NFL Week 12 Officiating Angles: Finding Edges in Falcons-Saints, Panthers-Titans and Rams-Cardinals

We went 1-2 last week, dropping this column to 18-15 (+1.5 units) on the season. Now it's on to the Week 12 Sunday slate as we look to finish the season strong.

This season, Joe Gibbs (not the Hall of Fame coach, the NFL referee expert who tweets @NFLrefstats1) is collaborating with SportsLine to provide weekly, referee-based betting angles. He analyzes the NFL ref assignments from the moment they are released each Tuesday.

Before you make any Week 12 NFL picks or NFL parlays, you need to see what Gibbs and SportsLine senior analyst Larry Hartstein have to say about the officiating crews' tendencies.

We can tell you Hartstein and Gibbs are betting the Falcons +1.5 at home versus the Saints, in part because Brad Allen's crew will officiate.

Since 2016, home underdogs are 26-17-1 ATS (61 percent) with Allen officiating. Allen is calling a below-average 41% of his penalties on home teams, in line with a career trend. The Saints average the sixth-most penalties in road games, and they lead the NFL in defensive pass interference. 

Hartstein also is sharing key officiating angles in Panthers-Titans and you need to see this critical referee data before locking in your picks!

So which side of Panthers-Titans has the edge? And what other officiating edges can be found on the Week 12 slate? ... Join SportsLine right now to see Larry Hartstein's Week 12 NFL officiating trends, all from the expert who went 53-34-3 in the SuperContest last year!