NFL Week 6 Lookahead Lines And 2023 Market Moves
The 2023 NFL Week 6 lookahead lines provide us an advance look at the following week’s NFL lines before the current week’s games are played. I provide an explanation and tools for using lookahead lines below. As you review my Week 5 underdog picks, which are 7-6 ATS this season and nearly 58% the past six years posting weekly (169-123 ATS), take a glance at the Week 6 matchups and lookahead lines before they are posted for next week’s games. Then compare them to the actual lines following the Week 4 games.
These NFL Lookahead Lines or advance lines can be useful in not only projecting ahead to next week’s games and lines, but also to keep you from over-reacting to one game or the upcoming games results.
Week 5 Market Moves and Adjustments
Some of the key Week 5 spreads with notable adjustments from the Week 5 lookahead lines include:
- Atlanta -3.5 to -1.5 vs. Houston
- Detroit -7.5 to -9.5 vs. Carolina
- Indianapolis -1.5 to +1.5 vs. Tennessee
- Miami -9.5 to -11 vs. New York Giants
- New England -2.5 to -1 vs. New Orleans
- Baltimore -1.5 to -3.5 at Pittsburgh
- Cincinnati -7 to -3 at Arizona
- Philadelphia -5 to -4 at Los Angeles Rams
- Denver -2.5 to -1 vs. New York Jets
- Kansas City -5.5 to -4 at Minnesota
- Green Bay PK to -1 at Las Vegas (MNF)
NFL Week 6 Lookahead Lines
Week 6 look ahead lines include just four division games, including Thursday Night Football Denver at Kansas City – one of three games with double-digit spreads. The Sunday Night Football game has the biggest spread of the week when a battle of New York teams tackle each other in Buffalo with the Giants vs. the Bills (-13).
Teams with byes in Week 6 include: Packers and Steelers
NFL Week 6 Games | BetOnline | SuperBook |
Denver at Kansas City (Thurs) | KC -10.5 and 51.5 | KC -10.5 and 51.5 |
Baltimore vs Tennessee (London) | BAL -4 and 40.5 | BAL -4 and 40.5 |
Minnesota at Chicago | MIN -4.5 and 48.5 | MIN -4.5 and 48.5 |
Seattle at Cincinnati | CIN -2 and 44 | CIN -2.5 and 43.5 |
San Francisco at Cleveland | SF -3 and 41.5 | SF -3 and 42 |
New Orleans at Houston | HOU -1 and 40.5 | HOU PK ’em and 41.5 |
Indianapolis at Jacksonville | JAX -5.5 and 45.5 | JAX -5.5 and 45.5 |
Carolina at Miami | MIA -10.5 and 46.5 | MIA -10.5 and 46.5 |
Detroit at Tampa Bay | DET -3 and 45 | DET -3 and 45 |
New England at Las Vegas | LV PK ’em and 42 | LV -1 and 42.5 |
Arizona at Los Angeles Rams | LAR -4.5 and 46.5 | LAR -5 and 45 |
Philadelphia at New York Jets | PHI -6 and 43 | PHI -6.5 and 42.5 |
New York Giants at Buffalo (SNF) | BUF -13 and 47.5 | BUF 12.5 and 48 |
Dallas at Los Angeles Chargers (MNF) | DAL -2.5 and 48 | DAL -3 and 47.5 |
As you evaluate, watch and wager and live bet on the Week 5 games, be sure you review box scores, impactful injuries, misleading stats and meaningful data from each week’s results. From there you can see where the bookmaker posts the following week’s lines on Sunday and Monday, and compare them to the lookahead lines and market moves during the week.
How to use Lookahead Lines
We’ll be updating the NFL advance lookahead lines each week to allow you a sneak peak at the projected lines for the following week’s games. This advance information from top online sportsbooks provides lessons in understanding lines and projections before the current week’s games are played.
The tendencies for many bettors is to over-react to previous weeks’ scores and results. The lookahead lines provide a sense of stability from the linemaker, who is unbiased in setting the lines in advance without the information from the current week’s contests.
Bettors can also gain an edge or find value in the lines once the current week’s lines are released. They do this based on not only a potential over-reaction to the recent week’s results, but by using information they have on teams including power rankings. Making adjustments is part of the process, along with formulating an opinion on certain teams. This can be based on personnel, injuries, situations and stats that come to light as the season progresses.
As you become more astue in your evaluations, betting and handicapping, you’ll be able to use your skills to project and time the market better and make more +EV bets ahead of market moves.
As you evaluate, watch, wager and live bet on the Week 1 games, be sure you review boxscores, impactful injuries, misleading stats and meaningful data from each week’s results. From there you can see where the bookmaker posts the following week’s lines on Sunday and Monday, and compare them to the lookehead lines and market moves during the week.
In the weeks ahead, we’ll compare the lookahead lines to current lines following each week’s results. We’ll shoot to chip-in added insight on key injuries, stats and situatinos that impact the market moves, and shoot for more green and profit on our NFL underdog picks.