NFL Picks Straight Up For Week 6 (2024)

NFL Picks Straight Up Week 6

• Both the Kansas City Chiefs and Minnesota Vikings remain perfect through five games.

• Week 6 sees the Miami Dolphins, Los Angeles Rams, Chiefs, and Vikings go on byes. 

• Las Vegas Raiders receiver Davante Adams looks to be primed for a trade away.

The NFL was filled with explosive results in Week 5, including the Baltimore Ravens putting up 41 points to edge the Cincinnati Bengals in overtime and the Houston Texans ousting the Buffalo Bills 23-20. 

Following a narrow win for the Jacksonville Jaguars over their divisional rivals, there isn’t a winless team in the league. At the other end of the standings, the Chiefs and Vikings remain perfect with 5-0 records.

This week, with free tickets up for grabs to the Jags-Bears game in London, these are the NFL Week 6 picks and odds.

Jacksonville Jaguars at Chicago Bears

After a rather haphazard entry into the league, this year’s first overall selection has found his feet, making the most of one of the softer phases of the Chicago Bears’ schedule. 

Caleb Williams has recorded a QB Rating of 106.6 and 126.2 in his last two games, throwing for a combined 461 yards and three touchdowns. In this span, he’s only been sacked four times. 

In his best showing as a pro so far, Williams guided the Bears to a 36-10 win over the Carolina Panthers, getting Chicago to 3-2 but not out of the basement of the intensely competitive NFC North.

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The Jacksonville Jaguars finally shrugged off the zero on their 2024 record, edging a close game with the Indianapolis Colts to come away with a 37-34 win at home. 

Trevor Lawrence stepped up in a big way to throw for 371 yards and two touchdowns, but the star of the show was Tank Bigsby, who tore off 101 yards and two touchdowns from 13 carries.

Now, the Jaguars travel to the very familiar grounds of Great Britain to face a buzzing Bears side. In 11 trips to London since 2013, the Jags have secured six wins, including on three of the last four visits.

With Williams flying and the Jaguars defence allowing the joint-third most yards per passing attempt and ten TDs through the air already, the Week 6 pick here goes to Williams beating the over for passing yards and securing over 1.5 passing touchdowns.

Pittsburgh Steelers at Las Vegas Raiders

The Las Vegas Raiders have the capacity to cause an upset this season – as shown by their Week 2 win against the Baltimore Ravens – and yet, the 18-34 loss to the Denver Broncos’ vaunted defence seems to be a better reflection of where the team is right now.

Gardner Minshew was benched after throwing two interceptions, 137 yards, and a touchdown, with Aidan O’Connell coming in for 20 attempts – ten of which connected, one of which was picked. 

Hurting the Raiders is their lacklustre backfield. With Ameer Abdullah and Alexander Mattison struggling to burst away from the line of scrimmage, defences are daring the QBs to throw, and now, their top receiver wants out. 

The Pittsburgh Steelers have been slow and steady while trying to work out how best to run the offence. Justin Fields has been asked to play it as safely as possible through the air, leading to only one interception through five games.

His five passing touchdowns can be countered in any praise by his five fumbles when carrying the rock, even if he’s the team’s only scorer on the ground and has collected the second-most rushing yards – behind Najee Harris.

Still, the big selling point of the Pittsburgh Steelers is the defence. The unit has been imperious so far, ranking joint-second in the points against column (73) while nabbing six interceptions and 13 sacks. 

The Raiders look set to start O’Connell against the Steelers, while this looks to be a prove-it game for Fields after back-to-back losses and Russell Wilson waiting on the sidelines. 

Regardless of the QB situations, Pittsburgh’s defence will continue to loom large, so the Week 6 NFL pick goes to the Steelers at -2.5 on the spread and under 36.5 total points. 

Cincinnati Bengals at New York Giants

Entering Week 6 of the 2024 NFL season, the Cincinnati Bengals have been one of the most explosive and high-scoring teams in the league, and yet, they’re at 1-4 to tie the Cleveland Browns at the foot of the AFC North.

All of their losses have been marginal, with the Patriots winning by six, the Chiefs edging them by a point, the Commanders seeing out a five-point lead, and the Ravens most recently taking the day in overtime by three.

Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase, and Tee Higgins were excellent, but after an overtime fumble from Lamar Jackson, the staff ordered three rushing plays, gained three yards on a day when the run struggled, and missed the kick.

Last week, the New York Giants showed up in a big way – even without Malik Nabers to move the sticks. Putting Geno Smith on the turf seven times was a big help on the day, as was stopping the run throughout.

On the ground, Tyrone Tracy Jr obliterated the Seattle run defence, averaging 7.17 yards per carry from 18 runs, and even Daniel Jones got in on the action often to claim 38 yards from 11 rushes. 

The biggest play of the game came right at the death. With the Seahawks looking to tie it up with a field goal, Isaiah Simmons vaulted over the line of scrimmage, blocked the kick, and saw it returned for a touchdown.

When it comes down to it, the Bengals are much, much better offensively than the Giants, so even if the defence fails to contribute, Cincinnati should be able to outscore the Giants. 

So, the pick goes to the Bengals at -3.5 on the spread and Tee Higgins to score over 0.5 receiving touchdowns.

*All of our 888 Experts picks and betting tips can be considered as a suggestion only*

*Odds correct at the time of writing - subject to change*

*Credit for all photos in this article belongs to Alamy*