Week 15 starts and ends with disappointment — a Thursday night meeting of two of the more disappointing teams (Denver at Indianapolis) and a Monday night game that once had held high hopes locally (Atlanta at Tampa Bay). Once.
Here's our picks for those games and all the rest:
Game | Ernest Hooper, @hoop4you | Thomas Bassinger, @tometrics | Greg Auman, @gregauman | Tom Jones, @tomwjones | Martin Fennelly, @mjfennelly | Rick Stroud, @NFLStroud |
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Against the spread (last week) | 8-8 | 10-6 | 9-7 | 10-6 | 13-3 | 6-10 |
Against the spread (overall) | 109-99 | 108-100 | 105-103 | 106-102 | 102-106 | 91-117 |
Straight up (last week) | 9-7 | 9-7 | 8-8 | 10-6 | 11-5 | 8-8 |
Straight up (overall) | 133-75 | 113-95 | 136-72 | 132-76 | 131-77 | 127-81 |
Upsets of the week | 6-8 | 5-9 | 6-8 | 6-8 | 5-9 | 7-7 |
Locks of the week | 10-4 | 12-2 | 8-6 | 6-8 | 9-5 | 8-6 |
Atlanta (-6.5) at Tampa Bay | ATL 24-21 | ATL 27-20 | ATL 34-24 | ATL 37-14 | ATL 34-24 | ATL 30-21 |
Denver (-2.5) at Indianapolis | IND 14-7 (U) | IND 28-23 | DEN 27-21 | DEN 23-20 | DEN 20-16 | DEN 28-24 |
Chicago at Detroit (-5.5) | DET 28-21 | DET 30-6 | DET 31-20 | DET 31-17 (L) | DET 23-20 | DET 26-20 |
L.A. Chargers (-1.5) at KC | KC 20-17 | KC 38-35 (U) | KC 21-17 | LAC 33-21 | KC 27-24 | KC 30-28 (U) |
Baltimore (-7.5) at Cleveland | BAL 20-13 | BAL 27-14 | BAL 31-17 | CLE 30-21 (U) | BAL 20-17 | BAL 30-20 (L) |
Houston at Jacksonville (-10.5) | JAX 24-10 | JAX 33-24 | JAX 41-27 | JAX 27-17 | JAX 30-13 | JAX 28-17 |
Cinc. at Minnesota (-10.5) | MIN 21-10 | MIN 24-13 | MIN 35-17 | MIN 41-20 | MIN 31-16 (L) | MINN 31-17 |
N.Y. Jets at New Orleans (-15.5) | NO 24-14 | NO 28-13 | NO 45-17 (L) | NO 40-10 | NO 31-6 | NO 34-10 |
Philadelphia (-7.5) at N.Y. Giants | PHI 20-13 | PHI 24-10 | PHI 31-21 | NYG 30-21 | PHI 31-10 | PHI 27-24 |
Arizona at Washington (-4.5) | WAS 17-10 | WAS 23-16 (L) | WAS 24-14 | WAS 28-21 | WAS 24-23 | WAS 17-16 |
Miami at Buffalo (-3.5) | BUF 14-9 | BUF 13-10 | MIA 24-21 | BUF 30-20 | BUF 23-21 | BUF 23-20 |
Green Bay at Carolina (-3.5) | GB 21-17 | CAR 26-20 | CAR 21-20 | CAR 24-20 | GB 27-24 | CAR 24-23 |
L.A. Rams at Seattle (-1.5) | SEA 23-20 | LAR 28-27 | SEA 31-27 | LAR 30-20 | LAR 23-21 (U) | SEA 24-21 |
Tennessee at S.F. (-2.5) | TEN 21-20 | TEN 20-19 | TEN 17-14 | SF 27-20 | TEN 27-20 | SF 20-17 |
N.E. (-2.5) at Pittsburgh | PIT 27-23 | NE 26-24 | PIT 31-27 (U) | NE 41-35 | NE 31-27 | PIT 27-21 |
Dallas (-3.5) at Oakland | DAL 21-20 | OAK 33-30 | DAL 21-17 | DAL 21-20 | OAK 27-24 | DAL 27-20 |