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My NFL picks — Week 12

Nov 16th, 2008 by Bill Burt

Today’s games
ATLANTA 31, Denver 20 … Lock of the week
Philadelphia 27, CINCINNATI 23 … Eagles will grind out road win
Chicago 31, GREEN BAY 20 … I’m off Packers, Rodgers bandwagon
INDIANAPOLIS 37, Houston 20 … Statement game for Colts
New Orleans 20, KANSAS CITY 16 … Saints still a big disappointment
MIAMI 31, Oakland 10 … Raiders woes continue
N.Y. GIANTS 27, Baltimore 13 … Ravens play a real team
TAMPA 23, Minnesota 21 … Flip a coin
CAROLINA 31, Detroit 28 … I would an upset here
JACKSONVILLE 26, Tennessee 20 … Titans will lose two in a row
SAN FRANCISCO 27, St. Louis 17 … 49ers start to turn it around
Arizona 42, SEATTLE 31 … Cardinals keeping our interest
San Diego 24, PITTSBURGH 21 … My upset of the week
WASHINGTON 31, Dallas 24 … ‘Skins due for a really big win
Monday night
BUFFALO 20, Cleveland 17 … Might go to OT
Home teams in CAPS

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  • s1c
    My picks with the spread - Atlanta, Philadelphia, Chicago, Houston, Kansas City, Oakland, Baltimore, Tampa Bay, Detroit, Tennessee, San Francisco, Arizona, San Diego, Washington, Cleveland

    Upsets will be Houston, Baltimore, San Diego and Cleveland.
  • Pete Carroll once noted about some poor drafting while with the Patriots, "Everybody's drafting is spotty." That applies to pregame predictions - I usually screw up when I make picks before games.

    1 - Denver - suddenly has its groove back.

    2 - Nobody expected a tie, but for the Eagles to think they'd go to a second OT is symptomatic of how much Andy Reid has deteriorated as a coach.

    3 - Get back on the Rodgers bandwagon.

    4 - It was a statement game, alright - the Colts are winning again but with a small margin for error.

    5 - They're the Aints - you expected better?

    6 - Miami has a smaller margin for error than Indy - it showed in an empty win over a punchless Raiders team.

    7 - Ravens aren't ready for playoff primetime.

    8 - Vikings aren't going anywhere.

    9 - Panthers still the NFC South's best; Detroit won't win.

    10 - Titans are the real deal; Jaguars aren't - BTW Bill, I caught Peter King on D&H saying the Jags will be gone from Jax sooner or later - where will they go, San Antonio?

    11 - How bad is the NFC West? This bad.

    12 - The Cardinals are not a real team; sooner or later that will catch up to them.

    13 - Norv Turner will be fired after this season, but Pittsburgh is worse than I thought it was under Mike Tomlin.

    14 - Redskins are still the Deadskins.


    I'm deferring the MNF game until it's actually played.
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