NFL Week 15 Odds and Predictions 2026: Picks for Every Game

Thursday, December 17 · 8:15 PM ET

Interconference

A game between conferences: one result, no consequences beyond the column it lands in. A short week cuts the install, not the legs. The simpler team usually handles it better, whatever the rest narrative says. The obvious side is the popular side, and those are not always the same bet.

Saturday, December 19 · 5:00 PM ET

Conference

In the conference. It will be a line on a tiebreaker sheet in January and nobody will remember the afternoon. The visitor loses 3 hours flying east, and an early kickoff on the road is the one travel penalty with real evidence behind it. Our view: this is the sort of game people are certain about for no good reason.

Saturday, December 19 · 8:20 PM ET

Interconference

Across the conferences. The result counts once and then stops counting. Buffalo in the cold months, outdoors, where the passing game gets simpler whether anyone plans it that way or not. We think the market is closer to right here than the talk suggests.

Sunday, December 20 · 1:00 PM ET

Interconference

Interconference. Worth a win and nothing else, and any conclusion drawn from it should be priced that way. Outdoors in Green Bay, in the part of the season where the forecast is a genuine input rather than colour. We are interested in this one late, not early.

Sunday, December 20 · 1:00 PM ET

Divisional

Division, round two. Whatever worked in September usually needs a new coat of paint by now. An outdoor field in Tennessee at this time of year. Weather is not scene-setting here, it is a condition of the game. Our view: the public will be on one side of this by Friday, and that is worth knowing before Sunday.

Sunday, December 20 · 1:00 PM ET

Interconference

Out of conference, which is where season-long narratives get built on the least useful evidence. An outdoor field in New York at this time of year. Weather is not scene-setting here, it is a condition of the game. We would leave this alone until the injury report lands.

Sunday, December 20 · 1:00 PM ET

Divisional

First of two in the division, which makes it the half of the pair where information is worth most. Pittsburgh in the cold months, outdoors, where the passing game gets simpler whether anyone plans it that way or not. We would rather have the points here than the opinion.

Sunday, December 20 · 1:00 PM ET

Divisional

In the division, where the schedule is symmetrical and the excuses therefore are not available. A one o’clock start, one of a crowded slate, which is where an edge is easiest to find and hardest to notice. Our read: the total tells you more about what the books expect than the side does.

Sunday, December 20 · 1:00 PM ET

Conference

Conference, not division: no rematch to correct it, which makes the single result heavier than it feels. Outdoors in Washington, in the part of the season where the forecast is a genuine input rather than colour. We would want a reason to be on the favourite here beyond the fact that they are the favourite.

Sunday, December 20 · 1:00 PM ET

Interconference

A non-conference game: the standings feel it, the tiebreakers never do. First window of the day, on a board full of them. Our view: wait for the number rather than the news.

Sunday, December 20 · 1:00 PM ET

Divisional

The return game in the division. It is the fixture most likely to look nothing like the first one. A retractable roof, which takes the weather out of the question if they want it out. Our view: the number will move more than the matchup warrants.

Sunday, December 20 · 4:05 PM ET

Interconference

Non-conference, played once every four years by rotation, so neither side has much recent tape on the other. One side here, the Cardinals, has had a week off. Rested is easy to say and hard to put a number on. We think the honest answer is that this one is close, and close games are where prices get lazy.

Sunday, December 20 · 4:25 PM ET

Divisional

The return fixture in the division, with the head-to-head either level or on the line. Played indoors under a roof that does not open, so the weather is out of it entirely. Our read: this is a total to look at before it is a side.

Sunday, December 20 · 4:25 PM ET

Conference

A conference fixture with no return game, so whatever this settles, it settles once. A bye behind the Cowboys, and the healthy version of a team is a genuine variable, and the hardest one of all to price. We would take the home side’s price more seriously than the home side’s reputation.

Sunday, December 20 · 8:20 PM ET

Divisional

Second meeting, same division. The unfamiliar half of football has already been played. A closed roof: no wind, no rain, no excuse in either direction. Our read: the line that opens is not the line that settles, and the gap is the whole edge.

Monday, December 21 · 8:15 PM ET

Conference

In conference. No rematch, no head-to-head to settle, just a number in a column that decides a bye in January. Kansas City in the cold months, outdoors, where the passing game gets simpler whether anyone plans it that way or not. The obvious side is the popular side, and those are not always the same bet.