NFL Week 18 Predictions 2024: Picks & Odds for Marquee Games

C Jackson Cowart

Last Updated: January 5, 2025 4:41 PM EST • 1 min 54 sec read. Twitter link Google News Link

Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown catches a touchdown pass as we offer our NFL Week 18 predictions and odds for this week. — Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown (14) catches a touchdown pass. Photo by Jeffrey Becker / Imagn Images.

The final week of the NFL regular season is upon us as we break down the NFL Week 18 odds and predictions for the top games this weekend.

The action began on Saturday with two games with major playoff implications. The Baltimore Ravens continued their Super Bowl odds quest when they covered the spread demolished the Cleveland Browns, while the Cincinnati Bengals kept their playoff hopes alive after beating the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Sunday's schedule features 14 games in total, none bigger than the Sunday Night Football odds duel between the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings. Those two face off at 8:20 p.m. ET from Ford Field with the winner clinching the NFC North and No. 1 seed.

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When: Sunday, Jan. 5 - 8:20 p.m. ET
Where: Ford Field (Detroit)
How to watch: NBC

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C Jackson Cowart

C Jackson Cowart is a publishing editor and lead writer for Sportsbook Review. An award-winning writer, reporter, and editor with a decade of sports media experience, "C-Jax" has worked with ESPN, Forbes, theScore, and various daily newspapers before joining the Sportsbook Review team. He's a proud graduate of the University of North Carolina, where he served as a beat writer for the Tar Heels' championship run through the NCAA men's basketball tournament in 2017. Jackson has spent the last five years covering sports betting as a predictive analyst, features writer, and industry reporter. Since joining the team in 2023, he's played a key role in Sportsbook Review's coverage of the Super Bowl, March Madness, and NBA playoffs while serving as the lead writer for the growing WNBA and NASCAR betting scenes. Though he's cashed some big bets over the years -- including Lamar Jackson to win MVP (twice) -- he's still haunted by enough second-place bet slips to wallpaper his home office. While Jackson is a committed "process over results" bettor with a keen eye for advanced stats and subtle bias in futures markets, he also embraces sports betting as a vehicle for entertainment and personal investment. He's written about everything from hot dogs to groundhogs and still hasn't forgiven his "inside source" for a sabotaged bet on the Gatorade color in Super Bowl LV.