When you take big swings, you will make a run that separates you from everyone else or strike out and allow the competition to catch up. Our NFL lone-wolf picks against the spread went 0-4 last week, but we also had our first week of double-digit wins on consensus picks.

Prepare for a tight race in the ATS standings. Our experts are sharpening their picks for the final three weeks of the regular season.

Bleacher Report’s NFL expert panel, which includes analysts Brad Gagnon, Gary Davenport, Brent Sobleski, and Maurice Moton, along with editors Wes O’Donnell, Ian Hanford, and Vince Michelino from B/R Betting Strategy, aren’t discouraged by their whiffs on lone-wolf selections. There are six of them on this week’s slate, starting with Thursday Night Football.

This week presented tough challenges with quarterback switches and key injuries that impacted our leans, but the crew broke everything down to give you another winning week of picks.

Before you dig into the analysis, check out our leaderboard standings with last week’s records in parentheses.

T-1. Hanford: 123-97-4 (10-6)

T-1. O’Donnell: 123-97-4 (10-6)

3. Sobleski: 121-99-4 (9-7)

4. Michelino: 117-103-4 (8-8)

T-5. Davenport: 115-105-4 (8-8)

T-5. Knox: 115-105-4 (11-5)

T-5. Moton: 115-105-4 (13-3)

8. Gagnon 107-113-4 (7-9)

Consensus picks: 105-80-2 (10-4)

Lines are from DraftKings as of Wednesday, Dec. 18, at 4 p.m. ET. Check DraftKings for the latest odds info. Information on public betting trends is courtesy of the Action Network. ATS records are provided by Team Rankings.