Mike Tomlin is staying with the Pittsburgh Steelers, but the coach left the door open for wholesale quarterback change going into the 2025 NFL season. Accordingly, all signs point to veteran Russell Wilson exiting via free agency, as noted by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and backup Justin Fields taking over.
It’s “highly unlikely both will be re-signed,” Gerry Dulac wrote earlier this offseason, reporting that Wilson initially joined the Steelers on a one-year deal with “both sides” intending to strike a longer-term deal after the 2024 campaign. After Wilson lost his last five starts, including the Steelers’ wild-card playoff defeat, odds are Fields “will be given the job” after flashing progress in relief of the injured Wilson to open 2024.
NFL Media reaffirmed the stance Tuesday, reporting the Steelers appear to be prioritizing a new deal for Fields rather than Wilson in the lead-up to free agency.
The latest indications come months after Mark Kaboly, Steelers correspondent for “The Pat McAfee Show,” indicated offensive coordinator Arthur Smith preferred Fields over Wilson during the 2024 season.
player headshot team logo Justin Fields PIT • QB • #2 CMP% 65.8 YDS 1106 TD 5 INT 1 YD/ATT 6.87 View Profile Fields, 25, is also an impending free agent. He did, however, draw generally high marks for his 4-2 record as Pittsburgh’s starter to open the season, throwing five touchdowns to one interception with a career-best 65.8% completion rate. After Wilson returned from a preseason calf injury, Fields only saw limited snaps off the bench, even as the Steelers dropped from 10-3 to 10-7 and out of the playoffs.
Prior to arriving via trade last offseason, Fields spent most of his first three NFL seasons as the Chicago Bears’ starter, showcasing elite mobility — as evidenced by a 1,100-yard rushing season in 2022 — but struggling with turnovers. His appeal in Pittsburgh, therefore, would be multifaceted: Not only does he have extensive experience as an NFL starter, including in the Steelers’ system, but he’s much younger than Wilson, offering higher upside than many of the veterans set to be available this offseason.
This is a big offseason for the Pittsburgh Steelers. After ending the 2024 season with five straight losses, the Steelers are hoping to make the necessary moves this offseason to avoid a similar fate in 2025. Pittsburgh’s quest to end it’s eight-year drought without a playoff win is also ongoing.
While the 2024 season didn’t end well, the Steelers do have have good building blocks from a roster standpoint, especially on the offensive line with center Zach Frazier and guard Mason McCormick coming off impressive rookie seasons. Pittsburgh’s roster also includes several 2024 Pro Bowlers in guard Isaac Seumalo, defensive tackle Cameron Heyward, linebackers Patrick Queen and T.J. Watt, safety Minkah Fitzpatrick and special teams standouts Chris Boswell and Miles Killebrew.
Pittsburgh’s roster has some talent, but as last year’s losing streak showed, it has some obvious room for improvement, especially on the defensive line and at the skill positions. The Steelers also need to figure out their quarterback position; they want to sign either Russell Wilson or Justin Fields before March 12, the official start of free agency.
Here’s a look at the five things the Steelers should do this offseason with the start of free agency just around with the corner.
Re-sign Justin Fields player headshot team logo Justin Fields PIT • QB • #2 CMP% 65.8 YDS 1106 TD 5 INT 1 YD/ATT 6.87 View Profile If you believe recent reports, the word is that the Steelers are leaning towards re-signing Fields instead of Wilson, who started hot last year before he and the rest of the team faded during the season’s final five games.
If the said reports are true, the Steelers made the right call. While Wilson is the more proven player, Fields’ has a significantly higher upside. Wilson’s best days are behind him, whereas Fields best moments in the NFL should still be ahead of him.
Fields showed some of that potential during his six starts last year, his first season in Pittsburgh after spending his first three seasons with the Bears. Fields’ completed a career-high 65.8% of his passes while throwing and running for five scores apiece. He also threw just one interception.
In Fields, the Steelers may have at long last found their longterm successor to Ben Roethlisberger. As Pittsburgh did for the majority of Big Ben’s career, it now needs to surround Fields with enough weapons to maximize his talent.
Steelers likely to prioritize Justin Fields over Russell Wilson in 2025 NFL free agency, per reports Cody Benjamin Steelers likely to prioritize Justin Fields over Russell Wilson in 2025 NFL free agency, per reports
Acquire proven WR Everyone knows that the Steelers unsuccessfully tried to land an accomplished veteran wideout last year. Calvin Austin III did his part, but Pittsburgh’s overall lack of talent at receiver played a role in the Steelers’ late season collapse. The Steelers need to make sure they don’t make the same mistake in 2025.
Pittsburgh needs to address receiver during free agency as well as during the NFL Draft. Unfortunately the Steelers, this isn’t the deepest pool of free agents, especially at receiver, but there are a few solid options out there, led by Amari Cooper, Keenan Allen, Marquise Brown and DeAndre Hopkins. And while they are currently on teams, Davante Adams, Brandon Aiyuk and Cooper Kupp are also expected to be available either via free agency or a trade.
Each of these receivers come with their own pros and cons, but Cooper or Brown may be worth a shot. Adams would be too, but only for the right price. Cooper and Adams are explosive players who are capable of taking over a game. Brown, still just 27 years old, is one of the league’s fastest players and a constant threat to take one to the house.
Draft more playmakers Pittsburgh needs an influx of proven veterans and promising rookies if the offense is going to finally come of age. That’s why the Steelers need to use both agency and the draft to attack the issue while turning a weakness into a positive.
The Steelers will be in position to acquire one of the draft’s top-ranked playmakers with the 21st overall pick. Ohio State’s Emeka Egbuka, a player whose skillset is similar to Cooper’s, would be an ideal pick here if he is still on the board. The same can be said of Penn State’s Tyler Warren, the most prolific tight end in school history. And while he might play tight end, Warren dons No. 44 to pay homage to John Riggins, a bruising running back who led Washington to its first Super Bowl win back in the early 80s.
Pittsburgh will have plenty of other options later in the draft if they decide to address the defense with the 21st pick. This draft is hailed for its depth, which is a good thing for several teams, the Steelers included.
Re-stock the defensive line The last time they took the field, the Steelers allowed the Ravens to rumble for 299 yards, the most rushing yards ever allowed by a Pittsburgh defense in the playoffs. That performance only reinforced the fact that the Steelers needed to rebuild their defensive line this offseason.
Logan Lee, a 2024 sixth-round pick, is returning after missing his entire rookie season with an injury. That’ll help, but Pittsburgh needs to add more to this group via free agency and the draft, similarly to the skill positions.
The NFL’s version of March Madness is on the horizon with free agency kicking off next week. That said, there’s already been some action that has unfolded across the league. Those moves have the potential to have a ripple effect that alters how these next few weeks and months will play out for an array of teams. Because one club decides to retain or let them go, that may force other teams to pivot and change their focus.
That’s what we’ll be focusing on here as we comb through some of the more notable moves that have already gone down in the NFL and detail the impact they could have before the start of the legal tampering period on March 10 at noon ET and the start of the new league year on March 12 at 4 p.m. ET.
Matthew Stafford stays in L.A. player headshot team logo Matthew Stafford LAR • QB • #9 CMP% 65.8 YDS 3762 TD 20 INT 8 YD/ATT 7.28 View Profile One of the biggest early storylines of the offseason revolved around Matthew Stafford and a potential divorce with the Los Angeles Rams. The team allowed Stafford to speak with other teams to gauge his market and it momentarily felt like the quarterback was on the brink of being traded out of the organization. However, the two sides have since reunited and agreed to move forward together on a revamped contract.
Impacted team: New York Giants. New York was one of the teams that spoke with Stafford about possibly acquiring him and inking him to a lucrative extension. This appeared to be the organization’s first choice to revamp its quarterback position, but now the Giants need to look elsewhere. Instead of Stafford, the Giants will need to pivot either to the free agent market or the 2025 NFL Draft where they possess the No. 3 overall pick.
Impacted team: Las Vegas Raiders. The Raiders were the other team that was named as a suitor for Stafford and despite run-ins with the Super Bowl-winning quarterback in the mountains of Montana, they are now back to square one as they try to rectify the position. Because they hold the No. 6 overall pick at the upcoming draft, Las Vegas would likely need to strike a trade to get within range of taking a quarterback. If the Raiders are unable or unwilling to do that, it may make more sense to dip into free agency.
Impacted player: Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers may have been a sneaky candidate to replace Stafford as a stop-gap quarterback option for the Rams had they decided to trade him. Instead, the former Jets quarterback is reportedly now turning his attention to the New York Giants, reportedly making calls to the organization to see if they are interested.
Ranking NFL teams with best free agent crop: Eagles, Vikings have key starters set to hit open market Tyler Sullivan Ranking NFL teams with best free agent crop: Eagles, Vikings have key starters set to hit open market Deebo Samuel traded to Commanders player headshot team logo Deebo Samuel SF • WR • #1 TAR 81 REC 51 REC YDS 670 REC TD 3 FL 1 View Profile The San Francisco 49ers granted Deebo Samuel’s trade request and have agreed in principle to send the star wideout to the Washington Commanders. In return, the team is set to receive a 2025 fifth-round pick. This trade now fills a massive need on the Commanders depth chart, as they were due for an upgrade at the receiver position opposite of Terry McLaurin. It now allows the organization to use its remaining cap space on other needs in free agency.
Impacted player: Brandon Aiyuk. Along with Samuel, Aiyuk has been the subject of trade rumors this offseason and GM John Lynch even acknowledged at the NFL Scouting Combine that the team is listening to calls. Now that the team has traded Samuel, however, could that result in the Niners keeping Aiyuk in the fold? The pass catcher is coming off a torn ACL, so his market could be depleted. With Ricky Pearsall and Jauan Jennings the other receivers on the roster, it may now make the most sense to retain Aiyuk to keep the position group robust.
Impacted team: Pittsburgh Steelers. Once again, the Steelers have swung and missed on trying to land another receiver. They were reportedly one of the teams in the mix for Samuel, but San Francisco ultimately decided to send him to Washington. On top of trying to identify who’ll be their starting quarterback going forward, the Steelers will again need to pivot in their hunt for another pass catcher.
Bengals place franchise tag on Tee Higgins player headshot team logo Tee Higgins CIN • WR • #5 TAR 109 REC 73 REC YDS 911 REC TD 10 FL 1 View Profile For the second season in a row, the Cincinnati Bengals have deployed the franchise tag on wide receiver Tee Higgins. That means he’s currently under team control for the 2025 season for $26.2 million, which is fully guaranteed. While announcing that they are tagging Higgins, the team also noted that it’s with the hopes of reaching a long-term contract.
Impacted player: Trey Hendrickson. In a perfect world, Higgins getting tagged shouldn’t have anything to do with Hendrickson. However, it will be interesting to see how the financials, as they relate to Higgins, bleed into Hendrickson’s current negotiations with the organization. After all, on top of Higgins’ $26.2 million salary on the tag being fully guaranteed, that entire sum will also hit Cincinnati’s salary cap. At the moment, the team has $43.6 million in space. With the club also negotiating with Ja’Marr Chase on what is expected to be a market-shattering extension, something may need to give.
Impacted team: New England Patriots. While it’s truly unclear if the Patriots would’ve been a legit suitor for Higgins, the organization has a clear need for a top-tier pass catcher and possesses the most amount of cap space by far at $127.6 million. Given that need and cash to burn, the Patriots were looked at as one of the favorites to land Higgins. Now, they’ll need to spend that money elsewhere and look in a different direction to boost their receiver room.
Vikings unlikely to use franchise tag on Sam Darnold player headshot team logo Sam Darnold MIN • QB • #14 CMP% 66.2 YDS 4319 TD 35 INT 12 YD/ATT 7.92 View Profile The Minnesota Vikings are unlikely to use the franchise tag on quarterback Sam Darnold, which will then set up the veteran to reach unrestricted free agency. While the tag would’ve guaranteed Darnold $40.2 million for the 2025 season, he now gets to search for a long-term deal that could pay him similar figures, if not slightly more.
Impacted player: J.J. McCarthy. With Darnold possibly leaving town, that paves the way for McCarthy to take the reins in Minnesota. The Michigan product with the No. 10 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, but was sidelined for the year due to a torn meniscus. If the Vikings are comfortable letting Darnold walk, that could signal their confidence in McCarthy not only being healthy for the start of 2025 but assuming the role of QB1 after a rookie year behind the scenes rehabbing and learning the ways of the NFL.
Impacted team: Las Vegas Raiders. The Raiders make sense as a possible Darnold landing spot. The team has a clear need for the position and owns the second-highest amount of cap space in the league at $96.3 million. That’s enough to lock in Darnold and add other pieces to the roster.
Bo Nix isn’t your typical rookie quarterback. The Broncos signal-caller had an extensive collegiate tenure, beginning at Auburn in 2019 and finishing at Oregon in 2023. That’s five years of action, and his 61 starts over that stretch are the most in NCAA history for a quarterback. Given that lengthy career at the college level, he’s also an older prospect as a 24-year-old rookie.
All this is to note that we’ve seen plenty of Nix, so there is enough tape for the likes of the Atlanta Falcons to look at as they gear up for their Week 11 matchup against him on Sunday. Starting safety Jessie Bates even made note of Nix being a bit long in the tooth when asked on Friday what the difficulties are in facing a quarterback with not much NFL tape to review.
“We’ve been watching him [Bo Nix] in college for the past 5 or 6 … 10 years. He’s not a rookie QB, he’s a graduate student almost.” – Jessie Bates
— The 33rd Team (@The33rdTeamFB) November 15, 2024 “10 games that’s usually enough film to really see a quarterback’s strengths or weaknesses or what they like to do,” said Bates. “It’s almost sometimes a good thing when you don’t have much. You’re not overthinking what this quarterback is capable of.
“We’ve been watching him in college for the past five or six years. … However long it was, 10 years. He’s not a rookie quarterback, seems like he’s a graduate student almost. He’s doing a good job, like I said, running their offense at a high level.”
With that experience does come productivity for Nix, as he’s played well for Denver through the first half of the year. Under Sean Payton’s tutelage, he has helped the Broncos to a 5-5 record while completing 63.6% of his passes with an 82.9 passer rating and throwing more touchdowns (10) than interceptions (6). That production has Denver firmly in the hunt for a playoff spot, and they are currently slotted as the No. 7 seed in the AFC. And a win on Sunday against Bates’ Falcons at home (as a slim 2-point favorite) could go a long way in furthering those efforts.
The Seattle Seahawks have a rather significant shakeup along their offensive line. On Friday, head coach Mike Macdonald announced that starting center Connor Williams has decided to retire from the NFL.
The 27-year-old was listed as a non-participant in practice throughout the week due to what the team called personal reasons, and now that absence has stabilized in the form of a retirement. The Seahawks are coming off of their Week 10 bye, which appears to have been the time of reflection for Williams to ultimately decide to close the book on his NFL career. Williams had started all nine games for the Seahawks this season. The seven-year veteran was in his first season with Seattle after signing a one-year, $6 million deal back in August.
Williams was coming off of a season-ending ACL tear he suffered in Week 14 of the 2023 season as a member of the Miami Dolphins. That was the second time in his NFL career that he suffered a torn ACL.
The Texas product entered the league as a second-round draft choice of the Dallas Cowboys in 2018. He played his first four years in the league with Dallas before signing a two-year, $14 million deal with the Dolphins in the spring of 2022.
Williams started in 86 of his 92 games played in the regular season.
As for what’s next for Seattle, Olu Oluwatimi is the club’s new starting center as they host the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. Oluwatimi is a fifth-round pick in 2023 out of Michigan and has one start (Week 7 in 2023) under his belt.
Three rematches of previous Super Bowls highlight the Week 11 NFL schedule. Jets vs. Colts saw Joe Namath memorably guarantee victory for New York in Super Bowl III, and the Jets are 3.5-point home favorites in the Week 11 NFL odds. Meanwhile, Rams vs. Patriots is a Super Bowl matchup that has occurred twice before, with Tom Brady winning his first and last rings in New England in the process. However, the Rams are favored by 4.5 points in the latest Week 11 NFL spreads.
The other rematch is Falcons vs. Broncos (-2, 44.5, the Super Bowl matchup in John Elway’s final game 25 years ago. What happened years or decades ago likely won’t influence your Week 11 NFL predictions both straight-up and against the spread, but what factors from these teams’ recent performances could help with your football bets? All of the updated Week 11 NFL lines are listed below, and SportsLine’s advanced computer model has all the NFL betting advice and NFL predictions you need to make the best Week 11 NFL picks now.
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Top Week 11 NFL predictions We can tell you one of the model’s strongest Week 11 NFL picks is that the Titans (+6, 39.5) cover the spread at home versus the Vikings. Despite its lack of success this season, Tennessee owns the No. 1 total defense in the NFL in addition to the No. 1 passing defense. That makes this an unfriendly matchup for Vikings QB Sam Darnold, who has had the rug pulled out from under him over the last few weeks. Darnold enters this game with three turnovers in back-to-back games, and those contests were versus Colts and Jaguars teams that rank 29th and 32nd, respectively, in total defense.
Darnold leads the NFL in both turnovers (13) and interceptions (10), while Will Levis showed discernible progress on Sunday. After missing three games, Levis posted the highest CMP% of his career (78.26%) and his third-highest passer rating (127.4) as Tennessee went turnover-free for the first time this season. Turnover-free is not something the model forecasts for Minnesota on Sunday, as it projects two giveaways for it, which enable Tennessee (+6.5) to cover in almost 60% of simulations. See which other teams to pick here.
Another one of its Week 11 NFL predictions: the Saints (-1.5, 44) cover at home versus the Browns in almost 70% of simulations. New Orleans is coming off a win as underdogs in interim coach Darren Rizzi’s debut, while Cleveland is coming off a bye. However, extra rest hasn’t exactly benefitted the Browns recently as they are only 3-7 against the spread over their last 10 games with a rest advantage. Meanwhile, the Saints showed off their new weapon in Sunday’s upset victory over the Falcons with former Bills receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling.
He had three catches, and they were all game changers as two of them were touchdown receptions, and the other went for 67 yards. He provides that big-play element that New Orleans lost when Rashid Shaheed was injured, and preventing the big play is a huge issue for Cleveland. It allows 12.8 yards per completion, which is the second-highest mark in the NFL. New Orleans (-1.5) is projected to easily cover and win by at least a touchdown, while the model also says the Over (44) hits in almost 60% of simulations. See which other teams to pick here.
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Two Super Bowl contenders will collide when Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs visit Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. The Chiefs enter Week 11 as the NFL’s only undefeated team. Kansas City has won nine consecutive games to open the season, but the Chiefs are just 5-4 against the spread. The Chiefs are 2.5-point underdogs in the Week 11 NFL odds after the line opened at Kansas City -1. Other notable NFL spreads on the Week 11 NFL schedule include Ravens vs. Steelers (+3, 48.5), Bengals vs. Chargers (-1.5, 48) on Sunday Night Football, and Texans vs. Cowboys (+7.5, 42) on Monday Night Football.
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Top Week 11 NFL picks After diving into every game on the Week 11 NFL schedule, the model is backing the Minnesota Vikings (-6, 39.5) to beat the Tennessee Titans, 22-18, on the road. Minnesota overcame a sloppy offensive display to secure a 12-7 victory on the road against the Jacksonville Jaguars last week. The Vikings didn’t score a touchdown in the win and quarterback Sam Darnold threw three interceptions.
However, the Vikings walked away with a much-needed victory thanks to their suffocating defense. Minnesota’s defense gave up just 143 total yards against Jacksonville while recording three sacks and two interceptions. The Vikings are giving up 17.4 points per game this season, which ranks third in the NFL. The Vikings opened the season with five straight ATS wins.
The Titans, meanwhile, limp into Sunday’s showdown having lost four of their past five games. Tennessee has failed to score more than 20 points during that five-game stretch. In addition, the Titans are 2-6 in their last eight meetings against the Vikings. SportsLine’s model projects Darnold will throw for 229 yards and two touchdowns, while Minnesota’s defense racks up four sacks on average. See the model’s other Week 11 NFL score predictions at SportsLine.
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Brock Bowers has developed into one of the most coveted NFL DFS picks since only George Kittle has more Fantasy points among tight ends. Meanwhile, Brian Thomas ranks in the top 10 in positional Fantasy points, ahead of the likes of Deebo Samuel and Tyreek Hill. With the lofty production of rookies comes rising NFL DFS price tags, but there are others who could still be had at a discount for Week 11 daily Fantasy football lineups.
Bills running back Ray Davis has averaged over 60 scrimmage yards with two total touchdowns over his last five games. He gets to face a Chiefs defense on Sunday that Broncos rookie Audric Estime just ran for 53 yards against in his first extended action of the season. Davis and Estime won’t break the bank with your NFL DFS salary cap on either FanDuel or DraftKings, and could be low-cost, high-reward NFL DFS sleepers. Before locking in any NFL DFS picks on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel for Sunday, be sure to check out the NFL DFS advice, strategy, and stacks from SportsLine daily Fantasy expert Mike McClure.
McClure is a legendary professional DFS player with more than $2 million in career winnings. He uses a powerful prediction model that simulates every snap of NFL action, taking factors such as matchups, statistical trends, and injuries into account. This allows him to find the best DFS values that he shares only with members at SportsLine. His methodology has led to enormous cashes on FanDuel and DraftKings. Last year, he won the DraftKings Millionaire Maker twice and the FanDuel Million once. Anyone who has followed him is way up.
Now, McClure has turned his attention to the Week 12 NFL schedule on Sunday and just locked in his top daily Fantasy football picks. You can only see his picks and analysis at SportsLine.
Top NFL DFS picks for Commanders vs. Eagles One of McClure’s top NFL DFS picks for Sunday is 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey ($8,300 on DraftKings, $9,800 on FanDuel). Head coach Kyle Shanahan quickly reintroduced McCaffrey to the offense after missing the first nine weeks with a calf/Achilles injury. McCaffrey played 88% of snaps last week, reassuming his role as the lead back despite Jordan Mason’s effectiveness during his absence.
McCaffrey showed a little rust in his return, averaging just 3.0 yards per carry for 39 rushing yards, but he did have six receptions for 68 yards as his high involvement in the passing attack always boosts his NFL DFS value. McCaffrey was the RB1 in Fantasy football last season and scored a touchdown in 16 of 19 games, including the playoffs. Now that he’s shaken the cobwebs off a bit, McClure expects a more typical McCaffrey performance against the Seahawks, who are allowing 4.8 yards per carry, which ranks 26th in the league.
Part of McClure’s optimal NFL DFS strategy also includes rostering Dolphins running back De’Von Achane ($7,200 on DraftKings and $8,700 on FanDuel). The second-year back has been the one constant in Miami’s offense with Tua Tagovailoa’s absence wrecking the passing game. Achane has averaged 101.3 yards from scrimmage over the last four games, with three scores over that stretch. He’s also become an elite pass catcher as his 42 receptions and three receiving touchdowns are both second amongst all NFL running backs.
Awaiting on Sunday is a Raiders defense which has allowed the sixth-most Fantasy points to opposing running backs in 2024. Starting running backs have averaged 113.1 scrimmage yards versus Vegas this year, with each of the nine it has faced this year having at least 76 total yards. Chase Brown of Cincy had a career high of 157 scrimmage yards and a touchdown versus Las Vegas in its last game, after never previously having more than 105 yards in his career. Achane has seized control of Miami’s backfield, with more touches than Raheem Mostert and Jaylen Wright combined, so he’s a must start for Week 11 NFL DFS lineups. See who else McClure likes right here.
How to set NFL DFS lineups for Week 12 McClure is also targeting another undervalued player who could explode for huge numbers on Sunday. This pick could be the difference between winning your tournaments and cash games or going home with nothing. You can only see who it is, and the rest of McClure’s NFL DFS picks, at SportsLine.
The Los Angeles Rams’ crushing home loss on Monday to Miami snapped a three game winning streak and hurt their playoff hopes heading into Week 11. Sitting at 4-5, the Rams now trail first place Arizona by 1.5 games and San Francisco by one full game in the NFC West standings. They are tied for ninth in the NFC playoff picture, along with Chicago and Seattle, making this week’s contest a must win for Sean McVay’s team. Can the Rams (-4.5, 43.5) bounce back in Week 11 on the road at New England? The Patriots have covered in three straight games, winning outright as 6.5-point underdogs against the Bears last week, while the last two Rams games have gone under. Before you make any Week 11 NFL picks, be sure to see the exact NFL score predictions from SportsLine expert Eric Cohen.
Cohen, a SportsLine NFL expert and host of the Friday “Early Edge NFL Props Show” on SportsLine’s YouTube page, evaluated the entire Week 11 NFL slate and delivers NFL score predictions and NFL analysis for each matchup. After an 9-5 betting record in Week 10, he is now 72-32 (69%) since Week 4. Anyone who followed Cohen’s NFL predictions has been profitable at their favorite sports betting sites and betting apps. You can only see Cohen’s Week 11 NFL exact score predictions at SportsLine.
Top Week 11 NFL picks After diving into all 16 games from the NFL’s eleventh week, Cohen is high on the Baltimore Ravens (-3, 48.5) to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers as road favorites, 27-24, in a game whose over-under is already up six from the opener. Baltimore leads the league in points per game (31.8) and yards per game (440.2) led by two-time MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson and star running back Derrick Henry. Jackson might even be playing better than he did last year, when he easily captured the league’s most valuable player award. In ten games, the superstar QB has thrown for 2,669 yards and 24 touchdowns against only two interceptions. He has also added 538 yards rushing and two scores on the ground.
Meanwhile, Henry leads the league in rushing with 1,120 yards and 12 touchdowns. He has an outside chance at becoming the first player to crack 2,000 yards rushing in a season twice, as he achieved the milestone during the 2020 season in Tennessee. Against Pittsburgh’s excellent defense giving up only 16.2 points per game this season, Baltimore’s offense will face their toughest challenge to date. But Cohen believes that the Steelers showed some vulnerability giving up 27 points last week in Washington and could show cracks against the Ravens. See his other Week 11 football score predictions at SportsLine.
How to make Week 11 NFL score predictions In addition, Cohen is picking one team to win by more than three touchdowns, making them a must bet as a favorite. Nailing this result is key to making profitable Week 11 NFL picks. You can only see it at SportsLine.
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