It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without food, family, friends, and an NFL triple-header.
This year’s slate features a trio of delicious matchups, with plenty of betting value on the side.
Before you feast on turkey, stuffing, and pie, let’s dig into the 2024 NFL Thanksgiving odds and schedule.
NFL odds cited below are current as of Wednesday, July 24, and courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook.
NFL Thanksgiving Odds & Lines
Chicago Bears @ Detroit Lions (12:30 p.m. ET)
Bears +4 (-110) @ Lions -4 (-110)
As is tradition, the Lions will kick off the NFL’s Thanksgiving Day triple-header at Ford Field. Detroit started playing on the holiday in 1934, and this year, it will welcome the rival Chicago Bears to town for an NFC North showdown.
Dan Campbell’s squad is a four-point home favorite in this matchup, which feels a little short since Detroit nearly reached the Super Bowl last season and Chicago finished 7-10.
However, there is plenty of optimism about the rebuilding Bears after they selected QB Caleb Williams with the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft and paired him with talented wideout Rome Odunze (No. 9 overall). Chicago also brought in veterans Keenan Allen and D’Andre Swift to revamp an offense that was inconsistent last campaign.
Although we are a long way from Week 13, I’d be tempted to back the Bears against the spread, especially since Detroit has lost seven straight Thanksgiving Day games.
New York Giants @ Dallas Cowboys (4:30 p.m. ET)
Giants +8 (-110) @ Cowboys -8 (-110)
We’re going back for seconds with this NFC East rivalry game. And if this contest goes how I expect it to, it may also be a good time for an afternoon nap.
The Cowboys have won back-to-back Thanksgiving Day games, routing the Commanders 45-10 last year and taking down the Giants 28-20 in 2022. Since then, New York has arguably gotten worse and enters the season with many concerns, especially on offense, where Daniel Jones will get one last chance to impress.
Dallas had a relatively quiet offseason and remains a flawed team in terms of its Super Bowl odds, but it should have more than enough talent to get past Brian Daboll’s squad. Dak Prescott and the Dallas offense torched New York last season, as the Cowboys outscored the Giants 89-17 across two meetings.
Expect the Cowboys to earn another lopsided home win on Thanksgiving.
Miami Dolphins @ Green Bay Packers (8:20 p.m. ET)
Dolphins +3 (-110) @ Packers -3 (-110)
The NFL Thanksgiving Day slate may save the best for last. The Dolphins will take on the Packers in an intriguing interconference matchup to end the night.
This game will showcase a pair of teams that reached the playoffs last season and feature a pair of quarterbacks who were selected in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft: Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa and Green Bay’s Jordan Love.
Love was superb in his Thanksgiving debut against the Lions last year, throwing for 268 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Packers to a 29-22 upset victory that turned their season around. Miami hasn’t played on the holiday since 2011, but the Dolphins did embarrass the Jets 34-13 in the NFL’s first-ever Black Friday game last November.
This game should be close, so if I’m making a pick this early, I lean toward taking the points with the Dolphins.
