Week 13 of the NFL season is the most beautiful week of the season. The week kicks off with a trio of games on Thanksgiving Day and a nice dessert on Black Friday this year with the Kansas City Chiefs and the Las Vegas Raiders. There's plenty of matchups to get excited about this week. Here are the must see games of Week 13.

As BetMGM’s John Ewing points out, favorites of 10 or more points are 12-0 straight up on Thanksgiving and 10-2 against the spread. However the Bears have done a wonderful job losing close or simply finding a way to lose a game. Where things get squirrely for the Bears is their run defense, which is among the worst in the NFL.

The Detroit Lions shed their laughingstock label over the previous two seasons. They just missed the playoffs in the 2022 season and then nearly reached the first Super Bowl in franchise history last season, winning the NFC North and reaching the conference championship game before squandering a 17-point lead to lose to the San Francisco 49ers.