Houston at Indianapolis (+6.5)
This looked like a great last season match-up, one that might have even helped decide the AFC South. Instead this is a late season ego boost for T.J. Yates after he finally looked human for the Texans. Seriously, the same guys who once earned Super Bowl rings for the Colts, can now only help their team by earning them the first pick in the draft. DON’T BLOW IT.
Pick: Colts.
Denver at Buffalo (+3)
Tim Tebow finally came crashing to Earth against Tom Brady’s Patriots. So what better place for the “Mile High Messiah” to come back than the most God-forsaken place on Earth (especially when it comes to football)—Buffalo.
Pick: Denver.
Arizona at Cincinnati (-4.5)
The Bengals are fighting for their playoff lives. A.J. Green looked healthy again and while they didn’t look great, they got an important win last week. The Cardinals are fighting to decide which QB with a QBR below 40 should be their starter; the man who was the best backup last year, Kevin Kolb, or the man the who broke all sort of records at Fordham, John Skelton; not the best options ever.
Pick: Bengals.
Jacksonville at Tennessee (-7.5)
What’s the best thing about this season for these two teams? That the NFL adjusted the day of games and that they stink bad enough that they won’t have to practice on Sunday so they can spend Christmas with their families.
Pick: Titans.
Oakland at Kansas City (-2.5)
The Chiefs pulled off what no other team could this year—they beat the Packers. And the Raiders pulled off what everyone thought they were capable of this season and that was blowing a huge lead by making mistakes that pee-wee teams don’t make as regularly as the Raiders do.
Pick: Raiders (and to win).
Miami at New England (-7.5)
Aaron Hernandez finally broke out of the shadow of Rob Gronkowski last week as he was the prime target for Brady in their nationally televised beat down of the Broncos. Hernandez has announced that by getting out from Gronkowski’s shadow, he has stopped the spread of the A-Hole Disease that has infected Gronkowski.
Pick: Patriots.
New York (N) at New York (A) (-3)
Whats that? Tom Coughlin is on the hot seat and Rex Ryan is running his mouth faster than he has ever actually run in his entire life? That’s never happened before. Oh wait, I am so sick of idiot New York coaches, idiot New York fans, and idiot New York players. New York should be given a multi-year ban for being jerks.
Pick: Giants (and to win).
St. Louis at Pittsburgh (-10)
To say that Sam Bradford has regressed and looks really bad this year is like saying Ben Roethlisberger has bad style…just doesn’t quite cover it.
Pick: St. Louis.
Minnesota at Washington (-6.5)
This would be a good football game…if the Giants and Jets weren’t playing, if the Bears and Packers weren’t playing, if any of the other teams in the NFL weren’t playing, and if Nevada and Southern Miss weren’t playing in the Hawaii Bowl.
Pick: Vikings.
Tampa Bay at Carolina (-7.5)
The Eagles and Chargers are most often cited as the most disappointing teams in the NFL so far this season. The Buccaneers are right up there, however. They have really let down the old folks who have been stuck in homes in the Tampa area by their children because they don’t want to take care of them.
Pick: Panthers.
Cleveland at Baltimore (-11)
The “Colt McCoy Rule” will take affect this week. Teams will now have independent physicians at each game to make sure that required concussion precautions are actually being taken. How embarrassing is it to have a rule named after you because you got absolutely lit up by the Mack truck named James Harrison and your subsequent play led people to believe you had to be concussed because no one in their right mind plays that poorly. People forget though that he plays for the Browns, and actually they ALL play that badly ALL the time.
Pick: Ravens.
San Diego at Detroit (-2)
The Chargers finally looked like they have life once again and are still in the hunt for a division title. Is it just me or should the Broncos, Raiders, Cowboys, and Giants be labeled as some of the most inept teams in the NFL because they haven’t been able to eliminate the Chargers and Eagles from the playoff picture after the heinous seasons that they have had?
Pick: Chargers (and to win).
Philadelphia at Dallas (Pick)
The Eagles scare Jerry Jones. You know what should scare Jerry Jones? Certainties. Death (knocking on his door), taxes (he pays a lot of them), and the fact that the Cowboys are now a terribly mediocre team led by a terribly mediocre QB, a terribly mediocre coach, and a flat out terrible defense.
Pick: Cowboys.
San Francisco at Seattle (+1.5)
The 49ers came out in front of a national television audience and punched the always-tough Steelers in the mouth. The only bad thing for the 49ers is that Ben Roethlisberger looked about as good as Caleb Hanie did against the Seahawks last week…and only one of them is injured.
Pick: 49ers.
Chicago at Green Bay (-11.5)
The Bears are going to start Josh McCown instead of the Ryan Leaf-looking Caleb Hanie. Good thing the Bears didn’t pickup Donovan McNabb or David Garrard, because they would be so much worse than Caleb Hanie because he knows the system. Apparently the system is to completely tank their playoff hopes this season and make the Bears fans plead for the return of previously vilified Jay Cutler next season to help them back to wherever it is he can take them.
Pick: Packers.
Atlanta at New Orleans (-7)
Drew Brees will more than likely break the single season yardage record held by Dan Marino in either this game or the next. Julio Jones will more than likely break the hearts of Falcons fans in these playoffs or the next…if he is healthy enough to play in them. So much for all of those draft picks they gave up.
Pick: Saints.
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