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.
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
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
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 @ JAX
BYES: BAL, BUF, CHI, LAV, MIN, & NYG
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