A Kyler Murray debate, a Bills blowout and the best NFL bets of Thanksgiving weekend

We had ourselves a sweat last weekend. One overturned Tre Tucker touchdown and Desmond Ridder’s undeniable Desmond Ridder-ness kept the Las Vegas Raiders from covering against the Denver Broncos. This turned a potential two-unit loss into two units of profit for myself and our resident NFL betting expert, the Rhode Island Scumbag.

That left us with a combined 4-2 record that made money in a boring way. Fortunately, Thanksgiving weekend means four days on which to fire bets and make things more interesting. We’ve got a full 16-game slate to work with this week. Let’s make some wagers. All Scumbag analysis is in blockquotes. My non-Scumbag locks follow below.

It’s hard to believe, but we have already made it to one of the best holidays of the year, Thanksgiving. Quite honestly, there may not be a better holiday on the calendar. There is almost zero risk and all reward [Ed. note: please elaborate on which holidays carry risk, aside from drinking yourself into a coma on St. Patrick’s Day (a Rhode Island tradition) or getting into a Roman candle fight on July 4 (a Scumbag tradition)].

You get to spend time with the people you care about (sans presents), eat, drink and indulge in 11-ish straight hours of NFL football. Yeah, if you have to travel that can be a bit of a bummer, but other than that, it’s a top tier holiday for sure. Thanksgiving is also a great time to catch up with the boys, now that we are older and have begun to spread out across the continental United States for various reasons (job opportunities, smothering parents, etc).

This serves as one of the handful of times we are gifted with lapsing back into our post-college, pre-real life selves. A day where an hour at our favorite dive can devolve into a lost day filled with a combination of “athletic”  challenges (bowling, golf, darts, pool) and any form of wagering that involves money pools and screaming in each other’s faces while we sweat out whatever absurd seven-leg parlay we fired in to add a little extra excitement to the day.

I’m very much looking forward to this long weekend, and am hoping to be thankful for several wins on the Sunday docket to bring the holiday to a close.