{"id":382407,"date":"2025-11-18T15:42:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=382407"},"modified":"2025-11-18T15:43:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:43:01","slug":"nfl-week-12-upset-picks-and-predictions-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nfl-week-12-upset-picks-and-predictions-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 12 upset picks: Back Browns and Cardinals to come through as underdogs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two teams with backup QBs, the Cleveland Browns and Arizona Cardinals, have piqued my interest as upset candidates this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: Shadeur Sanders&#8217; first taste of NFL action didn&#8217;t go as he would&#8217;ve liked, but he&#8217;s in line to start if Dillon Gabriel (concussion) isn&#8217;t ready for Sunday. Cleveland&#8217;s real strength is its defence, though, which should thrive against the Las Vegas Raiders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my top NFL Week 12 upset picks for games on Nov. 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-> <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.com\/promoRedirect?key=ej0xMzUyNTA0MiZsPTEzNTI1MDAwJnA9ODMzNw%3D%3D\">Join NorthStar Bets and start wagering on the NFL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-0a4ee124-09d4-4260-81c9-fd6fe232dbb3\">NFL Week 12 upset picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Best bet: Browns moneyline (+155)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Browns have a quarterback dilemma brewing \u2014 what else is new? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Cleveland&#8217;s strategy, whether it&#8217;s Sanders or Gabriel under centre, should be simple: Run the ball and play strong defence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Myles Garrett is arguably the best player in the NFL and is barrelling toward a second DPOY award after recording 10 sacks in his last three games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cleveland lost each of those contests, mind you, but two were to legit Super Bowl contenders (Patriots, Ravens) and one was to a New York Jets team with two special teams touchdowns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-> <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.com\/promoRedirect?key=ej0xMzUyNTA0MiZsPTEzNTI1MDAwJnA9ODMzNw%3D%3D\">Wager on NFL Week 12 at NorthStar Bets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Raiders are as dysfunctional as the Browns, and just got throttled by the Dallas Cowboys, 33-16, on Monday Night Football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Las Vegas is now averaging just 13.0 points in its last six games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In that span, Geno Smith has been sacked 19 times and has thrown six picks. His offensive line isn&#8217;t capable of blocking anyone, let alone the scariest man in the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cleveland should win this game as long as it doesn&#8217;t shoot itself in the foot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: The Browns&#8217; defence ranks fifth in EPA per play, and the Raiders&#8217; offence ranks 30th in EPA per play, per RBSDM.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:121195\">Embed: #121195<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-fa134a48-a478-432b-95e0-66881f0d337b\">NFL underdog predictions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Cardinals moneyline (+125)<\/strong>:<\/strong> Jacoby Brissett has done all Arizona could ask for, and then some, in Kyler Murray&#8217;s absence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Brissett has a 10-to-3 TD:INT ratio with a 66.7 completion percentage. He&#8217;s averaging 314 yards\/game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He&#8217;s attempted an absurd 42.6 passes per game and completed 47-of-57 passes (that&#8217;s not a typo) against the San Francisco 49ers in Week 11.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-> <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.com\/promoRedirect?key=ej0xMzUyNTA0MiZsPTEzNTI1MDAwJnA9ODMzNw%3D%3D\">Don&#8217;t miss out \u2014 Bet on the NFL now at NorthStar Bets!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cards have only won one of Brissett&#8217;s five starts, but he&#8217;s had them mostly competitive, losing by less than a score to the Indianapolis Colts and Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arizona&#8217;s last two games were uglier \u2014 a pair of 22-point losses to divisional rivals \u2014 but the Jacksonville Jaguars aren&#8217;t exactly juggernauts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Jags have lost three of their last five games and only have two wins by more than a score this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marvin Harrison Jr. also might return, which would be a nice shot in the arm for Arizona&#8217;s offence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>NFL upset picks made at 2:50 p.m. ET on 11\/11\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-> <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.com\/promoRedirect?key=ej0xMzUyNTA0MiZsPTEzNTI1MDAwJnA9ODMzNw%3D%3D\">Sign up to NorthStar Bets today!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two teams with backup QBs, the Cleveland Browns and Arizona Cardinals, have piqued my interest as upset candidates this week. The pregame narrative: Shadeur Sanders&#8217; first taste of NFL action didn&#8217;t go as he would&#8217;ve liked, but he&#8217;s in line to start if Dillon Gabriel (concussion) isn&#8217;t ready for Sunday. Cleveland&#8217;s real strength is its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":382393,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,61],"tags":[181],"class_list":["post-382407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","category-nfl","tag-nfl"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NFL Week 12 upset picks: 2025 underdog predictions | The Boost<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our 2025 NFL Week 12 upset picks. 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