Sunday Morning
Pittsburgh @ Atlanta
Washington @ New York Giants
Miami @ New England
Oakland @ Kansas City
Houston @ Indianapolis
Jacksonville @ Baltimore
Green Bay @ Buffalo
Tampa Bay @ Carolina
Cincinnati @ Cleveland
Sunday Afternoon
New York Jets @ Tennessee
Denver @ San Diego
Minnesota @ Detroit
San Francisco @ Seattle
Sunday Night
Dallas @ Philadelphia
Monday Night
New Orleans @ Chicago
Bears 31-28
Pittsburgh @ Atlanta
There
is no way to confidently predict what will happen in this game. Both teams have enjoyed surprising victories but also suffered
terrible losses, and the state of their seasons seem to fluctuate on a
weekly basis. The one thing that wouldn't surprise me is points and lots
of 'em. Each squad put up three touchdowns in the fourth quarter of
their last game, which would signify that we're in for a wild one. I
keep going back and forth on what the actual outcome will be. In fact,
I've been sitting at the computer for the last seven hours contemplating
it. The conclusion that I've come to? All predictions are pointless.
Life was not meant to be spent asking "what's next," instead we must
focus on the here and now. With that being said, as of right now Julio
Jones is a game time decision, so I'll go with Pittsburgh.
Steelers 38-31
A
bit surprising that this late season NFC East match-up wasn't flexed
into the Sunday Night Football slot, I mean, just look at the size of
these markets! I suppose the fact they have a combined 7 wins doesn't
help much. Washington has never looked worse, and no, I'm not talking
about those bozos in Congress, but seriously folks. And if we are being
serious there's no way the 'Skins win this game, right? Right. Right?
Giants 24-13
Tom
Brady sure has been fist-pumping and screaming curse words a lot
lately. Is he really that jazzed about this season or is he just trying
to prove that he still cares? Like a cheating husband who buys his wife
expensive jewelry. No matter what the motive is he has the Pats playing
well, so either way it doesn't matter ... yet.
Patriots 27-17
Did
you notice that the Hawk Hangover is back? Seattle's last 7 opponents
have lost their next game. The Raiders have certainly noticed, their two
wins have come against hangover victims. They're feeding off the
Seahawks' scraps; Banya to Seattle's Seinfeld. This is a revenge game
for the Chiefs after they were embarrassed three weeks ago by the then
winless Raiders. But as the old saying goes, when a team goes on a quest
for revenge they should dig two graves. Though if they're being humane
about it they would dig 53 graves, because trying to pile the entire
Oakland roster into two holes is pretty barbaric. Maybe I'm missing the
point of that adage, but the point is that Kansas City should get the
win.
Chiefs 23-16
After
another comeback win by his Colts it's never been clearer that Andrew
Luck is most comfortable with his back against the wall. In fact, this
comfortability transcends the field; I've heard his favorite pose is
that super cool back against the wall, one leg up, thumbs in the pockets
look. That's how much he loves having his back against the wall.
Accordingly, look for the Colts to get behind early this Sunday only to
rally for another victory, clinching the AFC South title in the process.
Colts 27-23
It's
clear that Blake Bortles is having a tough season, throwing 10 TDs and
16 INTs through his first 11 starts. But hopefully the rookie and the
Jacksonville fans (assuming there are any) aren't too discouraged,
because even though he's currently going through growing pains, there's a
chance he'll be saving Christmas in no time.
Ravens 31-14
The
Packers have reeled off 9 wins in 10 games, mostly by steamrolling
inferior opponents at home. There's no argument that their offense has
been all but unstoppable at Lambeau, but if we look closer at this stretch
some interesting trends start to arise. Only four of those ten games were on
the road. The Packers were 3-1 in those games, one win was a 21 point
blowout of the Bears; the other two were 3 point victories over the
Dolphins and Vikings. Their loss was a 21 point drubbing at the hands
of the Saints in the Superdome. The Saints have now lost their last four
games in that building. My point is that the Packers are mere mortals
away from Green Bay. While the cold weather in Buffalo shouldn't bother
them, the hostile crowd might, not to mention the Bills' stingy defense.
Bills 21-20
A
relieved Cam Newton remarked at a post car wreck press conference on Thursday, "I'm on
somebody's fantasy team, and I think it's the man upstairs." Sounds
like God missed the playoffs. Due to that crash back-up QB Derek
Anderson will get the start for Carolina, which puts them on even
footing at the position with Tampa who continues to insist Josh McCown
is a starting quarterback. Seeing as how Anderson already got the job
done against the Bucs in Week 1 there shouldn't be any issue with him
doing it again. That's how it goes in the NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE,
everything always works out exactly as it did the last time.
Panthers 20-14
Johnny
Football .... Manziel .... money sign .... future Proactiv endorsement
... Look, we all know the story by now, it basically writes itself.
Johnny Manziel's first start is a pivotal one, with any hopes the Browns
have for keeping their season alive requiring three straight wins to
close it out. When Cleveland went to Cincinnati last month they creamed
them 24-3, which would suggest that the Browns should have no problem
this week. Well not so fast, just because something happened once does
not mean it will happen again in the NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. Expect
Football, John to make a lot of crazy throws; some will be crazy good,
but most will just be crazy.
Bengals 24-21
New York Jets @ Tennessee
Are
we sure Zack Mettenberger is actually injured? My guess is that he just
brought a note from his mom into the coach's office to get out of
playing in this game. Unfortunately they went overboard on the
severity of the fake injury and now he has to miss the rest of the
season. Fool me once shame on you and your enabling mother. All things
considered though it was probably the right move, now he can just watch
movies on his Microsoft Surface on the sidelines instead of looking at
this game. Will either team want to win? They shouldn't, it will just
hurt their draft position. Is it possible for teams to have negative
points?
Jets 20-17
The
Chargers appear to be pretty good, just not good enough to get over
the hump. And yes, this is a metaphorical hump, although I wouldn't be
surprised if there was some weird hill on the field in Qualcomm
leftover from the old pitcher's mound.
Broncos 27-20
With
two road games to close out the season ahead of them this becomes a must win for the
Lions. Though, if you're not treating every game as must win at this
point in the season then you don't deserve to make it into the playoffs.
You come strong or you don't come at all. That's a motto I live by. A
lot of days I show up to work and feel like I haven't come strong so I
simply pack it in and head back home minutes after I arrive. I think the
Vikings can hang tough, but ultimately fall short. In other words
they'll come strong but not strong enough.
Lions 23-18
It's time to take the Harbaugh era out back, tie it to a tree, and put it out of its misery.
Seahawks 27-0
Dallas @ Philadelphia
The
Eagles are Sony and the Seahawks are the Guardians of Peace. All of
Philly's secrets have been made public and their weaknesses have been
exposed. Of course, the big secret to disrupting the Eagles' offense is
having superior talent and being able to line up up and play your game
regardless of their scheme. As we've seen, not every team can do that,
and from the look of that Thanksgiving day game in Dallas, the Cowboys
certainly can't. But I just get the feeling that the Eagles', and
especially Mark Sanchez's, confidence is shaken, and we'll see that to
a certain extent on Sunday night.
Cowboys 26-23
New Orleans @ Chicago
Well
it appears that I went overboard last week when I proclaimed that the
Saints would make it to 8-8. I just assumed that they would be able to
handle a home game against the Panthers, a team that hadn't won a game
in two months. I'm taking Chicago more as a result of my disgust with
the Saints than my confidence in the Bears.
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