Another week, another straight-up tie, at 10-5 each. And a tie was inevitable, since we disagreed on none of the games.<\/p>\n
This week, we differ on seven games, and nine against the spread.<\/p>\n
For the year, I still hold a wafer-thin straight-up lead, 109-54-1 to 108-55-1.<\/p>\n
Against the spread last week, we were both 7-7-1. For the year, I\u2019m 86-77-1. He\u2019s 81-82-1.<\/p>\n
For all Week 12 picks, keep doing what you\u2019ve been doing.<\/p>\n
Bills (-5.5) at Texans<\/p>\n
Josh Allen vs. Davis Mills. That\u2019s good enough for me to pick a Buffalo win, but not a Buffalo cover.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Bills 21, Texans 17.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Texans 17, Bills 14.<\/p>\n
Jets at Ravens (-13.5)<\/p>\n
Tyrod Taylor returns to Baltimore, and Lamar Jackson is sufficiently banged up to allow the Jets to keep it within the number.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Ravens 24, Jets 14.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Ravens 31, Jets 17.<\/p>\n
Steelers at Bears (-2.5)<\/p>\n
Aaron Rodgers makes the most of his last game against the Bears.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Steelers 23, Bears 20.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Bears 23, Steelers 20.<\/p>\n
Patriots (-7) at Bengals<\/p>\n
It looks like Joe Burrow will be back. But he doesn\u2019t play defense.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Patriots 34, Bengals 30.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Patriots 37, Bengals 21.<\/p>\n
Giants at Lions (-10.5)<\/p>\n
This is not a good week to be playing the Lions in Detroit.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Lions 45, Giants 20.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Lions 38, Giants 20.<\/p>\n
Vikings at Packers (-6.5)<\/p>\n
The Vikings seem to play better when they\u2019re expected to lose. The Packers seem to play worse when they\u2019re expected to win.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Vikings 24, Packers 20.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Packers 24, Vikings 17.<\/p>\n
Colts at Chiefs (-3.5)<\/p>\n
Will the real Chiefs finally stand up?<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Chiefs 27, Colts 24.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Colts 24, Chiefs 21.<\/p>\n
Seahawks (-13.5) at Titans<\/p>\n
Trap game alert.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Seahawks 27, Titans 17.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Seahawks 31, Titans 13.<\/p>\n
Jaguars (-3) at Cardinals<\/p>\n
Can the Jaguars build on their latest signature win?<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Jaguars 24, Cardinals 17.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Jaguars 27, Cardinals 20.<\/p>\n
Browns at Raiders (-3.5)<\/p>\n
Someone has to win this one (unless they tie).<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Raiders 23, Browns 20.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Browns 13, Raiders 10.<\/p>\n
Eagles (-3) at Cowboys<\/p>\n
If the Cowboys are going to have a shot at a playoff berth, they need this one.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Cowboys 24, Eagles 21.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Eagles 24, Cowboys 20.<\/p>\n
Falcons at Saints (-1.5)<\/p>\n
Kirk Cousins returns to the site of the only playoff win of his career.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Falcons 23, Saints 17.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Saints 19, Falcons 17.<\/p>\n
Buccaneers at Rams (-6.5)<\/p>\n
Baker Mayfield could will the Bucs to a win.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Rams 27, Buccaneers 24.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Rams 34, Buccaneers 24.<\/p>\n
Panthers at 49ers (-7)<\/p>\n
It\u2019s hard to look at Carolina\u2019s uniforms and associate them with being \u201cgood\u201d again. If they win this one, it will get a lot easier.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: 49ers 28, Panthers 20<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: 49ers 23, Panthers 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another week, another straight-up tie, at 10-5 each. And a tie was inevitable, since we disagreed on none…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-297553","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}