RJ's Pick: Miami by 3
Buffalo Bills 6-7 at New York Jets 8-5 - 1:00 p.m. (Line: Jets by 7)
The Bills have lost seven of their last nine games. They've managed to score just three points in each of their last two contests. The Jets have dropped two straight.
RJ's Pick: New York Jets by 12
RJ's Lame-Game Of The Year Week: Seattle Seahawks 2-11 at Saint Louis Rams 2-11 - 1:00 p.m. (Line: Seahawks by 3)
The Rams have a -225 point differential, worst in the league by far. They are also winless against divisional opponents.
RJ's Pick: Seattle by 9
Minnesota Vikings 8-5 at Arizona Cardinals 8-5 - 4:05 p.m. (Line: Cardinals by 3)
Will Tarvaris Jackson or Gus Frerotte be starting under center for the Vikings in Week 15? We don't know, as of this writing. But we do know that the Cardinals are 5-1 at home this season.
RJ's Pick: Arizona by 6
New England Patriots 8-5 at Oakland Raiders 3-10 - 4:15 p.m. (Line: Patriots by 7.5)
There is no reason to suspect the Patriots will lose this one.
RJ's Pick: New England by 14
New York Giants 11-2 at Dallas Cowboys 8-5 - 8:15 p.m. (Line: Cowboys by 3)
The Cowboys are fighting for a Wild Card spot. The Super Bowl champion Giants are trying to secure home-field advantage throughout the playoffs (something they didn't need last year, but it doesn't exactly hurt).
RJ's Pick: Dallas by 7
**MONDAY, DECEMBER 15**
Cleveland Browns 4-9 at Philadelphia Eagles 7-5-1 - 8:30 p.m. (Line: Eagles by 14)
It would be hilarious if the Eagles end up missing the playoffs because they tied Cincinnati back in Week 11, which was partly the result of their veteran starting QB not understanding one of the fundamental rules of the game. And by "hilarious," I mean "likely to incite riots at The Linc sometime around 4:00 pm EST on Sunday, December 28."
RJ's Pick: Philadelphia by 9
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(If you're interested, you can check out the full list of Danny Sheridan's Odds and ESPN's NFL "Expert" Picks.)
WEEKLY RESULTS (2008):
Week One - 9-7
Week Two - 10-5
Week Three - 10-6
Week Four - 7-6
Week Five - 9-5
Week Six - 6-8
Week Seven - 11-3
Week Eight - 9-5
Week Nine - 10-4
Week Ten - 11-3
Week Eleven - 8-8
Week Twelve - 8-8
Week Thirteen - 8-8
Week Fourteen - 11-5
Article comments
1 - alessandro
Cheegago.
2 - Adam
Another 10-6 week will bring me up to 128-80. This week I've got a good feeling about calling a few upsets though. I'll either get 12 wins or more, or 8 wins or less this week. In the words of one whiney Tight end, Write that down.
Here goes nothing...
Bears
Redskins
Colts
Chargers
Packers
Titans
Seahawks
Dolphins
Jets
Vikings
Panthers
Steelers
Pats
Giants
Eagles
3 - RJ Elliott
I believe you missed a game, Adam.
4 - RJ Elliott
The starting lineup for the Chicago defense:
Rezko
Blagojevich
Daley
Wright
Farrakhan
Ayers
Dohrn
Emanuel
Axelrod
Jarrett
Obama
Oh, wait. That's a different kind of lineup, and a different kind of defense ... :-/
5 - Adam
Thanks agains, seems like I do this every week...
Falcons
6 - RJ Elliott
Final Score:
Bears 27, NO 24 (in OT) - RJ 1-0
7 - EEL
Week 15 picks lets see what happens gonna go with a couple upsets. Worked out good for me last week !
Had Da Bears for Thursday night.
Packers
Chargers
Falcons
49ers
Jets
Seahawks
Redskins
Texans - yes the Texans ! :-)
Colts
Cards
Ravens
Panthers
Pats
Giants
( Monday )
Eagles
8 - alessandro
Atl, Was, Hou, Ind, GB, Mia, KC, NYJ, Ari, NE, Dal, PHI, Sea, Den, Bal.
9 - RJ
Final Scores:
Falcons 13, TB 10 (in OT) - RJ 2-0
Bengals 20, Redskins 13 - RJ 2-1
Houston 13, Titans 12 - RJ 2-2
10 - RJ
Final Scores:
Jaguars 20, GB 16 - RJ 2-3
Dolphins 14, SF 9 - RJ 3-3
11 - RJ
Final Scores:
Seattle 23, Rams 20 - RJ 4-3
Jets 31, Bills 27 - RJ 5-3
12 - RJ
Final Scores:
SD 22, KC 21 - RJ 5-4
Colts 31, Lions 21 - RJ 6-4
13 - RJ
Final Scores:
Vikings 35, Cardinals 14 - RJ 6-5 [Tarvaris Jackson has been excellent in his last two games ... Adrian Peterson leads the league in rushing ... the Vikings are hot heading into the final weeks of the regular season ... are they the sleeper pick for the NFC in the playoffs?]
Steelers 13, Ravens 9 - RJ 7-5 [I was pretty close with the final score!]
14 - RJ
Final Scores:
Carolina 30, Denver 10 - RJ 8-5
NE 49, Raiders 26 - RJ 9-5
Dallas 20, Giants 8 - RJ 10-5
15 - RJ
ESPN's NFL "experts" through 15 games:
Wickersham
7-8
Fleming
10-5
Hoge
12-3
Jaworski
11-4
Schlereth
7-8
Allen
11-4
Mortensen
7-8
Golic
10-5
Accuscore
10-5
Pick 'em
9-6
16 - RJ
Final Score:
Eagles 30, Browns 10 - RJ 11-5
17 - RJ
ESPN's NFL "experts" in Week 15:
Wickersham
8-8
Fleming
11-5
Hoge
13-3
Jaworski
11-4
Schlereth
8-8
Allen
12-4
Mortensen
8-8
Golic
11-5
Accuscore
11-5
Pick 'em
10-6
18 - RJ
Straight-up, through 15 weeks:
RJ
138-86
Wickersham
132-92
Fleming
145-79
Hoge
149-75
Jaworski
139-70
Schlereth
146-78
Allen
145-79
Mortensen
152-72
Golic
135-88
Accuscore
152-72
Pick 'em
134-76
19 - RJ
RJ ATS in Week 15: 6-7-3
RJ ATS through 15 weeks: 95-123-6
20 - Adam
Go Panthers thursday night!
21 - Adam
errr, Jags!