Full list of Week 7 straight-up picks with confidence levels

The NFL return for another week, and even though the Bills and Ravens are on bye, we get a fairly loaded schedule. This comes a week removed from a less than stellar schedule that ended up featuring some huge upsets. The Giants opened the week with a 34-17 thumping of the Eagles on Thursday Night Football, while the Falcons shocked the Bills 24-14 in the first half of the week-closing Monday Night Football.

This week brings several matchups of playoff contenders. London gets Rams-Jaguars to open Sunday, and the 1 p.m. ET window gets a fascinating Eagles-Vikings game. Both teams are contenders, but are dealing with their own separate issues. The 4 p.m. window features a massive Commanders-Cowboys game, while the Chargers and Colts square off in Los Angeles in a game that will have an impact on the AFC playoff standings. The most interesting game in that window might be Giants-Broncos, with New York playing some impressive football and getting the Broncos coming off their London game. The week closes with a huge NFC matchup between the Lions and Bucs in Detroit.

Last week, my confidence picks started off well and then went in the tank in a hurry. I finished 8-7 overall with my low confidence picks sinking me. I was 3-0 at high confidence, 3-2 at medium, and 2-5 at low. We’ll see if I can turn around three straight weeks of shaky performances.

On to my Week 7 picks!

Chiefs over Raiders
Steelers over Bengals
Patriots over Titans

Broncos over Giants
Jaguars over Rams***
Bears over Saints
Colts over Chargers***
Cowboys over Commanders***
Packers over Cardinals
49ers over Falcons

Vikings over Eagles***
Browns over Dolphins
Jets over Panthers***
Lions over Bucs
Texans over Seahawks***