NFL First Half Lines: Week 13 Games Betting Strategy

As NFL First Half Lines continue to gain popularity among bettors, Week 13 offers exciting opportunities to get in on the action, with first-half betting options giving fans a new way to approach the game and potentially boost their winnings.

Betting NFL First Half Lines for Week 13 Games
NFL Week 13 First Half Forecast: Expert Predictions and Betting Tips

2024 NFL Season | 104th season of National League in the United States
Week 13: Thursday, November 28th – Monday, December 2nd, 2024

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NFL betting has evolved dramatically in the past 20 years.

In the old days, handicappers had to settle on making NFL bets against the spread, on the moneyline, or over/under totals.

Not anymore. NFL bettors can play options on first half, second half, and even quarters.

Check out why you should consider making NFL first half bets as well as examples in NFL Week 13 on how implement a first half betting strategy.

Writer’s Picks for the First Half Lines

Coaches often script the first half

Some of the best coaches in the NFL script their entire first half.

Two of the top HCs in the current National Football League, Andy Reid with the Kansas City Chiefs and Sean Payton with the Denver Broncos, like to put first half plans in action.

It doesn’t always work out in their favor.

But when it does, the Chiefs and Broncos get a leg up on their competition heading into halftime.

It also allows NFL sports betting fans to get an idea of whether or not there is value in the first half spread.

Players on favored home teams often get off to a first half hot start

Football players respond to home field advantage.

This is true at the college level and at the NFL.

When we add the fact that some coaches like to script the first half and that players, especially offensive players, respond better in the first half than their opponents, we can get idea of whether or not a team will cover the first half spread.

Taking advantage of NFL spread lines before halftime adjustments can lead to profit

NFL head coaches are terrific at making second half adjustments.

So we want to pounce on first half betting lines before coaches make those adjustments.

This is especially true in the case of a first half home underdog.

If a team is the dog, they’re most likely going to cover in the first half and not the second.

Coaching can’t replace talent and talented teams tend to step it up in the second half lines.

Teams are often first half or second half squads

The Cincinnati Bengals are for sure a second half team.

Think of the rallies and almost rallies that Joe Burrow has led the Bengals to this season and in the past.

Some teams are first half teams.

Some are second and some fall in the middle.

Check out first half scores in the team’s last few games to get a good idea of the trend for that squad.

NFL Week 13 Examples

New York Giants +1.5 at Dallas Cowboys

Thursday, November 28th, 2024

The Cowboys are a mess.

Dallas will struggle to move the football versus a decent Giants’ defense.

Almost as important? Brian Daboll is one of those first half script coaches.

Mike McCarthy has given up.

So the G-Men should roll in the first half.

NFL 1st Half Pick: Giants +1.5

Miami Dolphins +2 at Green Bay Packers

Thursday, November 28th, 2024

The Dolphins aren’t necessarily a first half team.

The Packers are somewhat of a second half team.

Matt LaFleur, Green Bay’s coach, and Jordan Love, the Packers QB, step it up in the second half.

This has occurred more than once this season.

Taking advantage of a projected +2 on the Fins makes sense.

NFL 1st Half Pick: Dolphins +2

Pittsburgh Steelers +1.5 versus Cincinnati Bengals

Sunday, December 1st, 2024

This season the Bengals have been a solid second half team but as a first half team, Cincinnati has been a disaster.

Pittsburgh should have the lead heading into halftime.

The Bengals could rally and win at the end but in the first half, Russell Wilson and his squad get the head start against Joe Burrow and his team.

NFL 1st Half Pick: Saints +1.5

New Orleans Saints +1.5 versus LA Rams

Sunday, December 1st, 2024

The Rams can get out to a hot start in this.

The Saints, though, have been hot in the first half in the past few games.

New Orleans had a bye in NFL Week 12.

So they for sure should have the offense rolling in the first half versus a less than stellar Rams defense.

NFL 1st Half Pick: Steelers +1.5

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Some early halftime scores:

Jets lead Browns 13-3
Bears lead Jaguars 13-10
Falcons tied with Chiefs 7-7
Colts lead Steelers 21-7 pic.twitter.com/le0npsYBQt
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