The POD staff make their predictions for the Week 18 slate of games in the NFL.
You may have recently poured your energy into thinking about what lies ahead in 2025, but there’s still business from 2024 to take care of as the NFL regular season wraps up this weekend. For the final time this regular season, the Pride of Detroit staff have made their picks for the entire slate of Week 18 games.
On Saturday, the AFC North takes centerstage with plenty of division and playoff ramifications on the line. First, the Cleveland Browns are on the road to play the Baltimore Ravens at 4:30 p.m. ET on ABC/ESPN. The second matchup sees the Cincinnati Bengals try and keep their playoff hopes alive against the Pittsburgh Steelers at 8 p.m. ET on ABC/ESPN.
The rest of the NFL finishes up the regular season on Sunday.
In the early window, Michigan viewers can tune in to CBS for an NFC South matchup between the Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons at 1 p.m. ET. FOX will counter with another divisional tilt in the same time slot when the Chicago Bears try to avoid an 11th consecutive loss to close out their season against the Green Bay Packers.
At 4:25 p.m. ET, most of Michigan—aside from those in a pocket of mid-Michigan from Flint to around Oscoda who will get the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks—will get the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets on FOX. Over on CBS, the Denver Broncos are in control of their playoff destiny against a resting Kansas City Chiefs team at 4:25 p.m. ET.
NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” features the game of the century: the Minnesota Vikings vs. the Detroit Lions with everything and the kitchen sink on the line at 8:20 p.m. ET.
As we have done in past seasons, our staff will be making weekly predictions for every game on the NFL schedule. Each of the Pride of Detroit staff will pick the moneyline (winner of the game, no spread), but some of the members will also pick against the spread and even the over/under lines—there’s an easy toggle button in the widget below to cycle through the settings. You can also check out all of the odds for this week’s games courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook.
Here is who our staff is picking on the moneyline, spread, and over/under for all 16 games on the NFL Week 18 schedule:
