NFL First Look: Week 15

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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
St. Louis Rams Tampa Bay Buccaneers STL -1 41.0 Thursday, December 17 8:25 P.M.
Dallas Cowboys New York Jets NYJ -3 42.0 Saturday, December 19 8:25 P.M.
Minnesota Vikings Chicago Bears MIN -5.5 43.0 Sunday, December 20 1:00 P.M.
Jacksonville Jaguars Atlanta Falcons JAC -3 49.0 Sunday, December 20 1:00 P.M.
Indianapolis Colts Houston Texans TBD TBD TBD Sunday, December 20 1:00 P.M.
New York Giants Carolina Panthers CAR -5 48.0 Sunday, December 20 1:00 P.M.
New England Patriots Tennessee Titans NE -14 47.0 Sunday, December 20 1:00 P.M.
Washington Redskins Buffalo Bills BUF -1 44.0 Sunday, December 20 1:00 P.M.
Baltimore Ravens Kansas City Chiefs KC -7.5 41.5 Sunday, December 20 1:00 P.M.
Seattle Seahawks Cleveland Browns SEA -14.5 43.0 Sunday, December 20 4:05 P.M.
Oakland Raiders Green Bay Packers GB -3 46.5 Sunday, December 20 4:05 P.M.
Pittsburgh Steelers Denver Broncos PIT -6 44.5 Sunday, December 20 4:25 P.M.
San Diego Chargers Miami Dolphins SD -1.5 45.0 Sunday, December 20 4:25 P.M.
San Francisco 49ers Cincinnati Bengals CIN -4.5 40.5 Sunday, December 20 4:25 P.M.
Philadelphia Eagles Arizona Cardinals ARI -3.5 50.5 Sunday, December 20 8:30 P.M.
New Orleans Saints Detroit Lions NO -3 51.0 Monday, December 21 8:30 P.M.

Team Totals and Pace of Play

Team Opponent Spread Team Total Points Per Game Difference
New England Patriots TEN -14 30.5 33.5 -3.0
Seattle Seahawks CLE -14.5 28.8 28.3 0.4
Arizona Cardinals at PHI -3.5 27.0 33.8 -6.8
New Orleans Saints DET -3 27.0 26.9 0.1
Carolina Panthers at NYG -5 26.5 34.3 -7.8
Jacksonville Jaguars ATL -3 26.0 27.2 -1.2
Pittsburgh Steelers DEN -6 25.3 28.7 -3.4
Green Bay Packers at OAK -3 24.8 26.4 -1.7
Kansas City Chiefs at BAL -7.5 24.5 27.6 -3.1
Minnesota Vikings CHI -5.5 24.3 21.5 2.8
Detroit Lions at NO +3 24.0 22.3 1.8
Philadelphia Eagles ARI +3.5 23.5 25.1 -1.6
San Diego Chargers MIA -1.5 23.3 20.8 2.4
Atlanta Falcons at JAC +3 23.0 23.3 -0.3
Cincinnati Bengals at SF -4.5 22.5 29.5 -7.0
N.Y. Jets at DAL -3 22.5 27.1 -4.6
Buffalo Bills at WAS -1 22.5 26.3 -3.8
Miami Dolphins at SD +1.5 21.8 22.0 -0.3
Oakland Raiders GB +3 21.8 24.9 -3.2
N.Y. Giants CAR +5 21.5 28.2 -6.7
Washington Redskins BUF +1 21.5 23.4 -1.9
St. Louis Rams TB -1 21.0 17.5 3.5
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at STL +1 20.0 24.0 -4.0
Dallas Cowboys NYJ +3 19.5 19.2 0.3
Denver Broncos at PIT +6 19.3 23.4 -4.2
Chicago Bears at MIN +5.5 18.8 22.7 -3.9
San Francisco 49ers CIN +4.5 18.0 15.7 2.3
Baltimore Ravens KC +7.5 17.0 23.2 -6.2
Tennessee Titans at NE +14 16.5 21.1 -4.6
Cleveland Browns at SEA +14.5 14.3 20.0 -5.8
Indianapolis Colts HOU +0 TBD 22.9 TBD
Houston Texans at IND +0 TBD 21.6 TBD

Schedule-Adjusted Defense vs. Position Rankings

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

Note: The DvP rankings listed above are now adjusted for strength of schedule, with a 75% weight on the actual DvP ranking and a 25% weight on the strength of their opponents at each position. 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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