Indianapolis Colts TB IND -3 24.8 67.6 63.5 -4.1
N.Y. Giants at WAS NYG -2.5 24.5 65.1 62.5 -2.6
Seattle Seahawks PIT SEA -4.5 24.5 63.7 60.9 -2.8
Atlanta Falcons MIN ATL -2 24.0 69.4 62.1 -7.3
New England Patriots at DEN NE -3 23.8 66.7 63.7 -3.0
Carolina Panthers at DAL CAR -1 23.5 66.8 62.8 -4.0
Philadelphia Eagles at DET PHI -1 23.5 70.9 64.5 -6.4
Oakland Raiders at TEN OAK -2 23.0 61.3 61.2 -0.1
Kansas City Chiefs BUF KC -5 23.0 62.8 62.5 -0.3
N.Y. Jets MIA NYJ -3.5 23.0 66.3 59.9 -6.4
Dallas Cowboys CAR CAR -1 22.5 62.8 66.8 4.0
Detroit Lions PHI PHI -1 22.5 64.5 70.9 6.4
New Orleans Saints at HOU HOU -3 22.3 69.6 72.7 3.1
Minnesota Vikings at ATL ATL -2 22.0 62.1 69.4 7.3
Washington Redskins NYG NYG -2.5 22.0 62.5 65.1 2.6
Cleveland Browns BAL CLE -2.5 21.8 64.4 67.8 3.4
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at IND IND -3 21.8 63.5 67.6 4.1
San Diego Chargers at JAC JAC -4 21.3 68.6 65.5 -3.1
Tennessee Titans OAK OAK -2 21.0 61.2 61.3 0.1
Denver Broncos NE NE -3 20.8 63.7 66.7 3.0
Pittsburgh Steelers at SEA SEA -4.5 20.0 60.9 63.7 2.8
Miami Dolphins at NYJ NYJ -3.5 19.5 59.9 66.3 6.4
Baltimore Ravens at CLE CLE -2.5 19.3 67.8 64.4 -3.4
Chicago Bears at GB GB -9 19.0 65.1 63.1 -2.0
Buffalo Bills at KC KC -5 18.0 62.5 62.8 0.3
San Francisco 49ers ARI ARI -10 17.5 59.3 63.9 4.6
St. Louis Rams at CIN CIN -9 16.5 57.1 64.5 7.4

NOTE: PPG stands for plays per game. The opponent PPG is the number of offensive plays per game ran by week’s opponent. The difference column shows which teams may see a boost in offensive snaps this week based on their opponent.

Schedule-Adjusted Defense vs. Position Rankings

Team Defense vs. QB vs. RB vs. WR vs. TE Opponent
Chicago Bears 19 10 14 9 Green Bay
San Francisco 49ers 30 31 26 20 Arizona
St. Louis Rams 6 27 5 10 Cincinnati
San Diego Chargers 13 32 10 15 Jacksonville
New Orleans Saints 28 24 28 29 Houston
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 3 18 19 Indianapolis
Washington Redskins 23 12 25 11 N.Y. Giants
Pittsburgh Steelers 15 2 31 21 Seattle
Minnesota Vikings 14 11 15 22 Atlanta
Denver Broncos 1 22 2 6 New England
Dallas Cowboys 3 21 1 7 Carolina
Detroit Lions 27 18 19 24 Philadelphia
Tennessee Titans 16 1 8 28 Oakland
Buffalo Bills 9 20 21 2 Kansas City
Miami Dolphins 19 26 24 32 N.Y. Jets
Carolina Panthers 2 15 7 17 Dallas
Philadelphia Eagles 26 5 32 5 Detroit
Houston Texans 10 25 3 13 New Orleans
Atlanta Falcons 8 29 3 26 Minnesota
N.Y. Giants 31 17 29 27 Washington
Baltimore Ravens 32 14 27 3 Cleveland
Indianapolis Colts 22 18 22 18 Tampa Bay
Jacksonville Jaguars 25 23 12 16 San Diego
Oakland Raiders 24 30 17 30 Tennessee
New England Patriots 17 8 23 8 Denver
Seattle Seahawks 4 7 9 31 Pittsburgh
N.Y. Jets 7 4 11 11 Miami
Cleveland Browns 18 28 20 25 Baltimore
Green Bay Packers 29 16 16 23 Chicago
Kansas City Chiefs 11 6 30 4 Buffalo
Arizona Cardinals 12 13 12 1 San Francisco
Cincinnati Bengals 5 8 6 14 St. Louis

Note: The DvP rankings listed above are now adjusted for strength of schedule. They will not match the DvP rankings in the Daily Research tab. The higher the number, the worse that team is at defending the position, with 32 being the worst defense and 1 being the best defense.

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