Week 16 picks

Last week: 10-6
Season record: 57-30-1

There are just three weekends left in the NFL regular season.  They have been talking playoff scenarios for about a month now, and that will ramp up more before and after Christmas this weekend.  Last year the playoffs, especially the divisional round, was one of the best ever, so we are all hoping that we don't get a letdown this time.  Well, we've had some insane endings this month, and if that's an indication of what's to come, as Kramer would say, "GIDDYUP!"  

Jacksonville at NY Jets--Just when we start to think the Jets are for real, they remember that they are the Jets.  Jags 17, Jets 16

Atlanta at Baltimore--The Ravens are 9-5 and watching their highlights makes you wonder how they have squeezed out nine wins.  Ravens 20, Falcons 16

Detroit at Carolina--Nothing stops the SOUP train, apparently.  Lions 30, Panthers 17

Buffalo at Chicago--The high temperature on Saturday in Chicago will be 10 degrees.  The Bills will feel like it's a home game.  Bills 31, Bears 20

New Orleans at Cleveland--If your fantasy team has Nick Chubb and/or Amari Cooper like mine does, you can draw a straight line DOWN from when DeShaun Watson took over at QB.  Dude is severely hampering my chances.  Browns 24, Saints 13

Seattle at Kansas City--What a story the Seahawks were about a month ago.  The Niners have clinched the division and they are running out of wild card scenarios.  Chiefs 38, Seahawks 21

NY Giants at Minnesota--I'm really tired of all of the national pundits who keep harping on the fact that the refs won the game for the G-men in Washington this past Sunday night.  I'm a homer but I admit it should have been called.  Still, it was not as blatant as they are saying.....Darnay Holmes held Curtis Samuel's arm for a half second but then he watched the ball and knocked it away.  Vikings 27, Giants 24

Cincinnati at New England--Hoo boy, that play at the end of the Patriots-Raiders game will go down as one of the most ridiculous and awful and hilarious plays of all-time.  Bengals 22, Patriots 20

Houston at Tennessee--Ryan Tannehill is out for the season, but does it really hurt the Titans' chances?  Texans 20, Titans 17

Washington at San Francisco--This 49ers team is suddenly looking like they can beat any other team.  Could we be heading for a rematch of the KC-SF Super Bowl a few years ago?  Niners 24, Commanders 20

Philadelphia at Dallas--As a Giants fan, I hate both of these teams equally.  But I want Philly to win so that they wind up clinching the 1-seed before Week 18 and rest all of their starters.  They owe us one from the Nate Sudfeld fiasco knocked the Giants out of the playoffs a couple seasons ago.  Eagles 31, Cowboys 30

Las Vegas at Pittsburgh--It's beyond sad that Franco Harris passed away this week, and it's made even more sad by the fact that the Steelers are retiring Harris' number on Saturday.  Now, he won't be there in person to enjoy the day.  RIP Franco Harris.  Steelers 20, Raiders 19

Green Bay at Miami--The Packers have to be ecstatic to go from frigid, snowy Wisconsin to one of the warmest parts of the country in December.  Dolphins 35, Packers 27

Denver at LA Rams--This game must have looked really enticing in September.  Now it's one of this week's likely duds.  Rams 16, Broncos 14

Tampa Bay at Arizona--Somebody has to win the NFC South, right?  Bucs 20, Cards 13

LA Chargers at Indianapolis--Lost in all the talk of the Vikings' incredible comeback from being down 33-0 to win 39-36 is the fact that their opponent, the Colts, lost a game that they led 33-0 in the third quarter.  Yikes.  Chargers 28, Colts 17

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