It’s officially the Christmas season, /r/NFL! Everyone has their holiday decorations up, their gift lists sent out, their letters to Santa on their way, and their ugly sweaters out of storage. We had another interesting week where I went 11-5 on my picks, bringing me to 119-61 on the season. How did everyone else do? We’re back to the byes in force, with six teams out and three less games to watch. We have just two division games this week, with five inter-conference and six cross-conference games lined up. Let’s get to it!
Byes: Bills, Bears, Raiders, Vikings, Giants, Ravens
Those are my predictions, let’s hear yours. Keep it civil and fun.
Rough 9-7 Last week makes me 110- 69 on the season:
Cowboys over Seahawks
Colts over Titans
Chargers over Patriots
Lions over Saints
Falcons over Jets
Steelers over Cardinals
Dolphins over Commanders
Broncos over Texans
Buccaneers over Panthers
Rams over Browns
Eagles over 49ers
Chiefs over Packers
Jaguars over Bengals
OVR: 108-72
LW: 9-7
Seahawks def Cowboys
Colts def Titans
Chargers def Patriots
Lions def Saints
Jets def Falcons
Steelers def Cards
Dolphins def Commanders
Broncos def Texans
Bucs def Panthers
Rams def Browns
Eagles def 49ers
Chiefs def Packers
Jaguars def Bengals
Cowboys over Seahawks
Colts over Titans
Chargers over Patriots
Lions over Saints
Falcons over Jets
Steelers over Cardinals
Dolphins over Commanders
Broncos over Texans
Bucs over Panthers
Rams over Browns
49ers over Eagles
Chiefs over Packers
Jaguars over BengalsWe lose again.
I don’t disagree w the prediction but if you had told me 2 years ago that the Jags would soon be favorites over the bengals I woulda laughed.
Good on the jags tho. Wish Burrow wasn’t injured, a Burrow-Lawrence shootout coulda been cool
Lions Defense gonna make carr look like his 2016 self
The 49ers will beat the Eagles.
This will cause the 49ers fans to become very confident. They’ll come back to the Linc in January, positive they’ve already won, just to get embarrassed again.
Overall: 105-74
Last week: 12-4
Cowboys over Seahawks
Chargers over Patriots
Lions over Saints
Jets over Falcons
Cardinals over Steelers
Colts over Titans
Dolphins over Commanders
Texans over Broncos
Buccaneers over Panthers
Browns over Rams
49ers over Eagles
Chiefs over Packers
Jaguars over Bengals
11-5 last week, putting me at 104-76 on the year. Finally over the 100 mark!
Cowboys > Seahawks: TNF games can turn into a shit show quickly, but the Cowboys have been too solid this season for me to think that the Seahawks can cause the mayhem needed to win here.
Colts > Titans: Riding a pretty solid three-game win streak, but losing Jonathan Taylor at this juncture of the season. Still, at this point, I feel confident taking the Colts to win here, even if it’s winning by a small margin. AFCS games have been the bane of my predictions this year so who knows.
Chargers > Patriots: On one hand, the Chargers have managed to lose so many games they should have won this year, on the other, the Pats have been horrendous all season. Maybe the Chargers get an easy win to help them get back on track, or maybe they lose and Staley finally gets canned. Who knows?
Lions > Saints: Carr has just completely fallen apart at this juncture. The Lions will want to rebound after the Thanksgiving catastrophe, and I think they’ll make light work of the Saints.
Falcons > Jets: Arthur Smith finally seemed to realize that Bijan Robinson kinda kicks ass, and while the Jets defense is terrifying, the Falcons will squeak out regardless.
Steelers > Cardinals: Well, Pat Pete did talk shit about the Kyler Murray so there’s a non-zero chance we get murdered here similar to what happened with Brock Purdy, BUT, the Steelers ground game has been rolling the last few weeks, and should carry that performance against a Cardinals team that gave up over 200 to the Rams.
Dolphins > Commanders: I have no reason to doubt Miami here. Sorry Commies.
Broncos > Texans: I think CJ Stroud is incredible, but this Broncos team is rounding into form at the right time. That defense is creating turnovers at an insane rate, and Russ is efficient in the red zone. Should be a fun one at the very least.
Buccaneers > Panthers: No post-coach-firing bounce for the Panthers just yet sadly.
Rams > Browns: The Browns are decimated right now. No other way to slice it. Garrett’s supposedly still good to play, but the injury list just grows and grows.
Eagles > 49ers: This is going to get ugly, and the Eagles seem to enjoy winning ugly, close games. Home team prevails here.
Chiefs > Packers: This feels straightforward to me. Maybe the Packers build off of last week, maybe they don’t, but I fully expect the Chiefs to win here.
Jaguars > Bengals: I hate Browning not because he’s a Bengal, but because he’s a Husky. Go Jags.
Cowboys over Seahawks Titans over Colts Chargers over Patriots Saints over Lions Falcons over Jets Steelers over Cardinals Buccaneers over Panthers Dolphins over Commanders Texans over Broncos Eagles over 49ers Rams over Browns Chiefs over Packers Jaguars over Bengals
Thursday
SEA @ DAL - There are a couple of narratives (locally anyway) that I keep hearing about this game as to why the Seahawks will win this. 1) Seahawks play well in Primetime, 2) the Cowboys haven’t beat any good teams. One, playing in Primetime is not some magic bullet for winning games, and two, The Seahawks are not a good team. The Seahawks have a winning record. That isn’t the same as being good. And if you look, the Seahawks have beat one good team: The Lions back in week 2. The rest of those wins come against the likes of the Giants, Cardinals, and Commanders. I’m expecting another blowout here, and I’ll be pleasently surprised if we make it competitive.Sunday
LAC @ NE - The Chargers seems to having a rough go of it, but if there is any team out there that can throw 'em a bone it’ll be the Patriots.DET @ NO - This will be one of those “get right games” for the Lions after an embarrassing Thanksgiving performance.
ATL @ NYJ
AZ @ PIT
IND @ TEN
MIA @ WA
DEN @ HOU - I am pretty high on the Texans right now, even after losing to the Jags last week, but dammit, the Broncos are on a streak right now.
CAR @ TB - As bad as the Bucs have looked, the Panthers have looked worse. Maybe the recent coaching change in Carolina will help, but something tells me the problems there are a lot deeper than one coach.
CLE @ LAR
SF @ PHI - This should get flexed to Sunday night. I’m giving the edge to the Niners here just because they have a couple extra days of rest after their mini bye against the Seahawks on Thanksgiving.
KC @ GB
Monday
CIN @ JAXBYES: BAL, BUF, CHI, LAV, MIN, & NYG
MY TEXANS WERE ROBBED! SHOULD’VE BEEN A TIED GAME AT LEAST T___T. In any case, I went 9-7 last week so at least it’s slightly above .500 this time lol. Hopefully the Texans can come back from last week. With that out of the way, on to the predictions!
Overall: 105-75
Week 13 Predictions:
Seahawks @ Cowboys
Colts @ Titans (Like with the jags vs Titans, this is just a spite pick lmao)
Falcons @ Jets
Lions @ Saints
Broncos @ Texans
Chargers @ Patriots
Cardinals @ Steelers
Dolphins @ Commanders
Panthers @ Buccaneers
49ers @ Eagles
Browns @ Rams
Chiefs @ Packers
Bengals @ Jaguars
also u/baconlovr I know you want the 49ers to win but you don’t have to erase Eagles from existence!(I’m seeing a blank space where the Eagles should be in your table) lol XD