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NFL · week 5 slate · Thu, Oct 8 to Mon, Oct 12

The week 5 NFL schedule. Our call on the spread and the total, on every game we called.

When the calls land: NFL picks land Wednesday evening, after the first official injury report, and Friday evening, after final designations. A pick locks the moment it posts and never changes; Friday adds picks on games the panel passed on Wednesday.

What am I looking at?

Every game on the 2026 week 5 NFL schedule with the latest captured line, the book that posted it, and our number beside the market. Every card carries our call on the spread and our call on the total, or says No call yet where our panel has not made one. Ace, Stack and Buck, our three panelists, work the games on the board. A Pick is our strongest call and goes on the record. A Lean is which way we lean on a game and is not a pick. NFL picks land Wednesday evening, after the first official injury report, and Friday evening, after final designations. A pick locks the moment it posts and never changes; Friday adds picks on games the panel passed on Wednesday. Members see every call. Where books have not posted yet, the slate says lines pending.

Week 5 is final. Every pick on it grades against its locked number on the record within 24 hours. The week 6 board publishes Wednesday at 4:30pm PT. See the grades → Week 6 schedule →

Every card has an Open game link to the full game page.
What the cards show, stated plainly

One card per game, the same on every card. The kickoff. The matchup with the market spread on each team and the market total with its book. Then two calls side by side: the spread and the total. Each call carries its tag, Pick or Lean, the side and the number, the panel meter, and three faces for Ace, Stack and Buck: a lime ring means that panelist is on the call's side, and a red ring means he took the other side. A game with no call says No call yet, because an absence is a result too and we would rather print it than leave a hole.

A Pick is our strongest call and goes on the record. A Lean is which way we lean on a game and is not a pick.The meter shows how strongly the panel backs the call. It is not a probability or a hit rate.The calls come from our analyst panel: Ace, Stack and Buck work the games on the board. Our number, on the card for members, is the model's read and is context, not the call.

The line is the latest capture per game at DraftKings, FanDuel or BetMGM, book named on every row. Our number is shown when both teams carry a rating; it includes about 2 points of home field, and none at a neutral site (the London, Munich, Madrid, Paris, Rio, Mexico City and Melbourne games list a designated home team but nobody is at home, and the card says so). That number is context, never the call. Where the market has moved off the number we took, the call says both, ours first, so the reader knows which number is ours. Rest days come straight from the schedule and are free context on every card. The panel works the week twice: Wednesday evening after the first official injury report, and Friday evening after final designations. A call locks the moment it posts and never changes; Friday adds calls on games Wednesday passed on. Calls open with membership until kickoff, and at kickoff every call on that game opens to everyone and stays frozen. Before Wednesday nothing has posted yet, and the board says so rather than promoting a stand-in. Every card is the whole read. The Open game link opens the full game page: the call, Ace, Stack and Buck one by one, the matchup context, the line history, and every trend on the game.

Week 5 · 15 games · Thu, Oct 8 to Mon, Oct 12

Schedule: the 2026 regular season. Lines captured Oct 12, 2026 · 15 of 15 games have a posted number. Our number on 15 games. Our calls on this board: 6 picks and 22 leans.

Thu, Oct 8
FINAL 24 · 16
Dallas Cowboys -9.5 16
DraftKings
matrixturf · rest Cowboys 4 · Buccaneers 4
Our number: Tampa Bay Buccaneers by 1.2
Lean W Spread
Tampa Bay Buccaneers +8.5
Ace backs this callStack backs this callBuck backs this call 2 of 3
locked +8.5 · closed +9.5
taken Wed 7:46pm ET
Lean W Total
Under 48
Ace backs this callStack is against this callBuck backs this call 2 of 3
locked 48 · closed 49.5
Sun, Oct 11 · Early window, 9:30am ET
FINAL 17 · 19
DraftKings
Neutral site · Tottenham Hotspur Stadium · outdoors · rest Jaguars 7 · Eagles 7
Our number: Jacksonville Jaguars by 6.7
Pick Spread WIN
Philadelphia Eagles +7.5
Ace backs this callStack backs this callBuck backs this call 3 of 3
locked Wed 7:46pm ET
Pick Total WIN
Under 42.5
-115 · DraftKings
Ace backs this callStack backs this callBuck backs this call 3 of 3
locked 42.5 · closed 41.5
FINAL 31 · 24
Miami Dolphins 44.5 24
DraftKings
outdoors · grass · rest Dolphins 7 · Bengals 7
Our number: Cincinnati Bengals by 8
Lean P Spread
Miami Dolphins +7
Ace backs this callStack is against this callBuck backs this call 2 of 3
locked Fri 7:40pm ET
Lean L Total
Under 44
Ace is against this callStack backs this callBuck backs this call 2 of 3
locked 44 · closed 44.5
FINAL 12 · 17
New York Jets -2.5 17
DraftKings
outdoors · fieldturf · rest Jets 7 · Browns 10
Our number: New York Jets by 0.9
Lean L Spread
Cleveland Browns +2
Ace backs this callStack backs this callBuck backs this call 2 of 3
locked +2 · closed +2.5
taken Wed 7:46pm ET
Lean L Total
Over 40
Ace backs this callStack backs this callBuck is against this call 2 of 3
locked 40 · closed 38.5
FINAL 26 · 3
Houston Texans -6.5 26
DraftKings
outdoors · grass · rest Titans 7 · Texans 7
Our number: Houston Texans by 9.3
Lean L Spread
Tennessee Titans +7.5
Ace backs this callStack backs this callBuck backs this call 2 of 3
locked +7.5 · closed +6.5
taken Wed 7:46pm ET
Lean L Total
Over 37.5
Ace backs this callStack backs this callBuck is against this call 2 of 3
FINAL 22 · 34
DraftKings
outdoors · grass · rest Steelers 10 · Colts 7
Our number: Pittsburgh Steelers by 4.8
Lean L Spread
Indianapolis Colts +2.5
Ace backs this callStack backs this callBuck is against this call 2 of 3
locked +2.5 · closed +3
taken Wed 7:46pm ET
Lean L Total
Under 44.5
Ace backs this callStack is against this callBuck backs this call 2 of 3
locked 44.5 · closed 41.5
FINAL 17 · 45
DraftKings
outdoors · fieldturf · rest Patriots 7 · Raiders 7
Our number: New England Patriots by 10.7
Lean L Spread
Las Vegas Raiders +4
Ace backs this callStack backs this callBuck backs this call 2 of 3
locked +4 · closed +3.5
taken Wed 7:46pm ET
Lean W Total
Over 44.5
Ace backs this callStack backs this callBuck is against this call 2 of 3
locked 44.5 · closed 45.5
FINAL 23 · 13
DraftKings
dome · sportturf · rest Saints 6 · Vikings 7
Our number: Minnesota Vikings by 8.8
Pick Spread WIN
Minnesota Vikings -1.5
-115 · DraftKings
Ace backs this callStack backs this callBuck is against this call 3 of 3
locked -1.5 · closed -2.5
taken Wed 7:46pm ET
No call Total
the analyst panel worked this game and made no call
FINAL 27 · 27
New York Giants 41.5 27
DraftKings
outdoors · grass · rest Commanders 7 · Giants 7
Our number: Washington Commanders by 0.5
Lean W Spread
New York Giants +3.5
Ace is against this callStack backs this callBuck backs this call 2 of 3
locked Wed 7:46pm ET
Lean L Total
Under 42.5
Ace backs this callStack is against this callBuck backs this call 2 of 3
locked 42.5 · closed 41.5
Sun, Oct 11 · Late afternoon window, 4:05pm ET
FINAL 23 · 17
Denver Broncos -3.5 23
DraftKings
dome · matrixturf · rest Chargers 7 · Broncos 7
Our number: Denver Broncos by 5.7
Pick Spread free WIN
Denver Broncos -3.5
-106 · FanDuel
Ace backs this callStack backs this callBuck backs this call 3 of 3
locked Fri 7:40pm ET
free pick, released Fri 7:43pm ET
Lean W Total
Under 42.5
Ace backs this callStack backs this callBuck backs this call 2 of 3
FINAL 7 · 31
Chicago Bears -1.5 7
DraftKings
outdoors · grass · rest Packers 7 · Bears 7
Our number: Green Bay Packers by 0.5
Lean W Spread
Green Bay Packers +2.5
Ace backs this callStack backs this callBuck backs this call 2 of 3
locked +2.5 · closed +1.5
taken Wed 7:46pm ET
Lean W Total
Under 46
Ace backs this callStack backs this callBuck backs this call 2 of 3
locked 46 · closed 46.5
FINAL 45 · 21
Detroit Lions -5.5 45
DraftKings
grass · rest Cardinals 7 · Lions 7
Our number: Detroit Lions by 9.5
Pick Spread free WIN
Detroit Lions -5.5
-104 · FanDuel
Ace backs this callStack backs this callBuck backs this call 3 of 3
locked Wed 7:46pm ET
free pick, released Wed 7:49pm ET
No call Total
the analyst panel worked this game and made no call
FINAL 32 · 29
DraftKings
outdoors · fieldturf · rest Seahawks 7 · 49ers 7
Our number: Seattle Seahawks by 3.3
Lean W Spread
San Francisco 49ers +3
Ace backs this callStack backs this callBuck backs this call 2 of 3
locked Wed 7:46pm ET
Lean L Total
Under 46.5
Ace is against this callStack backs this callBuck backs this call 2 of 3
Sun, Oct 11 · Night game
FINAL 30 · 23
DraftKings
fieldturf · rest Falcons 6 · Ravens 7
Our number: Baltimore Ravens by 0.7
Lean L Spread
Atlanta Falcons -3.5
Ace backs this callStack backs this callBuck is against this call 2 of 3
locked -3.5 · closed -3
taken Fri 7:40pm ET
Lean W Total
Over 43.5
Ace is against this callStack backs this callBuck is against this call 2 of 3
Mon, Oct 12
FINAL 37 · 34
Buffalo Bills 55.5 37
DraftKings
dome · matrixturf · rest Rams 8 · Bills 8
Our number: Buffalo Bills by 0.7
Pick Spread LOSS
Los Angeles Rams -3
Ace backs this callStack backs this callBuck backs this call 3 of 3
locked -3 · closed -3.5
taken Fri 7:40pm ET
Lean L Total
Under 54.5
Ace backs this callStack backs this callBuck is against this call 2 of 3
locked 54.5 · closed 55.5

Where the numbers come from. Schedules and finals come from the league data we load each night. Lines are the latest capture at DraftKings, FanDuel or BetMGM, with the book named beside every number. Every Pick locks when it posts and grades at that number on the public record. Our number is context; the panel makes the call. Research, never a guarantee. 21+.