NFL 2020 Week 16 Picks

Merry Christmas! I'll keep the intro light this week after my 8-8 in Week 15 was my worst showing since my run started in Week 12, and I wasn't tilting at all by Green Bay, Indianapolis, Seattle, and Kansas City all blowing two touchdown leads to not cover by half a point each. Nope, didn't bother me at all...

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Saints -7.5 versus Vikings

Cardinals -4.5 versus 49ers

Chargers -3.5 versus Broncos

Washington -2.5 versus Panthers

Subject to change if Alex Smith ends up ruled out.

Packers -3.5 versus Titans

Road Underdogs

Giants +10.5 at Ravens

Bengals +9.5 at Texans

12/26 UPDATE: After considering the state of Houston's defense again, I decided to take the points after all.

Falcons +10.5 at Chiefs

Rams +2.5 at Seahawks

Home Underdogs

Steelers +1.5 versus Colts

Patriots +7.5 versus Bills

Road Favorites

Buccaneers -8.5 at Lions

Dolphins -2.5 at Raiders

Browns -9.5 at Jets

Bears -7.5 at Jaguars

Eagles -1.5 at Cowboys

Last week 8-8

Season total: 117-107

NFL 2020 Week 15 Picks

I seem to have my groove back after following my 12 win week with back to back to 10's. This is a tricky slate with a lot of road favorites, but I am off to a good start after Justin Herbert picked apart the Raiders' still non-existent defense (no thanks to Anthony Lynn limiting him to just 12 attempts in the second half and overtime). Hopefully that's a good omen for the rest of the road teams I"m picking.

Road Underdogs

Chargers +3.5 at Raiders

Patriots +2.5 at Dolphins

Bears +3.5 at Vikings

Eagles +6.5 at Cardinals

12/19 UPDATE: Philly officially ruling out both starting corners has me switching this to Cardinals -6.5 versus Eagles

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Packers -8.5 versus Panthers

Titans -8.5 versus Lions

Colts -7.5 versus Texans

Rams -17.5 versus Jets

Ravens -13.5 versus Jaguars

Home Underdogs

Cowboys +2.5 versus 49ers

Road Favorites

Bills -6.5 at Broncos

Buccaneers -5.5 at Falcons

Seahawks -5.5 at Washington

Chiefs -3.5 at Saints

Browns -3.5 at Giants

Steelers -12.5 at Bengals

Last week: 10-6

Season total: 110-99

NFL 2020 Week 14 Picks

The prime time games have not been kind to me recently, but overall it was another strong week to get me back into contention for my picks pool. Home teams continued to struggle, and now this week has a lot of road teams favored to make things interesting. Although I'm not quite as confident as last week, this should be a fun slate that also is the start of the fantasy playoffs.

Road Underdogs

Patriots +5.5 at Rams

Well, I was right about Jared Goff not playing especially well against Bill Belichick's defense again. The problem was that it didn't matter since Cam Newton had no chance against LA's elite defense and one of my favorite running back prospects, Cam Akers, has taken the reigns on the running back job.

Steelers +2.5 at Bills

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Buccaneers -6.5 versus Vikings

Panthers -3.5 versus Broncos

Seahawks -13.5 versus Jets

49ers -3.5 versus Washington

Home Underdogs

Bears +1.5 versus Texans

Dolphins +7.5 versus Chiefs

Giants +2.5 versus Cardinals

Lions +7.5 versus Packers

Chargers +2.5 versus Falcons

Road Favorites

Cowboys -3.5 at Bengals

Titans -7.5 at Jaguars

Colts -2.5 at Raiders

Saints -7.5 at Eagles

Ravens -1.5 at Browns

Last week: 10-5

Season total: 99-93

NFL 2020 Week 13 Picks

That was more like it. I went from last in my pick's pool the previous week to tied for 1st with a 12-4 bounce back, and that was even with questionable late penalties against the Giants and Browns led to blown covers in their wins. This week's odd schedule with the Wednesday game threw off my routine a bit with this post a day late, but here's hoping that getting back to #theprocess leads to another big week for a strong finish.

Road Favorites

Saints -2.5 at Falcons

Colts -3.5 at Texans

Rams -2.5 at Cardinals

Home Underdogs

Jets +8.5 versus Raiders

49ers +1.5 versus Bills

Road Underdogs

Lions +3.5 at Bears

Browns +5.5 at Titans

Patriots +0.5 at Chargers

Washington +9.5 at Steelers

Cowboys +9.5 at Ravens

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Dolphins -11.5 versus Bengals

Vikings -10.5 versus Jaguars

Seahawks -10.5 versus Giants

Packers -8.5 versus Eagles

Chiefs -14.5 versus Broncos

Last week: 12-4

Season total: 89-88