NFL Picks, Week 10: Predictions For Every Game

It’s Week 10, and good GOD is it nice to be talking about actual sports after this week... We’ve had a baseball player get kidnapped, the NBA lockout is on the verge of collapsing into anarchy, and we barely even noticed thanks to the most horrifying college football scandal in history.

So yes, I think I’m definitely ready for some actual football this week. And even better, it’s the best weekend of football we’ve seen in a month. You’ve got the Bengals looking to prove themselves at home against the Steelers, the Saints and Falcons rivalry game in Atlanta, the Cowboys and Bills, and then at the end of the day, the Jets and Patriots try to kill each other on NBC. Just a great weekend all-around. Even the Colts game could be kinda close.

In fact, Sports Illustrated’s Peter King just decided to throw out random facts in his weekly column rather than his thoughts on the actual game. He apparently believes it will be a blowout.

For what it’s worth, the experts at ESPN, Yahoo! and CBS Sports all picked the Ravens as well -- though Will Brinson did pick the Ravens to lose when factoring in the -7.5 spread.

Atlanta opened the week as one-point underdogs, according to OddsShark.com, but the expert picks suggest that the Falcons could be in line for a win. The ESPN.com panel picked 7-1 in favor of Atlanta, with only Mark Schlereth choosing the Saints. Four out of five CBSSports.com experts like the Falcons as well.

Sports Illustrated’s Peter King is one expert who likes New Orleans in this game. Here’s his breakdown:

The imitable Peter King of Sports Illustrated sums up the main reason Sunday’s game should make for compelling television.

As far as the rest of the NFL experts are concerned, CBS Sports had just one analyst (Mike Freeman) pick the visiting Giants -- a sentiment Yahoo! Sports’ Jason Cole can get behind. ESPN’s expert panel was a bit more split, however, as they went 50-50 among their eight analysts.

Mike Tanier at the New York Times predicts a Browns win.

ESPN mostly picks the Browns. The panel at CBS leans Rams.

The Phins are the hot pick among the experts this week. Pete Prisco picks Miami in a close one.

All of the experts on ESPN’s panel picks the Dolphins. The New York Times goes for Miami in this one as well.

Most of the experts apparently see the Miami loss as an aberration. Peter King picks the Chiefs to win this week.

ESPN’s panel goes for KC across the board. CBS has one holdout for the Broncos.

The experts mostly see the Colts dropping their tenth straight game this week. Mike Tanier at the New York Timespicks the Jaguars, noting some historical significance.

Peter King picks the Jags to win as well. Only ESPN features a few experts who favor the Colts this week.

Cincinnati has surprised this season, and ride a five game win streak into this game. Sports Illustrated’s Peter King is one believer in the Bengals, who get Pittsburgh at home:

Around the Web, the feeling is less friendly toward the Bengals. The panel on ESPN.com is leaning 6-8 in favor of the Steelers. The CBSSports.com panel is 4-1 in favor of Pittsburgh.

The last time these two NFC North rivals squared off they combined for a grand total of 26 penalties totaling 198 yards. Chicago lost that game, and fissures opened up for the public to see. It was little wonder that the press started writing their obituary after that game. Since then, Chicago has righted the ship, winning their next three games.

So who are the experts picking this week? Peter King’s week 10 picks give this one to the resurgent Bears, in a low scoring affair.

With New England looking more and more ... not quite average, but good instead of great, Sports Illustrated’s Peter King had to pick against the Pats.

The experts over at CBS Sports weren’t quite as confident in the Jets, however, as three picked New York while Will Brinson and Pete Prisco both picked the Patriots. Yahoo! Sports’ Jason Cole, along with the fans, picked the Patriots too while Seth Wickersham was the lone ESPN expert to predicts a Jets loss.

The consensus seems to summarized quite well by Sports Illustrated’s Peter King in his weekly picks column.

The remaining expert picks submitted on the internet all lean in favor of Green Bay. The ESPN experts were unanimous in picking Green Bay, the three pickers at Yahoo! Sports went with the Packers and CBS Sports did the same -- although Pete Prisco and Mike Freeman both picked the Vikings to cover the -13.5 spread.

Peter King leads a mostly unanimous chorus of experts picking the Cowboys to win this week.

ESPN’s panel does feature one lone holdout for the Bills. CBS picks solidly for the Cowboys.

As for the Titans, a 1-3 streak has marred their recent play after a promising start to the season. Most notable among their troubles is the disappearance of running back Chris Johnson.

Pete Prisco at CBS picks the Panthers.

Vinnie Iyer at the Sporting News picks the Eagles to win in a blowout.

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