NFL Week 12 best bets: Top five spread picks for premier NFL betting competition from proven expert

The good times came crashing down last week with a 1-4 performance that only saw the Bills cover, and I'm back in position of needing another 5-0 week like I had the previous week to erase the Week 11 stinker. The biggest surprise was the Chiefs laying a dud off a bye, especially on defense where Bo Nix looked more like Patrick Mahomes than Mahomes did himself.

This week brings an interesting situation with the Patriots-Bengals matchup, which is Patriots -6.5 for the contest but figures to move significantly one way or another once we know if Joe Burrow is going to start. If that happens prior to the deadline to submit picks in the contest, one of those sides is going to be a monumental consensus play. I've decided to avoid the game altogether and hope the popular side suffers a loss.

So which five teams am I backing? You can find my five best bets for Week 12 based on the Circa Million contest lines below.

Why listen to me? I'm 718-623-37 and up more than 32 units on ATS picks over the last eight years and even better with my top five picks each week, going 464-379-27 (55%) over the last 10 years in the Las Vegas ATS contests. 

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