Thanksgiving is here people, which means family, food, football and here at Bick’s Picks finacial gain and Madden quotes. Now I’ll admit prior to the holiday we’ve had a couple losing weeks dragging our record down below .500. Sure my Lock hit but the Over came up short, the Dawg got put down and the Tiersducken flopped in its debut. With Turkey Day upon us I thought to myself what would the late, great John Madden do and I found the perfect quote for inspiration: “When the going gets tough, I’m not always sure what you do. I’m not saying that I know how to fix everything when the going gets tough, but I do know this: when the going goes tough, you don’t quit. And you don’t fold up. And you don’t go in the other direction.” Words to live by and that’s exactly what we’re gonna do. We’re gonna stay the course and keep betting with our plums and chasing our losses. So without further delay fill up your plates and let’s get into it.

Feasting Favorites

Lions (-9.5) and Packers (-3.5)

As you all know we love the Dawgs here at Bick’s Picks but not on Thanksgiving. The holiday has always been dominated by the favorites since 2004, favorites on Thanksgiving are 48-9 straight up and 38-19 against the spread. Now we did get burned by following this trend last year as Detroit and  Dan Campbell’s ham eating ass let us down but I don’t think they will this time around. Once again they look like one of the best teams in football and are straight up dominating teams. Admittedly the Bears have some life in recent weeks since firing their OC but I think a short week after an OT game sends them tumbling back down to reality. The other favorite I’m riding with today is the Pack. Now I do have some reservations about backing Love back to back weeks but I don’t see a warm weather Dolphins team covering at the frozen tundra that will be Lambeau Field. Tua has terrible stats in games under 40 degrees and the weather report has the temp well below freezing at kickoff. Now you’ll notice I left one favorite off the bet and can you blame me? My bitterness and bias are coming into play but honestly Drew Lock starting making me lean New York so I’m staying off it completely. So let’s ride with the NFC North and get ourselves some Black Friday money. 

Lions (-9.5) and Packers (-3.5) (+264)

Touchdown Triducken

Anytime TD Parlay: Jahmyr Gibbs, Ceedee Lamb & Josh Jacobs

Anytime TD Parlay: Jahmyr Gibbs, David Montgomery & Amon-Ra St. Brown

Now the Triducken has had it’s struggles this season but hopefully getting back to it’s roots will help it get back on track. After all the Triducken debuted on Thanksgiving and maybe the holiday will give us a little but of luck. I tried to not overthink this one too much but I inevitably did. I thought about picking all Lions or debated over trying to get someone from each game. In the end I couldn’t decide and went with both. I’m expecting a Lions blow out so I think everyone gonna eat. And in regards to Ceedee and Jacobs they seemed to be the most sure things to me in the later games. Sure Ceedee has Cooper Rush throwing him the ball but he’s been peppered with targets and it’s just a matter of time till he scores. So pick your poison the Triducken got options for the holiday but call me crazy I’m thinking they both hit. 

Anytime TD Triducken: Jahmyr Gibbs, CeeDee Lamb & Josh Jacobs (+559)

Anytime Lions Triducken: Jahmyr Gibbs, David Montgomery & Amon-Ra St. Brown (+480)