The Los Angeles Chargers head into Houston to face the Texans as they continue to fight for their postseason lives. The 8-6 Chargers are two wins behind the Chiefs but have a chance of a wild-card spot. They face a Texans team already in the prep stages for next season.

Here are our NFL betting picks and predictions for the Los Angeles Chargers vs. Houston Texans on December 26.

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The NFL season is waning fast, as the calendar has flipped to December. Dreams will be crushed and realized in the regular season’s stretch run, those of bettors included. 

Let’s try to get lucky in Week 13 and hitch our wagon to the Commanders and Chiefs in both of these parlay plays. I’ll attack those two games in two different ways, as I outline below.

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We’ve got a smaller NFL odds slate than usual on Sunday, with Week 16 odds more spread around for the festive period. With that said, we still have plenty of action to wager on.

I looked through the “First Touchdown Scorer” markets to find three players who offer the perfect mix of value and opportunity to deliver some healthy returns.

Here are my free NFL picks regarding that moment for the upcoming weekend of action!

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A penalty from Spain’s Pablo Sarabia secured a 1-0 victory in their World Cup qualifier away to Greece, ensuring Wales are guaranteed a play-off spot at least.

Rob Page’s side started their qualifying campaign knowing they would almost certainly reach the play-offs after winning their Nations League group. Wales must finish second in the group to be seeded for March’s play-offs.

La Roja themselves need a point from their showdown with Sweden at the weekend to secure a place at next year’s World Cup finals.

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Sarabia’s winner came in the 26th minute after Iñigo Martínez was tripped following a corner. Sa…

The block across from us – full of guests of the potato chip brand Lay’s – all had their phones ready to capture the big moment. Manchester City had just defeated Internazionale to become European champions and win the treble. Fans around us cried and hugged as Ilkay Gündogan walked up to lift his third trophy in a month. This was the endpoint of a wild journey for the team that I’ve been watching since my first match in 1992. It was, as a football fan, as good as it could ever possibly get, but almost all I could think about was: how the hell can I get some water?

In an attempt to keep the rival fans apart, beat Istanbul’s impressively stubborn traffic and get everyone to their seats in time, Uefa had insisted that City’s fans …

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