For football fanatics, the best part about Christmas Eve falling on a Saturday is that a full slate of NFL games arrives a day earlier than usual. While two of the week's best games are saved for Christmas Day (and night) _ Ravens at Steelers and Broncos at Chiefs _ there's plenty of games on Saturday that could wrap up some teams' playoff trips before kids unwrap their presents Sunday morning.
There are a number of intriguing matchups this week, with a lot of tough point spreads, too. Division rivals are in position to play spoiler, something to keep an eye on the final two weeks.
Underdogs went 8-7-1 against the spread (ATS) last week, meaning that through 15 weeks, it's a split: Favorites and underdogs are both 106-106-11 ATS. Look for underdogs to be in a lot of games this week.
