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Mixed martial arts NFL Week 7 Parlay Picks: Game Lines Parlay at 13.36 Odds
The NFL is back in the States this weekend and, with six teams on byes, there are certainly some ‘interesting’ games on the slate.
This week’s early slot of six games is the smallest of the season so far and it’s headlined by a cracking matchup between the 5-1 Detroit Lions and the AFC North-leading Baltimore Ravens in Maryland, before a divisional matchup between in the late window as the Kansas City Chiefs welcome the Los Angeles Chargers to Arrowhead.
Sunday Night Football looks set to be an interesting game too, with the offensive juggernaut Miami Dolphins making the trip north to take on the Philadelphia Eagles, who are looking to bounce back from their first loss of the year, whilst Monday Night Football sees a simialrly angry San Francisco 49ers side make the long journey to face Kirk Cousins and his Minnesota Vikings.
Our NFL expert Joshua Jones has a 13.36 parlay for Week 7 of football action, so if you want more from him, visit our Expert Insights section.
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Atlanta Falcons: Desmond Ridder 1+ Interception
- Seattle Seahawks vs Arizona Cardinals: Kenneth Walker Over 77.5 Rushing Yards
- Los Angeles Rams vs Pittsburgh Steelers: LA Rams -3.0
- Kansas City Chiefs vs Los Angeles Chargers: LA Chargers +5.5 Handicap
NFL Week 5 Parlay odds: 13.36
Odds via bet365 as at 00:00, 19th October 2023. Odds may now differ.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Atlanta Falcons: Ridder’s Days Are Surely Numbered
United States, NFL, Sunday, October 22nd, 18:00 (UK)
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-2) ran into an absolute buzzsaw in the shape of the Detroit Lions last week, and now must welcome divisional rival Atlanta Falcons (3-3) to the Raymond James Stadium as they look to hold onto their slim lead atop the NFC South.
Last Sunday was one to forget for the hosts, whose day peaked when they trotted out in their ‘creamsicle’ uniforms and quickly went downhill from there. They were second best in all three departments against the Lions as they fell to a 20-6 defeat at the hands of Jared Goff and co.
Bakery Mayfield struggled tremendously to move the ball and they could not get the run game going at any point to relieve him, as inevitable third-down regression set in from the high mark he had set through the first four games, though there were a couple of positives.
Defensively they were somewhat solid, especially on first and second down, and they were able to generate decent pressure against one of the league’s best offensive lines – which should stand them in good stead against the Atlanta Falcons.
Desmond Ridder looked flustered under pressure against the Washington Commanders last week, throwing three interceptions and frustrating Arthur Smith to a cartoon-ish degree on the way to a 24-16 home defeat.
The second-year QB has to shoulder the blame for a loss in which they outgained their opponent 406 yards to 193, had 25 first downs to Washington’s 13 and had the ball almost 13 minutes longer, with his turnovers giving the Commanders the chance to win the game.
Those picks made it six on the season for Ridder and now he faces a ballhawk Tampa Bay defence that has forced at least one interception in four of their five games, picking off both Jalen Hurts and Justin Fields twice.
Seattle Seahawks vs Arizona Cardinals: Kenneth Walks All Over Arizona
United States, NFL, Sunday, October 22nd, 21:05 (UK)
The Seattle Seahawks (3-2) fell to defeat at the hands of the resurgent Cincinatti Bengals last weekend and now face divisional rival Arizona Cardinals (1-5) who are reeling after a hammering at the hands of the LA Rams.
Seattle were stunted in the redzone by Cincinnati despite racking up 160 yards more than their opponents, driving to within 10 yards of the end zone on four of their six second half drives and coming away with just three points.
They eventually lost the game 17-13, despite the Bengals only managing three second half points themselves, and will not look to bounce-back against a rather poor Cardinals side.
Arizona had their asses handed to them by another divisional rival in the Rams, who ran out 26-9 winners at SoFi Stadium on the back of second year running-back Kyren Williams’ 158-yard game.
The Notre Dame graduate enjoyed by far the best outing of his short NFL career against the Cardinals’ porous unit, which has now allowed the fourth most rushing yards (677) to running-backs this season.
Nick Rallis’ defensive unit has had a torrid time against opposing RBs despite not really facing any of the league’s elite talents, Christian McCaffrey aside, and lead backs have enjoyed major success against them.
CMC took 20 carries for 106 yards and 3 TDs; the aforementioned Williams managed 158 yards and a score on 20 carries; Cowboys back Tony Pollard had 23 carries for 122 yards despite Dallas trailing for most of the game, and even Bengals RB Joe Mixon had 81 yards on his 25 carries.
Walker has hit this mark in two of his last three starts, five of his last seven regular season starts, and very much enjoyed his divisional matchups against Arizona last year. Across their two meetings the MSU graduate managed 47 carries for 206 yards and three scores.
- Selection: Kenneth Walker Over 77.5 Rushing Yards
- Best Odds: 1.85
- Bookmaker: BetVictor
- Stake: 5/10
Los Angeles Rams vs Pittsburgh Steelers: Lucky Steelers Are LA Losers
United States, NFL, Sunday, October 22nd, 21:25 (UK)
The Pittsburgh Steelers (3-2) went swanning off into their bye week with an unlikely victory over their divisional rival Baltimore Ravens, and now return to take on an Los Angeles Rams (3-3) offence that looks like it’s just heating up.
As mentioned above, Matthew Stafford and the Rams beat up on a sorry Arizona Cardinals team last week – with Cooper Kupp adding 148 receiving yards to Kyren Williams’ 158 rushing yards in their 26-9 victory.
It was Kupp’s second straight game with over 100 yards since his return from injury, and he has proven himself to be an important element to their offence that allows Matthew Stafford to target him aggressively.
The Rams rank 5th for offensive DVOA on the season and will have to be on-song if they’re going to get the better off Pittsburgh’s 11th-ranked defense.
Led by the insatiable pass-rushing pair of TJ Watt and Alex Highsmith – who have combined for 10 sacks, five pass break-ups, four forced fumbles and an interception – the Steelers unit has slowly fixed the coverage issues that plagued them early in the season.
They were able to defeat the Baltimore Ravens before their bye week off the back of their defensive efforts, forcing three turnovers from their AFC North nemesis, though they were helped a little by their opposing receivers.
Baltimore players dropped seven catches, including a couple of almost-guaranteed touchdowns, and it’s partly the reason the Steelers are recognised as the NFL’s luckiest side through six weeks.
According to Action Network’s ‘Luck Rankings’ no side in the NFL has benefitted from more positive luck that Pittsburgh, which means their on-field performances have not warranted the record (3-2) that they currently have.
With a Week 4 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders the only win the Steelers have technically deserved this year, don’t be surprised if this ruthless Rams side makes them pay.
Kansas City Chiefs vs Los Angeles Chargers: Close Calls In Kansas City
United States, NFL, Sunday, October 22nd, 21:25 (UK)
It’s another divisional matchup in Sunday’s late slate as the conference leading Kansas City Chiefs (5-1) welcome AFC West rivals Los Angeles Chargers (2-3) to Arrowhead in search of their sixth consecutive win.
The Chiefs come into this one with extended rest, having beaten Denver on last week’s Thursday Night Football – though they weren’t very impressive in doing so.
Patrick Mahomes against the league’s worst defense would usually mean a plethora of points, Travis Kelce going nuclear in the end zone and the Chiefs putting up 40+ points but it didn’t.
Instead, they managed 19.
With just one touchdown in the game there have inevitably been questions asked about Kansas City’s offence and the job their disappointing wide receiver room has, or rather hasn’t, been doing.
There have been bad drops and missed opportunities aplenty through six weeks and even though the Chiefs keep winning, it hasn’t been as a result of their blistering offence as we are usually used to.
Defensively, they’ve been elite. KC hasn’t allowed more than 20 points since Week 1, keeping opponents to 10 or fewer points in three of six games and ranking top 10 in defensive DVOA.
The Chargers, meanwhile, have been pretty much what everyone expected of them – an exciting offence that doesn’t always put everything together combined with a below average defence and questionable coaching decisions.
They were handled pretty comfortably by the Dallas Cowboys on Monday Night Football who, despite only winning by three points, never really looked in doubt of leaving LA with the victory – sealing the dub when Stephon Gilmore picked off Justin Herbert late in the 4th quarter.
LA keeps games close though and despite losing three already this year, they haven’t lost by more than a field goal in any of them. In fact, you have to go back to Week 13 of last season for the last time they lost by more than six and back to Week 7 for the last time they were truly blown out.
Traditionally, they play the Chiefs very close too – especially with Herbert under centre. In the six games that he has started against Kansas City, they’ve covered the spread (at the end of regulation) in all of them.
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