NFL Picks, Week 6: Predictions For Every Game On The Schedule

The experts seem to think so. ESPN’s crew was unanimous (Ron Jaworski recused himself) in picking Gang Green. Ditto for CBS’s guys. SB Nation’s own Andrew Sharp picked the Jets against an eight-point spread, so you can be pretty confident in believing the Dolphins are going to stay winless.

For news and notes about the Jets and Dolphins, visit SB Nation’s Jets blog, Gang Green Nation, and Dolphins blog, The Phinsider.

First up on the stroll through this week’s NFL expert picks is SB Nation’s own Andrew Sharp. Sharp went 7-6 against the spread last week, but who really counts picks against the spread when you play to win the game.

The experts at CBS Sports were unanimous in selecting the Ravens to win outright, but Will Brinson and Dave Richard both chose the Texans when factoring in the spread. Over at ESPN, the Ravens were the unanimous pick as well and Sports Illustrated’s Peter King believes the Texans will lose, too.

We’re back and it’s Week 6, and now that the Giants have successfully ended half of America’s suicide pools before Halloween and the Eagles have destroyed any remaining shred of confidence bettors may have had in Michael Vick and Andy Reid, we can begin to focus on teams like the Redskins, who somehow make even less sense than the Giants or Eagles.

So, “It’s still early”--that’s a cliche we hear on football shows from the first week of September until like, Thanksgiving, but if you look at the history, it’s true in a completely tangible way. For instance, last year in Week 6, the Green Bay Packers were coming off a loss to the Redskins on the road, and then in Week 6, they lost at home to the Dolphins. And we know how their season turned out.

Unfortunately for the Jags, even the always optimistic Peter King over at Sorts Illustrated seems to have no hope for Jacksonville on the road ... and he sums it up rather succinctly.

Welp, it looks like the Jaguars will need to pull of a pretty big upset if they’re going to have a chance at winning this weekend.

Cleveland’s 25th-ranked run defense is cause for concern in this matchup, going up against the Raiders rushing attack, which is second-best in the league. That could help Oakland put the game on ice if they can jump out to an early lead, like Sports Illustrated’s Peter King thinks they could.

The consensus holds at ESPN.com, where the experts unanimously picked the Raiders. And no one would stick out their necks for the Browns at CBSSports.com either. Suffice it to say that if Cleveland wins, there will be a lot of surprised people.

Peter King says that the Bills will indeed win, and gives a nice recipe for how they can do it.

CBS splits their picks for this one. ESPN is all over the map in what might be the toughest game to predict this week.

The league’s best team hosts the league’s worst team this week. For Green Bay, this looks like little more than a glorified scrimmage, and their biggest task is to make sure nobody gets hurt ahead of as they gear up for another Super Bowl run.

Peter King doesn’t even directly mention the Rams in his picks this week.

Peter King predicts the upset in his picks for the week.

The expert panel at ESPN split their picks for the game. Two of five pick the Panthers at CBS.