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 Monday, Nov. 25, and courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook.
NFL Thanksgiving Odds & Lines
Chicago Bears @ Detroit Lions (12:30 p.m. ET)
Bears +10.5 (-112) @ Lions -10.5 (-108)
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 on an absolute tear right now, reeling off nine straight victories, six of which have come by double-digits. Meanwhile, the Bears endured another gut punch on Sunday against the Vikings, overcoming an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit only to lose in overtime.
Chicago has dropped five consecutive contests, one of the many reasons this spread has ballooned from the four-point margin projected between these teams in the summer.
Although it’s terrifying to fade the Lions right now, I’m tempted to take the points with the Bears, especially since Detroit has lost seven straight Thanksgiving Day games.
New York Giants @ Dallas Cowboys (4:30 p.m. ET)
Giants +4 (-110) @ Cowboys -4 (-110)
We’re going back for seconds with this NFC East rivalry game. And given this matchup will now feature Cooper Rush and Tommy DeVito, 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. They are favored to keep that run going after an impressive upset win in Washington on Sunday.
Meanwhile, New York showed next to no fight in a 30-7 home defeat to the Buccaneers. The pressure is mounting on Giants head coach Brian Daboll, who could be losing his grip on this locker room after benching (and releasing) Daniel Jones.
This game won’t be pretty, but I’m backing the Cowboys to earn another lopsided home win on Thanksgiving.
Miami Dolphins @ Green Bay Packers (8:20 p.m. ET)
Dolphins +3.5 (-115) @ Packers -3.5 (-105)
The 2024 NFL Thanksgiving Day slate may be saving 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 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 I lean toward taking the points with the Dolphins.
