week 17

The final week of the NFL season is here and I plan to finish off strong with some games having  playoff implications and others with teams just finishing off their disastrous seasons which leads me into my first pick.
Bills 14 Jets 13 (2). The Jets have become the most talked about team this season for absolutely no reason.
Saints 20 Panthers 17 (1). If only the Saints could have played better earlier this year.
Falcons 24 Bucanneers 14 (13). Falcons will surge for the playoffs.
Bears 28 Lions 14 (10). Changes in the Lions coaching staff are forthcoming.
Eagles 21 Giants 17 (4). Giants are fallling fast.
Titans 14 Jaguars 6 (3). The total score is 20. That's also the number of people that will watch this game .
Ravens 21 Bengals 20 (5).
Steelers 14 Browns 13 (6). It's very tough to pick a game with teams that have nothing to play for.
Colts 24 Texans 17 (7). Houston struggles in Indianopolis
Packers 28 Vikings 17 (8) Peterson almost sets the rushing record.
Broncos 35 Chiefs 3 (16). Chiefs have been consistently the worst team this year.
Chargers 24 Raiders 13 (14). Norv Turner will finally get fired.
49ers 24 Cardinals 7 (12).
Patriots 28 Dolphins (11).
Seahawks 30 Rams 10 (15). Seattle may be the best team in the NFC right now
Redskins 24 Dallas 21 (9).It won't be Tony Romo's fault

week 16 Christmas games

Christmas time is here, snowflakes in the air. Not often when you live in Texas. Still with Christmas right upon us it is time for my predictions on which teams will have a merry christmas and which teams will have a lonely blue one. Below with more Christmas references are my picks.

Atlanta 35 Detroit 14 (16). Detroit has been giving away victories since September. With Christmas being  the season of giving, why should they stop now.
Colts 28 Chiefs 3 (14). Andrew Luck has made Colts fans feel joyful and triumphant again.
Patriots 35 Jaguars 10 (15). It may be fun to ride in a one horse open sleigh but after they play the Patriots, the Jaguars will feel like they've been run over by one.
Houston 24 Vikings 13 (5). Matt Schaub will have funica throwing touchdowns to Andre Johnsonica. It was Hanukkah season last week folks.
Steelers 21 Bengals 17 (2). I just can't pick a team with a quarterback that looks like a young Kris Kringle.
Buffalo 20 Miami 17 (1). Why not try an upset pick. Christmas is the time of miracles.
Bucaneers 21 Rams 20 (11). Bucs defense won't be giving tidings of comfort and joy to Sam Bradford.
Chargers 20 Jets 7 (3). (to the tune of rudolph the red nose reindeer). Sanchez the New York quarterback, soon will have a broken nose and when you watch him play football, you will surely say he blows! (I really went too far with that one).
Carolina 24 Raiders 7 (4). If the all of the other reindeers wouldn't let rudolph join in any reindeer games, why do the Raiders let Carson Palmer join in their footballl games .
Redskins 24 Eagles 14 (8). All is calm in Washington and as long as RG3 is playing quarterback alot will be bright too.
Green Bay 35 Titans 10 (12).Silver bells will be ringing. Unfortunately for the Titans they will be ringing in their heads.
Dallas 30 Saints 20 (9). 11 pipers piping can play better defense than the saints can. 10 lords a leaping and 9 ladies dancing probably can too.
Broncos 35 Browns 10 (13). Broncos deliver a knockout blow to the Browns who will be out longer than the bear that slept through christmas (That reference is probably way too obscure).
Giants 30 Ravens 14 (6). The once mighty Raven defense can now at best deliver the pain you get when you're shot by a bee bee from an official red rider carbonated bee bee gun. That's of course as long as it doesn't shoot your eye out.
Chicago 24 Arizona 14 (7). I'm dreaming of a white christmas and Arizona can only dream of winning football games.
Seattle 21 49ers 17 (10) . Best game of the week with two heavy weight teams going at it. The 49ers are the abominable snow beast and the seahawks are the winter warlock. I'm going with the warlock.

Merry Christmas everybody!

WEEK 15

Unfortunately I tried for an upset with the Thursday game picking the Eagles. Brain freeze moment there. This is the hardest week to pick games . Here we go
Falcons 24 Giants 20 (3). Atlanta at home will rebound after last week's loss
Bucaneers 21 Saints 17 (11). Brees is throwing too many interceptions.
Texans 28 Colts 14 (15). Texans won't have two bad games in a row.
Broncos 30 Ravens 17 (16). Ravens defense is not near enough for Peyton Manning.
Miami 17 Jaguars 14 (8). Who cares
Cleveland 20 Redskins 14 (12). Cleveland is playing well and I don't think Cousins can make up for the loss of RG3
Rams 17 Vikings 14 (4).
Packers 21 Bears 10 (14). Bears are reeling.
Seattle 27 Buffalo (13). I think Seattle has figured out how to play on the road. If so they may be the best team in the NFC right now.
Chargers 14 Panthers 13 (5).I'm guessing.
Lions 24 Cardinal 10 (10). Pick your poison. Lions are less toxic.
Dallas 21 Steelers 20 (1). I'm picking the Cowboys with a great deal of hesitation.
Oakland 21 KC 14 (7)
Patriots 21 49ers 17 (9). 49ers have a great defense but Tom Brady is the best QB in football right now.
Titans 20 Jets 7 (6). There is no way I can pick a team quarterbacked by Mark Sanchez to win 3 weeks in a row

week 14

I picked the Broncos to win with a confidence of 15 and below are the rest of my picks.
Buffalo 17 Rams 14 (2). Boring!
Bengals 28 Cowboys 17 (8). Bengals lead the league in sacks. Against the Cowboys offensive line that lead will go way up.
Browns 14 Chiefs 13 (1).
Colts 21 Titans 14 (13). Luck is improving
Bears 20 Vikings 13 (7). If only the Vikings had a better quarterback
Steelers 28 Chargers 7 (16). Chargers are playing with a lame duck coach. This will be ugly.
Bucaneers 20 Eagles 10 (9). Eagles in same situation as Chargers.
Redskins 28 Ravens 20 (6). Redskins keep improving and Ravens defense keeps struggling.
Atlanta 24 Carolina 17 (11). Falcons always win close.
Jets 17 Jaguars 13 (3). Even hardcore Jets fans are admitting the Jets are hard to watch but somehow they will pull this one out.
49ers 24 Dolphins 14 (12). I have a feeling Alex Smith will get to play in this game.
Giants 20 Saints 17 (4). Giants rebound.
Seahawks 27 Arizona 10 (14). Seahawks are almost unstoppable at home.
Packers 24 Lions 14 (10). The Lions are reeling and finding every way to lose.
Patriots 21 Texans 17 (5). Tough one but I give Brady the edge to figure out Houston's defense

week 13

I texted Mr. Slag and Brad my pick of Atlanta beating the Saints with a confidence level of 2 and below are the rest of my picks with some good matchups and some between pathetic teams that can barely call themselves a professional football team.
Buffalo 20 Jaguars 17(5). Home team wins and who cares.
Bears 28 Seahawks 14 (11). Seattle hasn't won on the road all season and there's no reason to see why they'll start now.
Colts 20 Lions 17 (3). I suggest the Colts have Luck wear a couple of cups if Suh is on defense.
Packers 28 Vikings 10 (10). Rodgers is too much for the Vikings.
Houston 30 Titans 17 (16). Texans keep rolling.
Carolina 20 Chiefs 7(12).
49ers 20 Rams 7 (14). The 49ers surge continues.
Patriots 28 Dolphins 13 (15). Brady is playing great right now.
Jets 20 Cardinals 14 (4). The Jets are now the but of a joke (bad pun) but they will get one more victory this season.
Broncos 30 Bucaneers 14 (13). I think it's safe to say now that Peyton is back.
Browns 14 Raiders (1). This game represents what I put in the last part of the first sentence of this blog.
Bengals 20 Chargers 13 (9). Bengals get better each week.
Ravens 20 Steelers 10 (7). Rothlisberger's out and Batch is in. More interceptions coming.
Cowboys 27 Eagles 7 (8). A game of dumb versus dumber. I'm taking dumb.
Giants 21 Redskins 17 (6). RG3 is progressing fast but the Giants pass rush should be enough to stop him.