As I said earlier today, this is a mega week in the NFL. With only four games remaining, the stakes are higher, the wins taste sweeter, and the losses are that much more demoralizing.
Tomorrow could either be a banner day for the Miami Dolphins..
Or it could be the beginning of the end.
The picks:
Last week's record: 8-5
Overall record: 120-60
Steelers @ Bengals: The Bengals have won three in a row, while Pittsburgh is in a downward spiral. Logic says Bengals here, right? Wrong. Never use logic with the Bengals. Never.
Pick: Steelers 26 Bengals 23
Rams @ Redskins: Colt McCoy vs. Shaun Hill is your matchup here. Fedex Field should be rocking on Sunday.
Pick: Rams 27 Redskins 17
Giants @ Titans: Odell Beckham Jr. is the only reason to even ponder the possibility of flipping over to this game.
Pick: Titans 20 Giants 13
Panthers @ Saints: Are the Carolina Panthers the worst team in the NFC? Are the Saints really tied for the division lead at 5-7? These are questions that shouldn’t be asked in December.
Pick: Saints 30 Panthers 13
Jets @ Vikings: This is a miserable, miserable football game. I hope Rex Ryan comes out and runs 45 straight kneel downs just to spit the front office. That would turn this unwatchable game entertaining pretty darn quickly.
Pick: Vikings 20 Jets 10
Colts @ Browns: Remember about seven weeks ago when everybody hopped on the Brian Hoyer bandwagon and said he was the greatest thing since sliced bread? Remember how I laughed at that and told you he was a terrible QB? Remember earlier this week when the Browns made a terrible decision to not start Johnny Manziel this week? Sigh.
Pick: Colts 23 Browns 16
Buccaneers @ Lions: I rolled the dice with you last week, Tampa. I took a shot and put all my eggs in your basket. What did you do? You screwed up a game that Andy Dalton gift wrapped for you in every possible way. Never again, Buccaneers. Never. Again.
Pick: Lions 33 Buccaneers 17
Texans @ Jaguars: Is it possible for JJ Watt to be any more of a bro? If you don’t know the answer to that question, go watch him mic’d up from last Sunday. You’ll quickly realize the answer is “no.”
Pick: Texans 27 Jaguars 13
Bills @ Broncos: And so begins the yearly Buffalo collapse. But hey, it’s a solid two months later this season, so you have that going for you, right?
Pick: Broncos 30 Bills 10
Chiefs @ Cardinals: This is easily the toughest game of the week to pick. On the one hand you have the Cardinals at home, where they’re virtually unbeatable. But on the other hand, you have Drew Stanton, who’s thrown somewhere around 5,000 interceptions in the past few weeks (it’s a ballpark number). So what do I do? Go with the home team, and the better defense.
Pick: Cardinals 23 Chiefs 20
Seahawks @ Eagles: I’m so on the Seahawks bandwagon right now I’m damn near driving the thing. Mark, meet Richard. Richard, meet Mark.
Pick: Seahawks 27 Eagles 23
49ers @ Raiders: That Oakland Raiders loss last week was the most demoralizing thing I’ve ever watched in the history of television. I can only imagine that that’s what football game’s in hell are like.
Pick: 49ers 28 Raiders 7
Patriots @ Chargers: The Chargers may be the trendy pick here, but, in my experience, you don’t go against a pissed off Tom Brady after a loss and come out alive. You just don’t do it.
Ps: Gronk taping 69 on his back during practice is the Gronkest moment of all time.
Pick: Patriots 27 Chargers 24
Falcons @ Packers: If the Falcons win this game I’ll personally sprint to Green Bay from Boston while wearing nothing but a block of cheese on my head. Yep.
Pick: Packers 35 Falcons 14
Come back in the morning for all your Dolphins pre game coverage, including my prediction.
Then, after you do that, come back before the game for any last minute news, including the inactives for both teams.
THEN, after you do that, come back after the first quarter for the beginning of the live, quarter by quarter blog.
16 hours.
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