NFL Picks And Predictions For Every Week 16 Game

We’re back after a personal bye week last Sunday, and oh yeah, it’s Christmas! And as I understand it, basically every team in the league still has a shot at the playoffs. Somehow. One day the entire league is going to finish 9-7. Every team will be this year’s Giants. Just watch.

Anyway, let’s dive right in. We’re seven games above .500 with two weeks to go. It would take a Romo-esque collapse to fall below that benchmark, but I wouldn’t rule it out. All picks in BOLD.

With or without Roethlisberger, the Steelers look to stay in the hunt for one of the AFC’s top seeds this Saturday versus a visiting Rams club hoping to avoid its second six-game losing streak of the season.

The CBSSports.com experts all think the Steelers will be victorious. The ESPN experts all agree that Pitt will win as well.

And not to mention better than the Giants based on recent performance.

“There’s a lot of talk going back and forth, most of it driven by me,” Ryan said of the rivalry. “But I’ll stand by anything I’ve ever said. I didn’t come here to be anybody’s little brother. I came here to win, to be looked at that way and to take over not just this city, even though it’s the city to take over, but also this league.

All five of the CBSSports.com experts agree the Pats will win this one. Every ESPN.com expert agrees as well.

Peter King thinks the Pats will win but not by much:

Peter King thinks the Chiefs and Romeo Crennel will find a way.

The Cincinnati Bengals seek to hold their claim on the AFC’s final playoff spot this Saturday against the visiting Arizona Cardinals, who try to win five in a row for the first time in over 34 years.

Once challengers for the AFC North title, the upstart Bengals eliminated themselves from a chance at first place in the division thanks to a 1-4 span that included consecutive setbacks to Pittsburgh and Houston at the start of December. Cincinnati, though, got its playoff hopes back on track with a 20-13 win over hosting St. Louis last weekend, moving into a tie with the Jets for the conference’s second playoff spot.

After the Bills had started 5-2 and the Broncos at 2-5, this game has changed in importance for the teams. The Broncos, as noted above, are out for a division title. The Bills are on a seven-game losing streak and looking to at least salvage seven wins out of the season.

Three of the five CBSSports.com experts think the Broncos will win. The ESPN experts are much more sure, with nine of them picking Denver.