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NFL Week 5 Picks – 2023 Edition

Last week was a rough week for our three hosts. None of us finished above .500 with Eric and Evan each going 8-8 and Cory going 7-9. We went 3-4 in games we all agreed on, so if you make a habit of waiting for our picks to be published, you may want to pick against us on those games because our early season success appears to have gone by the wayside.

Congratulations to Andrew Perez, who crushed in the Week 4 fan contest with an 11-5 picks record, tied for the best single-week mark of the season with Cory back in Week 1. Andrew now has the lead in the fan contest with 34 points on the season, jumping past James Dailey who had a terrible week to fall five points behind Andrew on the year.

 

Email us at thesportsballers@gmail.com or DM us on Facebook or Twitter/X with your email address and we’ll enter you in our fan contest. You’ll receive a ballot every week after our Wednesday live show so you can submit your picks against the same spread as us before the Thursday night game. Play against us week-by-week or across the whole season!

 

Let’s get to our Week 5 picks!

Date

Network

Matchup

Bet MGM Spread

Cory

Eric

Evan

Th 8:15p

PRIME

CHI at WAS

WAS -5.5

Mmanderz

Mmanderz

Mmanderz

Su 9:30a

NFLN

JAC at BUF*

BUF -5.5

Jags

Bills

Jags

Su 1:00p

FOX

HOU at ATL

ATL -2

Texans

Texans

Texans

 

FOX

CAR at DET

DET -9.5

Lions

Lions

Lions

 

CBS

TEN at IND

TEN -1

Colts

Colts

Colts

 

FOX

NYG at MIA

MIA -10.5

Dolphins

Dolphins

Dolphins

 

CBS

NO a NE*

NO -1

Pats

Saints

Saints

 

CBS

BAL at PIT*

BAL -4

Ravens

Ravens

Steelers

Su 4:05p

FOX

CIN at ARI*

CIN -3

Cards

Cards

Bengals

 

FOX

PHI at LAR*

PHI -4.5

Rams

Eagles

Eagles

Su 4:25p

CBS

NYJ at DEN*

DEN -1.5

Jets

Broncos

Jets

 

CBS

KC at MIN

KC -4

Chiefs

Chiefs

Chiefs

Su 8:20p

NBC

DAL at SF

SF -3.5

49ers

49ers

49ers

M 8:15p

ABC

GB at LV

GB -1

Packers

Packers

Packers

Teams on BYE: CLE Browns, LA Chargers, SEA Seahawks, TB Buccaneers

 

Standings

Week 5

Cory

Eric

Evan

Points

7

7

11

Record

7-6-1

7-6-1

11-2-1

 

Season

Cory

Eric

Evan

Points^

42

44

42

Record^

42-34-2

44-32-2

42-34-2

 

Lone Wolf

Cory

Eric

Evan

Games

19

7

13

Wins

8

3

5

Atlanta (-2) won by 2 points against Houston (21-19); no winners awarded for this game.


*Denotes a game for which the three hosts of The Sportsballers Podcast did not pick the same team to beat or cover the spread.

^Season points and records will be updated after the final game of the week.

 

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