Will Brinson's NFL Week 14 picks, best bets: Kirk Cousins gets revenge on Vikings, plus sneaky props to know

Best bets from Week 14 of the 2024 NFL season

Hard to fathom, but Week 14 is already here. Football has "started" now that Thanksgiving's come and gone, with the sprint to the finish through Christmas set to dramatically change the landscape of the NFL playoff picture. 

As we covered months ago, the AFC looks like it might be a little more boring from a wild-card perspective, unless the Colts and Dolphins can shake things up. There will be plenty of drama in the race for the various divisions, outside the AFC East (the Bills already clinched) and AFC West (the Chiefs are inevitable), but both winners will at least give us a really fun race for the No. 1 seed in the conference. 

On the NFC side of things, there's a LOT to be determined. The Packers (9-3) are in third place in their division! Unheard of, but obviously a lot could change on Thursday night when they square off against the division-leading Lions (11-1). The NFC East is a one-team race, but the Eagles' involvement in the conference's top overall seed and the squeaking sports betting jabronis arguing Saquon Barkley should win MVP make them compelling. The NFC West and NFC South are complete free-for-alls.