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The Early Edge: A Daily Sports Betting Podcast

NFL Week 5 BEST BETS and PICKS

The Early Edge: A Daily Sports Betting Podcast

CBS Sports, Sports Betting, Sports Gambling, Picks

Sports, Football

4.5778 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Our NFL crew of experts, Claudia Bellofatto, Will Brinson, R.J. White, and Larry Hartstein give bets for EVERY SINGLE NFL Week 5 game! They break down spreads, totals, props, and MORE for bets that need to make this weekend.


(0:00) Intro + TNF Picks

(7:30) Vikings vs Browns

(12:25) Raiders vs Colts

(16:30) Giants vs. Saints

(19:10) Cowboys vs Jets

(21:57) Broncos vs Eagles

(25:15) Panthers vs Dolphins 

(27:15) Texans vs Ravens

(31:50) Titans vs Cardinals

(34:40) Bucs vs Seahawks

(37:25) Lions vs Bengals

(40:35) SNF: Patriots vs Bills

(42:50) MNF: Chiefs vs Jags

(44:20) Best Bets


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey friends, welcome in to the Early Edge NFL pick show Week 5 edition, brought to you by Ben MGM, the sports book born in Vegas. I'm here in the Florida studios with my friend RJ White. We have Larry Hartstein and Will Brinson joining us. As always, fellas, how we feel in week five, RJ? That's crazy. We're just cruising through the season. How are you feeling? Feeling good. I feel not better than I'm sure Ravens fans with all the injuries they're dealing with. And, you know, it's like every NFL season. There's injuries all over the place to deal with. But yeah, it's interesting that we're already, basically feels like a quarter of the way through the season with how, you know, how early it feels like that we've been doing this picture. I know. And you talked injuries. We'll get through all of them. We're running through the entire slate. We don't have much time. So let's get it started with Thursday night football. We've got the Niners and the Rams. Rams laying seven, speaking of injuries, as RJ was just talking about.

0:56.0

But always, guys, these divisional battles are tight.

0:59.0

Of course, this one in the NFC West, and both teams at 3 and 1.

1:03.0

There's a three-way tie here.

1:05.0

So this is a big game.

1:07.0

Rams coming up that big win over the Colts.

1:09.0

And Niners got Brock Purdy back for week four, but he ended up back on the injury report

1:14.1

with pretty much everybody else.

1:16.2

He's questionable with a toe.

1:18.1

Let's go to you first, RJ.

1:19.7

How are you approaching this one?

1:20.9

I'm taking the under here.

1:21.9

I like the under at 46 and a half.

1:23.9

You know, you'll mention the injuries they're dealing with.

1:25.6

I cannot see Mack Jones having success against this defense that has been playing really well. Then you go on the other side, the San Francisco defense actually did shut down Jacksonville in the second half. That unit's the main reason that no San Francisco game has gone over 47 yet this year. So with both defenses playing well under five yards for play allowed, I think it's going to be similar to the 49ers Cardinals game. That was a 16-15 final. We'll get something like that on Thursday. So take the under here. Will's being very animated, shake in his head. You're laying in the points, Will. Yeah, obviously. Look, it's got number seven. It's moved up a little bit more across that key number on Wednesday. I think

2:01.9

that's probably a reaction to the practice reports to the injury reports. Ricky Purcell and Juan

2:06.6

Jennings still like I we're doing this on Wednesday before we get those West Coast injury reports.

2:12.8

But I mean, those guys might not practice on Wednesday. I think Brock Purdy is definitely up in the air.

2:17.2

I think the line movement tells you Brock Purdy might not play.

2:20.0

And I think the Rams are maybe the best here in football.

2:24.3

I mean, that's a crazy thing to say, but they have the biggest yard for play difference

2:27.4

in the entire NFL.

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