NFL Week 15 Officiating Angles: Finding Edges in Broncos-Lions, Steelers-Colts and 49ers-Cardinals

We went 1-2 last week, bringing this column's record to 25-17 (+6.3 units) through 14 weeks. Byes are over and we've got a full slate to choose from. That's just the way we like it.

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

Before you make any Week 15 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 Detroit -4 (MGM) over visiting Denver on Saturday, in part due to referee John Hussey drawing the assignment.

Home teams are 9-3 straight up and 10-2 against the spread with Hussey this season, making him an incredible 85-41 SU and 75-47-4 ATS (62%) since 2016. That's the best home field advantage for any ref over that span.

Detroit is very disciplined, having been called for the second-fewest presnap penalties. 

Hartstein also is sharing key officiating angles in Steelers-Colts and 49ers-Cardinals. You need to see this critical referee data before locking in your picks!

So which side of Steelers-Colts has the edge? And what other officiating edges can be found on the Week 15 slate? ... Join SportsLine right now to see Larry Hartstein's Week 15 NFL officiating trends, all from the expert who went 53-34-3 in the SuperContest last year!