Week 17 NFL Picks

This past week my picks were dismantled by the top teams in the NFL. The Colts contemptuous move to sit Manning thus wiping out a perfect season and the losses by New Orleans, NY Giants, Minnesota, Baltimore, and Miami contributed to my 9-7 record. This week I think throwing darts at a list on the wall with my eyes closed will come up with better results. Well, I don't have darts, so it will be what it will be.

Indianapolis at Buffalo, depending on who the Colts will sit, is a tough call. What the heck, I will take the Colts. New Orleans has lost the it factor and better get it back fast. Carolina is taking on the role of spoiler. NY Giants, what can you say about their recent ignoble fall from grace. Minnesota is in a must win and are at home. Baltimore should beat Oakland and Miami is battered, which gives the Steelers the edge. Cinncinati at NY Jets will be a rocking game. The Jets have everything to lose, but I am taking Cinncinati's run game. Arizona is at home against Green Bay and should win. San Diego should have no problem with hapless Washington.

Now we come to the two biggest games this coming Sunday, Philadelphia at Dallas and Jacksonville at Cleveland. The Eagles and Cowboys game is going to be a street fight, two rival gangs fighting over dominance of the same turf. The Eagles will come out battered, but victorious. "Here we go Brownies" is echoing in the corridors of Cleveland Stadium once again. With Jacksonville you never know what team will show up week to week, which favors the Browns who are flying high. Let Cribbs and Harrison pound the spots off the Jaquars before the home crowd and end the season looking ahead to a better next season and beyond to Super Bowl XLVI, which I am anticipating the Browns to be in.

SUN, JAN 3 TIME (ET)

Indianapolis at Buffalo 1:00 PM CBS Tickets L

Ralph Wilson Stadium

Jacksonville 20 at Cleveland 27 1:00 PM CBS Tickets W

Cleveland Browns Stadium

Chicago 24 at Detroit 15 1:00 PM FOX Tickets W

Travel Ford Field

San Francisco 20 at St. Louis 18 1:00 PM FOX Tickets W

Edward Jones Dome

Pittsburgh 28 at Miami 18 1:00 PM CBS Tickets W

Travel Land Shark Stadium

NY Giants 24 at Minnesota 27 1:00 PM FOX Tickets W

Metrodome

Atlanta 20 at Tampa Bay 21 1:00 PM FOX Tickets L

Raymond James Stadium

New Orleans 23 at Carolina 26 1:00 PM FOX Tickets W

Bank of America Stadium

New England 30 at Houston 20 1:00 PM CBS Tickets L

Reliant Stadium

Green Bay 20 at Arizona 27 4:15 PM FOX Tickets L

U of Phoenix Stadium

Washington 12 at San Diego 34 4:15 PM FOX Tickets W

Qualcomm Stadium

Tennessee 30 at Seattle 17 4:15 PM CBS Tickets W

Qwest Field

Baltimore 20 at Oakland 18 4:15 PM CBS Tickets W

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Philadelphia 34 at Dallas 20 4:15 PM FOX Tickets L

Cowboys Stadium

Kansas City 13 at Denver 23 4:15 PM CBS Tickets L

Invesco Field at Mile High

Cincinnati 24 at NY Jets 21 8:20 PM NBC Tickets L

Giants Stadium