Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday … sounds like a schedule for a Prime delivery truck dropping off another package on your porch. But no, this list of days are the game dates for the National Football League this week. For those households that have a rift between family members who spend too much time watching football and not enough time with their families, this holiday week the NFL is in full Grinch.
As for me … I love it.
What happened to Friday?
The action starts on Christmas Day when the Kansas City Chiefs visit the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Baltimore Ravens are in Houston to take on the Texans. This lineup of Christmas contests includes the same four teams that played in last Saturday’s schedule when the Chiefs beat the Texans, and the Ravens downed the Steelers. These four teams are like performers in a square dance that just switched partners.
The public is betting the same teams that won last week, the Chiefs and Ravens, are going to win again this week. The point spreads on these games have already shifted in that direction. Kansas City opened as a 2½ point road favorite and is now posted at 3 points. In Houston, the Ravens opened as a 4-point pick and that line has risen a point.
Are the line moves right?