As I've said before, I usually avoid posting my picks early in the week, but I'm making an exception this week for two reasons. First, since Christmas falls on a Sunday this year, all of the afternoon games will be played on Saturday. Secondly, my girlfriend is coming up to visit for the weekend, so I'm getting my predictions done early so I have the entire weekend to spend with her. So here goes...
Last week: 10-6
Season to date: 143-81 (63.8 %)
Texans over Colts
- Things should return to the status quo this week.
- You can't really blame the Ravens for their loss at San Diego last
week. The Chargers have a strong history of winning games in
December. The Browns, sadly, don't.
- The Bills don't have a prayer, and no amount of Tebowing will
help, as the Broncos bounce back from a rare home loss to New England.
- The Panthers continued to surprise last week with an upset win over the Texans. Tampa just continued to implode.
- Arizona's been on a roll lately with John Skelton leading the way,
but I don't think they'll be able to handle the cold weather of
Cincinnati, not to mention the Bengals' defense.
- Chalk another one up to the Chiefs' defense.
- With Matt Moore now at quarterback instead of Chad Henne, the
Dolphins will make this a closer game than they had against the Pats in
Week 1, but I don't think they'll have enough to outgun New England's offense.
- Which New York team will lay the bigger egg on Saturday?
- Pittsburgh blew a golden opportunity to overtake Baltimore for the
division lead thanks to Ben Roethlisberger's four turnovers. If I were
Mike Tomlin, I'd sit Roethlisberger for the next two weeks. I highly doubt
Baltimore will slip up again, which means the Steelers will most likely have to
play in the first round, so they should give Big Ben some time
to rest while they still can so he's healthy for the playoffs. Besides,
they've only got St. Louis and Cleveland left on the schedule, and
they're facing the NFL's worst run defense this week, so it shouldn't
matter who's starting at quarterback. Just a thought...
- With a loss to the previously winless Colts last week, the Titans are fading fast.
- The 'Skins looked like they did at the start of the season last
week against the Giants. Rex Grossman torches the Viking's non-existent secondary this
Saturday. (Gee, never thought I'd be saying that!)
- It's kinda hard to bet against San Diego after the way they
handled the Ravens last Sunday, and they usually play really well in
December, but let's see how they deal with playing on the road against a
team that's been playoff-starved for the last decade.
- Hard to believe, but the Eagles still have a pretty good shot at the playoffs, and
they're playing like their hungry. Dallas finds a way to snatch defeat
from the jaws of victory once again.
- The NFC West is full of surprises. Seattle has won three in a row
and still has a long shot at a wild card spot, but the Niners have just
been playing lights-out on defense. I've got a feeling it's gonna be a
Harbaugh Superbowl this year.
- So much for a perfect season. No matter, the Packers will bounce
back and clinch home-field advantage against the injury-depleted
Bears.
- The Falcons have the better defense, but you can bet Saints QB Drew Brees will be fired up for this one, with a chance to break Dan Marino's passing record with a week to spare. He needs just a little over 300 yards.
B-)
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