Week 16 NFL Picks

Week 15 turned out to be tougher than the previous week. I was 10-6. The NY Giants are playing hungry and mean again. The Giants should handle the Panthers easily. Baltimore at Pittsburgh will be a head banger and Baltimore will sneak past Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, no last minute heroics this time. San Diego at Tennessee will be hard fought. Tennessee is playing with an attitude, but the Chargers will out last the Titans. Close calls will be Houston at Miami, Jacksonville at New England, NY Jets at Indianapolis, Denver at Philadelphia, and Dallas at Washington. Each of those games I am giving to the home teams. The suprise pick is Washington over Dallas. Jacksonville will be freezing their booties off and wishing they were back in Florida. Some easy games will be Tampa Bay at New Orleans and Minnesota at Chicago in Monday Night Football. New Orleans was handed their first loss, but this week will get back on track offensively. Chicago is not a threat to anybody these days, least of all to Minnesota. Cincinnati's defense will handle the Chiefs and Arizona should have no problem with hapless St. Louis. Oakland will be visiting the Browns who are finally looking like a competitor, although they will be without Brady Quinn. Not to worry Browns fans, Joshua Cribbs is looking to add a few more kick return touchdowns to his NFL record. The rest will be won by the best.

FRI, DEC 25 TIME (ET)
San Diego 28 at Tennessee 27 7:30 PM NFL Tickets W
LP Field
SUN, DEC 27 TIME (ET)
Buffalo 20 at Atlanta 24 1:00 PM CBS Tickets W
Georgia Dome
Kansas City 18 at Cincinnati 27 1:00 PM CBS Tickets W
Paul Brown Stadium
Oakland 23 at Cleveland 20 1:00 PM CBS Tickets W
Cleveland Browns Stadium
Seattle 15 at Green Bay 20 1:00 PM FOX Tickets W
Lambeau Field
Baltimore 24 at Pittsburgh 23 1:00 PM CBS Tickets L
Heinz Field
Houston 27 at Miami 30 1:00 PM CBS Tickets L
Land Shark Stadium
Jacksonville 20 at New England 24 1:00 PM CBS Tickets W
Gillette Stadium
Tampa Bay 17 at New Orleans 34 1:00 PM FOX Tickets L
Superdome
Carolina 18 at NY Giants 30 1:00 PM FOX Tickets L
Giants Stadium
Detroit 14 at San Francisco 23 4:05 PM FOX Tickets W
Candlestick Park
St. Louis 15 at Arizona 35 4:05 PM FOX Tickets W
U of Phoenix Stadium
NY Jets 24 at Indianapolis 32 4:15 PM CBS Tickets L
Lucas Oil Stadium
Denver 18 at Philadelphia 24 4:15 PM CBS Tickets W
Lincoln Financial Field
Dallas 20 at Washington 23 8:20 PM NBC Tickets L
FedEx Field
MON, DEC 28 TIME (ET)
Minnesota 30 at Chicago 16 8:30 PM Tickets L
Soldier Field

Browns Are Named The Next Joke In Football-What Are They Going To Do About It?

The Detroit Lions won their first game after 19 straight losses. An article called them the joke of football. Not any more. The same article listed the Cleveland Browns as the next joke of football with St Louis, Kansas Ciy, and Tampa Bay as possible potentials.

The Cleveland Browns have the worst offense in football and are at the bottom as the lowest-rated offense. Mangini can't make up his mind as to which quarterback he is going to use, but has decided upon Derek Anderson for the home game with the Bengals this Sunday. Added to that is its weak running attack.

When is Mangini going to wake up and get WR Josh Cribbs more involved in the offensive scheme of the Browns? Josh Cribbs leads the AFC in punt return average (16.7 yards), which means he is giving them good field position, but the offense cannot exploit it. He is also a scoring threat on kickoffs and can run the Wildcat. Someone even suggested him as an alternative for the quarterback position. Of course, he cannot be expected to do everything, but the Browns are not using his talents to the full.

The Browns can beat Cincinnati if they put together a plan of attack that uses the teams full talent in the right balance. Go for broke, take chances, throw the long ball, use surprise, be creative and be entertaining. Its going to be a home game. Give the fans something to cheer about or at least make it interesting.