Thanksgiving NFL Picks and Bets

The Early Edge: A Daily Sports Betting Podcast

CBS Sports

Fantasy Sports, Sports, Football

3.8 • 744 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Claudia Bellofatto is joined by SportsLine experts Larry Hartstein, Will Brinson, and R.J. White to give bets for three Thanksgiving games and a Black Friday NFL matchup! 🎙ABOUT THE SHOW Get your daily bets here FIRST! The No. 1 sports betting show and podcast—powered by SportsLine + CBS Sports—delivers the day's best bets in a fast-paced, fun environment, first thing in the morning. Starting at 10 a.m. ET every weekday, The Early Edge goes live on YouTube, breaking down the day’s action across the NFL, college football, NBA, MLB, NHL, college basketball, soccer, and more! The Early Edge is here to talk sports betting for everyone—from first-time bettors to sharps, and everyone in between. From point spreads to totals, player props to parlays, and so much more, we're here to win. Together. 🎧 LISTEN • Stream and follow & leave a 5⭐️ rating on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3URc49a • Download and follow & leave a 5⭐️ rating on Apple: https://apple.co/4hLfVhP • Other CBS Sports podcasts: https://cbssports.com/podcast 🎥 WATCH • Subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsLine • Watch CBS Sports HQ: https://cbssports.com/live • Watch CBS Sports Network on your TV or the CBS Sports App with your cable provider 📱FOLLOW • Twitter: https://twitter.com/SportsLine • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sportsline • TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@sportsline 📖 READ • More betting news: https://www.sportsline.com/ 🛍️MERCH • Shop our merch: https://www.paramountshop.com/collections/the-early-edge 💵BETTING Head to https://www.sportsline.com to find best bets, picks and props. Any league. Any game. Any time. Both from the sharpest sports bettors in the business as well as the SportsLine Advanced Model, where we simulate each game 10,000 times and provide projected scores, graded bets, plus player prop projections. If you like it, use promo code EARLY to get your first 30 days FREE! #NFLpicks #NFLbets #thanksgivingpicks #nflpredictions #BestBets #Picks #NFL #Bears #Chiefs #Cowboys #Eagles #Falcons #Lions #Packers #Ravens To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up, friends?
0:13.2	We're back here on the early edge for week 13.
0:17.0	Brought to you by BenMGM, make it legendary. Turkey Day, just a few days away.
0:21.5	We've got a triple header. We'll get into those bets, the Black Friday bets, and the rest of the week 13 slate.
0:27.5	I'm here in the Florida studios with RJ White. We've got Will Brinson, Larry Hartstein joining us, the usual suspects.
0:34.5	Turkey Day, just a quick, I don't know, vibe check here, Will, how we feel in about another Lions game, which we'll get to Lions Packers, the first of the triple header? How are we feeling about watching the Lions and eat near Turkey?
0:47.3	Ah, I mean, there's nothing, first of all, I'm more excited about the Chiefs and the Cowboys game because it's on CBS and Paramount Plus if you didn't know.
0:54.8	But the Lions and the Packers game, look, I love watching the Lions.
0:58.6	My dad had knee surgery, so my uncle isn't coming around for Thanksgiving every year.
1:02.2	But every year at Thanksgiving for like the past 20 years, he's like, you know what I say?
1:06.6	Will, you never bet against the Lions on Turkey Day.
1:09.7	Uncle Mill is not aware of the Lions are like historically just terrible against a spread.
1:14.4	But more than anything, I think I'm thankful for you guys, but mostly Matthew Stafford.
1:20.5	Oh, I'm grateful for Matthew Stafford, too.
1:22.9	I'm back in him this week.
1:23.9	So hopefully he pulls through, which he probably will.
1:25.9	I'm thankful for you guys as well.
1:27.7	Larry, like Will said, we're so used to seeing the Lions losing, but they did come off the last
1:33.1	Thanksgiving when snapping a seven game streak. It's just fun to watch Detroit, though, in general, isn't it?
1:38.6	Yeah, I think we've actually got four great matchups among Thanksgiving and Black Friday.
1:42.5	Lions Packers, two of the best teams in the
1:44.4	NFC, Cowboys and Chiefs, both still heading, hunting for a playoff berth. And then Joe Burrow coming
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