The playoff push is officially upon us. The NFL has passed Thanksgiving and moved into December, which means we only have five weeks left in the regular season. Nobody can clinch a playoff berth this weekend, but we’re quickly approaching playoff scenario season.
We did not see a ton of huge upsets, but underdogs had a strong weekend. On Thanksgiving, all three underdogs won their matchups, with the Packers, Cowboys, and Bengals all winning. The Bears secured a huge road win over the Eagles, and that coupled with the Rams loss to the Panthers means we head into Week 14 with Chicago sitting atop the NFC.
Last week was a down week for overall entertainment value, with Sunday in particular being a bit down aside from the Panthers wild win over the Rams. This week, we get a sizable load of matchups with playoff implicatios. Games involving two teams with at least .500 records include Cowboys-Lions on Thursday Night Football, Colts-Jaguars, Steelers-Ravens, Bears-Packers, and Texans-Chiefs on Sunday, and Eagles-Chargers wrapping things up on Monday Night Football.
I’m back after a week that turned out better than expected in spite of some ugly losses. In my weekly confidence picks, I was 2-2 with my high confidence picks, but more than made up for that with my 3-0 low confidence picks. I hit my two upsets, picking the Packers and Jets to win. I was 6-3 on my medium confidence picks, resulting in an 11-5 week.
Buccaneers over Saints
Packers over Bears
Rams over Cardinals
Lions over Cowboys
Seahawks over Falcons
Broncos over Raiders
Ravens over Steelers
Eagles over Chargers
Chiefs over Texans
Dolphins over Jets
Commaners over Vikings***
Jaguars over Colts***
Bills over Bengals
Browns over Titans
