The rest of the picks

Ok, time is short this week because of the holiday traveling and the rides in police cars. So without further ado, the rest of the picks:

New Orleans at Atlanta
New Orleans and Atlanta have both been a bit wishy washy lately after both looked so good early on. But Atlanta troubles of late look a bit more terminal than the Saints woes. This one should be a close one for the familiarity of the division matchup, and the home team advantage going to the "lesser" team. Close but Atlanta's struggles won't allow for victory. New Orleans takes it.

Jacksonville at Buffalo
Jacksonville is not your typical warm weather team. They can and do win on the road in bad weather. And they typically beat the lesser teams that aren't named Houston. They've shut down much better offenses this year. Jacksonville to win.


Cinci at Cleveland
Cinci seems to be hitting that offensive stride now. Defensively, not so much, but good thing the opponent is Cleveland's offense. No challenge, not even on the road. Go Cinci.

San Francisco at St. Louis
Wow, San Francisco is surprising me. Normally I would give the edge to even a struggling St Louis at home against the Niners. The Niners only road win was against Detroit, and they lost at Arizona. Not impressive. But the Niners are on a three game winning streak, and the Rams are on a five game loser. They had a three game winning streak right before, but those three were all close games and they were against Green Bay, Detroit, and Arizona. Add it up, three close wins against really bad teams, followed by five straight losses. I don't care who you are playing (unless its the Raiders) or where the game is, you can't pick a team on that kind of run to win. The pick is the 49ers.

Arizona at Minnesota
Stinker of the week. Don't watch it. And you don't have to, because I can tell you that Minnesota wins this one.

Houston at NY Jets
Houston at New Jersey, actually. I may start picking against teams that don't even play in the same state that the city they are named after is a part of. May, but when I look at this game, I won't start that trend. I just can't pick Houston on the road, any road, until they prove themselves worthy of such confidence. Their only road win is at Jacksonville, and they own Jacksonville (2 of 3 wins are against them). Now the Jets may not be the best home team around, but where is home after all? Jets to win.

Carolina at Wash.
Wash. is horrible, Carolina is good. I refuse to spell out Wash. until they rejoin the NFL. Carolina wins it.

Pittsburgh at Baltimore
Pittsburgh is hot, on a roll, they've turned it around, the are still the defending champs. But this is AT Baltimore. So... UPSET SPECIAL!!! Pittsburgh wins this one (and creates a lot of AFC drama in the process).

Oakland at San Diego
San Diego is one of the top 5 teams in the NFL. Unless Oakland's opponent has been changed to San Diego State, and even then maybe... Oakland will not win.

NY Giants at Tennessee
The Giants are hurting. Many defensive guys out hurt, QB has regressed to high school form, running game getting shut down. Going on the road to play an inferior opponent. Would not be a major upset for Tennessee to win at home, but it would be an upset. Despite the troubles for the Giants, they still have enough to win this one.

Chicago at New England
New England stopped their slide, and a hot Patriot team is hard to beat at home. This is a classic game to determine conference strength. New England has what it takes right now to take down Chicago and prove the AFC supremacy. New England to win.

Philly at Indy
No question here. Indy wins. And I'm running out of time...

Green Bay at Seattle
Seattle wins.

Talk to you all after the games!!!