2025 COAS Pigskin Pick 'Em: Week 13

My day job and the column always collide around this time of year. I get into the "Accelerated deadlines" mode with ads, and with early football on Thursday we bring you the Week 13 edition of the coalition's picks a little early!

I called for the Thanksgiving heater to come a little early last week, and it did: I took six of eight disputed games from Adam and five of six from Joe; the two of them split their six disputed games. Adam advised me to cool my jets, and he has a point: he still holds a seven game lead, but there is a four way tie for second place now, and just ten games separate first from last place.

You can view how we've all picked in relation to each other here. We had no consensus picks last week, which was rare and might have partially explained why most of the group had a down week. As a whole, we went 4-0 on hero picks in Week 12, with the asterisk that three of them were mine and Adam had the fourth. The hit rate on these for the group as a whole is a hair over 60%; that is the best overall group rate since we started tracking these stats in 2016.

As I try to carry on momentum from last week, I won't be able to dig much into the deficit if I do at all as groupthink largely prevails. Adam disagrees with Joe and I on three games apiece, Joe and I dispute just two of the 16 tilts this week.

From all of us at Confessions of a Sportscaster, have a Happy Thanksgiving! Let's get to it.

Thursday Morning

Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions (-2.5)
Lucas: Packers.
Adam: Lions.
Joe: Lions.

Thursday Afternoon

Kansas City Chiefs @ Dallas Cowboys (+3.5)
Lucas: Chiefs.
Adam: Chiefs.
Joe: Chiefs.

Thursday Night

Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens (-7.5)
Lucas: Bengals.
Adam: Bengals.
Joe: Ravens.

Friday Afternoon

Chicago Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (-7.5)
Lucas: Bears.
Adam: Bears.
Joe: Bears.

Sunday, Early Afternoon

San Francisco 49ers @ Cleveland Browns (+5.5)
Lucas: 49ers.
Adam: 49ers.
Joe: 49ers.

Jacksonville Jaguars @ Tennessee Titans (+6.5)
Lucas: Jaguars.
Adam: Jaguars.
Joe: Jaguars.

Houston Texans @ Indianapolis Colts (-3.5)
Lucas: Colts.
Adam: Colts.
Joe: Colts.

New Orleans Saints @ Miami Dolphins (-5.5)
Lucas: Dolphins.
Adam: Saints.
Joe: Dolphins.

Atlanta Falcons @ New York Jets (+2.5)
Lucas: Falcons.
Adam: Falcons.
Joe: Falcons.

Arizona Cardinals @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-3.5)
Lucas: Buccaneers.
Adam: Buccaneers.
Joe: Buccaneers.

Los Angeles Rams @ Carolina Panthers (+10.5)
Lucas: Rams.
Adam: Rams.
Joe: Rams.

Sunday, Late Afternoon

Minnesota Vikings @ Seattle Seahawks (-10.5)
Lucas: Seahawks.
Adam: Seahawks.
Joe: Seahawks.

Buffalo Bills @ Pittsburgh Steelers (+3.5)
Lucas: Bills.
Adam: Bills.
Joe: Bills.

Las Vegas Raiders @ Los Angeles Chargers (-9.5)
Lucas: Chargers.
Adam: Chargers.
Joe: Chargers.

Sunday Night

Denver Broncos @ Washington Commanders (+6.5)
Lucas: Broncos.
Adam: Broncos.
Joe: Broncos.

Monday Night

New York Giants @ New England Patriots (-7.5)
Lucas: Giants.
Adam: Patriots.
Joe: Giants.

Records So Far
Lucas: 87-91 (9-5 last week)
Adam: 94-84 (5-9 last week)
Joe: 87-91 (5-9 last week)
Geoffrey: 84-94 (4-10 last week)
Jim: 87-91 (6-8 last week)
Tom: 87-91 (6-8 last week)