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 |
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Su 9:30a | NFLN | JAC at BUF* | BUF -5.5 | Jags |
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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 |
| Saints | Saints |
| CBS | BAL at PIT* | BAL -4 |
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| Steelers |
Su 4:05p | FOX | CIN at ARI* | CIN -3 |
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| Bengals |
| FOX | PHI at LAR* | PHI -4.5 |
| Eagles | Eagles |
Su 4:25p | CBS | NYJ at DEN* | DEN -1.5 | Jets |
| 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 |
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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 |
*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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