RJ's Pick: Minnesota by 14
Must-See: Carolina 11-4 at New Orleans 8-7 - 1:00 PM (Line: Carolina by 3)
Will Carolina win the NFC South and secure a playoff bye? Will Drew Brees break Dan Marino's record for most passing yards in a single season?
RJ's Pick: New Orleans by 8
Meaningless Mismatch: Cleveland 4-11 at Pittsburgh 11-4 - 1:00 PM (Line: Pittsburgh by 11)
The Browns have dropped five straight. The Steelers are locked in as the AFC's #2 seed.
RJ's Pick: Cleveland by 3
Worth Watching: Oakland 4-11 at Tampa Bay 9-6 - 1:00 PM (Line: Tampa Bay by 13)
The Raiders are 0-3 against NFC teams this season. The Buccaneers have lost three straight. They are 6-1 at home, and need a win and some help in order to grab the final Wild Card slot in the NFC.
RJ's Pick: Tampa Bay by 4
Worth Watching: Chicago 9-6 at Houston 7-8 - 1:00 PM (Line: Houston by 2.5)
The Bears need a win and some help in order to make the playoffs. The Texans would like to finish the season at .500 after starting the year 0-4 (kinda like the Bizarro World Buffalo Bills).
RJ's Pick: Chicago by 3
Worth Watching: Jacksonville 5-10 at Baltimore 10-5 - 4:15 PM (Line: Baltimore by 12)
The Jaguars have lost five of their last six games. The Ravens can secure the #6 seed in the AFC with a win.
RJ's Pick: Baltimore by 2
Meaningless Matchup Of Also-Rans: Washington 8-7 at San Francisco 6-9 - 4:15 PM (Line: San Francisco by 3)
If the Redskins win, they will finish the season above .500, and that means the entire NFC East will have had a winning record. (The same thing can be said about the NFC South if the Saints beat the Panthers.) If San Francisco wins, they could possibly finish the season just one game out of first place, which is interesting because they've been eliminated from playoff contention since about October.
RJ's Pick: Washington by 4
RJ's Game Of The Week: Miami 10-5 at New York Jets 9-6 - 4:15 PM (Line: New York Jets by 2.5)
Article comments
— go to most recent comments1 - alessandro
Atla, NE, Det, KC, Ten, Min, Car, Pit, Oak, Hou, Bal, SF, Mia, Phi, Ari, SD
Some of the picks hinge on Philly making it.
2 - RJ
Thanks for the quick publish!
3 - RJ
Thanks for the picks, Alessandro. Hope you'll stay with me throughout the playoffs. :-]
4 - Adam
Well, the best thing about this season is it is over :). That and the Seahawks are on an unprecedented 2 game winning streak heading strong into week 17. Thanks for the blog RJ, it has been fun and I'm sure no small amount of time out of your schedule.
Last weeks 9-7 puts me at 149-91 heading into week 17. Last week was just a tough week though, so I feel good walking away in the green.
For week 17 I'll be going with...
Falcons
Pats
Bengals
Packers
Titans
Vikings
Panthers
Steelers
Bucs
Bears
Jets
Eagles
Ravens
Skins
Seahawks (statement game, huge blowout)
Broncos
5 - RJ
Thanks, Adam. :-]
6 - RJ
Final Score:
Colts 23, Titans 0 - RJ 1-0
7 - RJ
Final Score:
NE 13, Bills 0 - RJ 2-0
8 - RJ
Final Score:
Bengals 16, KC 6 - RJ 3-0
9 - RJ
Final Score:
Vikings 20, Giants 19 - RJ 4-0
10 - Jet
Final Score: Beverly Hills 90210-Cleveland Browns 3... Again??????
11 - Jet
I apologize RJ, I couldn't resist. :)
12 - RJ
Final Score:
Carolina 33, NO 31 - RJ 4-1
13 - RJ
LOL, no problem, Jet.
14 - RJ
Final Score:
Atlanta 31, Rams 27 - RJ 5-1
15 - RJ
Final Score:
Houston 31, Bears 24 - RJ 5-2
16 - RJ
Final Score:
Steelers 31, Browns 0 - RJ 5-3
17 - RJ
Final Score:
Oakland 31, TB 24 - RJ 5-4
18 - Jet
Jesus RJ, Cleveland needs to find some way of buying the Ravens back. Has it been this way all season?
Not that I care I'm from Pittsburgh and never fell out of love with the Steelers.
19 - RJ
Final Score:
GB 31, Lions 21 - RJ 5-5 [Detroit is now officially the worst team in the history of the NFL...]
20 - RJ
The Browns were pretty bad this year, Jet. I guess last season was a fluke. :-/
21 - Jet
And before you say something stereotypical about me and sports, when you live in Columbus Ohio for more than a month, it's drummed into your head that there are no sports scores worth paying attention to, unless Ohio State is on the field.
I'm going to make a ridiculous prediction that the Buckeyes are going to win down there...
...silly I know
22 - RJ
ESPN's NFL "experts" through ten games:
Wickersham
9-1
Fleming
7-3
Hoge
9-1
Jaworski
7-3
Schlereth
4-6
Allen
6-4
Mortensen
8-2
Golic
6-4
Accuscore
6-4
Pick 'em
5-5
23 - RJ
You're too defensive, Jet.
24 - RJ
I would never say something insulting to a fellow Blogcritic. :-/
25 - Jet
Just part of my charm. I'm really worried about Suss and his article about his "Man Crush"