It's Thanksgiving Week and we all know what that means around here: Instead of football picks, I'm going to spend the next 30 minutes listing off my favorite Thanksgiving side dishes. Just kidding, I couldn't Darius Slayton Jersey even fill 29 minutes talking about that. The only two side dishes I ever have at Thanksgiving are sweet potatoes and wine, and to be honest, I'm not sure that second one even technically counts as a side dish. I'm not sure how many gla ses of wine I'll be having on Thursday, but I do know how many football games I'll be watching: THREE. Normally, that number is closer to 2.1 because I generally only watch about five minutes of the game, but this year, I'll be watching the entire thing since it's on CBS. Also, I should note that when I'm watching the Lions, I'll definitely be scarfing down one of my two side dishes and it won't be the sweet potatoes. Alright, let's get to the picks, because if we don't do it now, there's a chance I might stop writing to go eat sweet potatoes and if that happens, I might not ever come back. Actually, before we get to the Week 12 picks, here's a quick reminder that you can check out the weekly picks from every . Also, as you may or may not have heard, I'm now in charge of the newsletter here at CBSSports.com. If you can't be with your family for the holidays, just sign them up for the newsletter and then you can read it together every day and it will be like you're in the same room, except not really. To Kyle Lauletta Jersey subscribe, all you . Since I'm now running the newsletter, you might be thinking that I'll be way too busy to podcast, but nope. If there are two things I'm never too busy for, it's podcasting and eating sweet potatoes. Will Brinson and Ryan Wilson have never invited me over for sweet potatoes, but they do join me three days per week (Monday, Tuesday and Friday) on the Pick Six podcast, which is our daily NFL podcast here at CBSSports.com. You can listen to Tuesday's episode below. The reason you're going to want to listen is because we spent way more time than we probably should have trying to figure out how many quarterbacks are better than this year, and spoiler alert, there are a lot of them. I think I've babbled for long enough, let's get to the Turkey Day edition of the picks. Thursday, 12:30 p.m. ET (CBS) Latest Odds: Houston Texans -3 If you didn't get to watch the Lions on Sunday -- and I'm gue sing you didn't because I'm pretty sure their game was only shown to about .00001% of the country -- they got shut out by the . SHUT. OUT. BY. THE. PANTHERS. The reason I used capital letters there is because it's nearly impo sible to get shut out in today's NFL, but the Lions still somehow managed to do it. Since Oct. 21 of last season, there have only been three games where a team scored zero points: The Lions gave us one and the gave us the other two. When you're on a list that only includes one other team and that team is the Jets, you've already lost. Ironically enough, if you asked me to make a list of of teams that are probably going to have a new coach next year, I'd probably also list the Jets and the Lions. Like I said, being on the same list as the Jets is never a good thing. I know the Lions didn't have in Week 11 and I know they didn't have , but I don't think things are going to get much better for Detroit this week since they're going to be playing on just three days rest. The other problem for the Lions is that they've given up the fourth-most points in the NFL this Dalvin Tomlinson Jersey year, and now, they have to face one of the hottest quarterbacks in the league. Since Week 5, has thrown 11 touchdown pa ses and zero interceptions while averaging 286.4 yards per game. If the were any good, we'd be talking a lot more about Watson's brilliant run, but they're not. Also, did I mention Watson has never lost a game in his career on short rest? Because he's never lost a game in his career on short rest (7-0). That being said, the fact of the matter is that I have to choose between two bad teams here. This is like choosing between green bean ca serole and corn pudding as your main side dish at Thanksgiving. Corn pudding got shut out on Sunday, so I'm taking green bean ca Lawrence Taylor Jersey serole. The pick: Texans 30-23 over Lions Thursday, 4:30 p.m. ET (Fox) Latest Odds: Dallas Cowboys -2.5 The oddsmakers in Vegas must've started pounding Thanksgiving tequila shots a few days early this year because that's the only way to explain why the are favored in this game. I mean, it doesn't make any sense. They lost to Washington 25-3 just FIVE WEEKS ago. On the other hand, now that I'm thinking about it some more, this point spread actually makes perfect sense, because I'm CONFUSED and that's exactly what they want in Vegas: Confused gamblers. I'm pretty sure 50% of the money for the ' new stadium came from confused gamblers who threw their money away on point spreads they didn't understand. The last time we saw these two teams on the same field came back in Week 7 in a game where almost had his head knocked off by . This was back when the Cowboys offense was terrible and I have no idea how it's happened, but their offense actually looks somewhat competent now, which might not sound like much of a compliment, but it's one of the highest compliments you can pay a team from the NFC East. The Cowboys were my preseason pick to win the division, and although I jumped off the bandwagon at some point over the past month, I'm getting back on. I mean, how can I not be on board with a team who has a head coach who is smashing watermelons with a sledgehammer to pump everyone up. coach Mike McCarthy pulled out a sledgehammer during Saturday nights team meeting and smashed watermelons like Gallagher to emphasize their objectives. Players roared, then responded Jon Halapio Jersey with an inspired win in Minnesota. Tom Peli sero (@TomPeli sero) I once tried that at home and it did not go well, so I'm glad to see it worked out well for McCarthy. Anyway, as you can probably tell, I'm going with the Cowboys. The pick: Cowboys 26-23 over Washington Thursday, 8:20 p.m. ET (NBC) The CDC is recommending that you shouldn't travel for Thanksgiving this year and although I originally thought that was a nationwide warning, I think it might actually just apply to the . Baltimore is dealing with multiple COVID-19 cases right now with two key players -- and J.K. Dobbins -- both testing positive, which means those two won't be playing Thursday. If you're wondering how everyone on Twitter is handling this news, let's just say things are interesting in Pittsburgh. Boy, do I smell horse***t w/the Ravens' covid tests. After getting made into roadkill by Derrick Henry, I bet they want the game moved back to give them more recovery time. Mark Madden (@MarkMaddenX) Guys, as we all know, the first rule of tweeting out a conspiracy theory