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The picks:
| Visitor | Home | Eduardo A. Encina, Bucs beat writer | John Romano, columnist | Rick Stroud, Bucs beat writer | Martin Fennelly, columnist | Mike Sherman, deputy editor-sports | Ernest Hooper, assistant sports editor | Thomas Bassinger, sports data reporter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay | Seattle (-6.5) | SEA 28-21 | SEA 23-17 | SEA 28-23 | TB 31-30 | SEA 27-17 | SEA 30-20 | TB 29-26 |
| San Francisco (-9.5) | Arizona | SF 27-20 | SF 26-13 | SF 30-20 | SF 23-16 | SF 28-17 | SF 23-17 | SF 35-28 |
| Houston (-2.5) | Jacksonville | JAX 24-21 | JAX 20-17 | HOU 24-20 | JAX 27-24 | JAX 24-20 | HOU 24-20 | JAX 30-24 |
| Washington | Buffalo (-9.5) | BUF 28-14 | BUF 27-20 | BUF 28-20 | BUF 30-13 | BUF 31-21 | BUF 33-24 | BUF 28-24 |
| Tennessee | Carolina (-3.5) | CAR 23-20 | CAR 24-17 | CAR 29-24 | CAR 30-23 | CAR 26-20 | CAR 22-17 | CAR 19-16 |
| Minnesota | Kansas City | KC 30-21 | KC 35-28 | MIN 27-24 | KC 31-23 | MIN 27-24 | KC 30-22 | MIN 21-20 |
| N.Y. Jets (-5.5) | Miami | NYJ 24-13 | MIA 20-17 | NYJ 23-20 | NYJ 23-14 | NYJ 23-20 | NYJ 13-7 | NYJ 24-6 |
| Chicago | Philadelphia (-5.5) | PHI 21-17 | PHI 26-21 | PHI 27-21 | PHI 19-16 | PHI 27-20 | PHI 22-14 | PHI 26-20 |
| Indianapolis (-1.5) | Pittsburgh | IND 24-13 | IND 24-21 | IND 24-20 | IND 24-23 | IND 31-24 | IND 19-17 | IND 23-20 |
| Detroit | Oakland (-2.5) | DET 30-28 | OAK 23-20 | OAK 27-20 | DET 34-31 | DET 27-21 | OAK 24-20 | DET 27-24 |
| Cleveland (-3.5) | Denver | DEN 27-24 | CLE 24-23 | CLE 27-21 | CLE 23-21 | DEN 28-20 | CLE 33-20 | DEN 24-23 |
| Green Bay (-3.5) | L.A. Chargers | GB 30-27 | GB 28-21 | GB 30-23 | GB 30-20 | GB 31-21 | GB 31-24 | GB 26-24 |
| New England (-3.5) | Baltimore | NE 24-22 | NE 26-20 | NE 21-20 | BAL 20-19 | BAL 26-24 | BAL 20-14 | BAL 31-28 |
| Dallas (-7.5) | N.Y. Giants | DAL 34-17 | DAL 27-17 | DAL 27-21 | DAL 33-20 | DAL 33-20 | DAL 35-17 | DAL 27-17 |
| Lock of the week | BUF | DAL | BUF | BUF | SEA | SEA | DAL | |
| Upset of the week | JAX | MIA | MIN | BAL | BAL | BAL | BAL | |
| Picking Bucs games | 3-4 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 3-4 | 0-7 | 3-4 | 2-5 | |
| Picking Bucs games vs spread | 5-2 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 4-3 | 1-6 | 3-4 | 3-4 | |
| Against the spread last week | 10-5 | 9-6 | 9-6 | 7-8 | 6-9 | 9-6 | 6-9 | |
| Against the spread overall | 69-52 | 65-56 | 64-57 | 61-60 | 61-60 | 58-63 | 57-64 | |
| Straight up last week | 14-1 | 13-2 | 12-3 | 14-1 | 13-2 | 14-1 | 11-4 | |
| Straight up overall | 82-39 | 69-52 | 74-47 | 76-45 | 73-48 | 71-50 | 70-51 | |
| Locks | 3-4 | 5-2 | 5-2 | 1-6 | 4-3 | 3-4 | 3-4 | |
| Upsets | 2-5 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 3-4 | 2-5 | 2-5 |
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