The good news? I took a sliver out of Simms\u2019s head-to-head lead.<\/p>\n
The bad news? I was a not-great 9-7 for Week 17.<\/p>\n
Simms was 8-8. It puts him up by five games, with 29 games (including postseason) to go. He\u2019s 170-85-1. I\u2019m 165-90-1.<\/p>\n
Against the spread, I\u2019m up by seven: 133-119-4 to 126-126-4.<\/p>\n
We both have a chance to turn the tables. Down five straight up, we disagree on six games. And with a seven-game lead against the spread, we disagree on eight.<\/p>\n
For all picks in the final week of the 2025 regular season, keep scrolling and reading, reading and scrolling.<\/p>\n
Panthers at Buccaneers (-2.5)<\/p>\n
The Bucs need to snap out of it now, or never.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Buccaneers 23, Panthers 20.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Buccaneers 27, Panthers 20.<\/p>\n
Seahawks (-1.5) at 49ers<\/p>\n
One year later, can Sam Darnold get it done for the No. 1 seed?<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: 49ers 27, Seahawks 24.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Seahawks 28, 49ers 24.<\/p>\n
Saints at Falcons (-3)<\/p>\n
A meaningless game will have plenty of meaning, if Tampa wins on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Saints 23, Falcons 20.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Falcons 24, Saints 17.<\/p>\n
Browns at Bengals (-7.5)<\/p>\n
Joe Burrow is happy. He has one more chance to stay that way into the offseason.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Bengals 34, Browns 17.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Browns 16, Bengals 14.<\/p>\n
Colts at Texans (-10.5)<\/p>\n
Welcome to the NFL, Riley Leonard.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Texans 27, Colts 9.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Texans 27, Colts 13.<\/p>\n
Titans at Jaguars (-12.5)<\/p>\n
The Jags are finally good enough to play down to the level of the competition.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Jaguars 27, Titans 20.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Jaguars 31, Titans 14.<\/p>\n
Packers at Vikings (-6.5)<\/p>\n
The Vikings hope to ride a five-game winning streak into an offseason that will have plenty of questions.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Vikings 20, Packers 17.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Packers 20, Vikings 13.<\/p>\n
Cowboys (-3.5) at Giants<\/p>\n
The Cowboys haven\u2019t taken their foot off the gas.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Cowboys 30, Giants 17.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Cowboys 34, Giants 31.<\/p>\n
Jets at Bills (-7)<\/p>\n
The Bills will hope to go out of their long-time stadium with a bang.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Bills 42, Jets 10.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Bills 24, Jets 16.<\/p>\n
Lions at Bears (-3)<\/p>\n
Ben Johnson remembers Week 2. And if there\u2019s the slightest chance to return the 52-21 favor, he will.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Bears 27, Lions 20.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Bears 31, Lions 27.<\/p>\n
Chargers at Broncos (-12.5)<\/p>\n
Welcome to the NFL, Trey Lance.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Broncos 24, Chargers 10.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Broncos 24, Chargers 9.<\/p>\n
Cardinals at Rams (-7.5)<\/p>\n
Sean McVay knows the importance of going into the postseason on a high note.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Rams 34, Cardinals 13.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Rams 35, Cardinals 17.<\/p>\n
Chiefs (-5.5) at Raiders<\/p>\n
The Raiders would have a chance to win this one, if they weren\u2019t tanking for the top pick.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Chiefs 17, Raiders 10.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Chiefs 13, Raiders 10.<\/p>\n
Dolphins at Patriots (-10.5)<\/p>\n
Quinn Ewers has a chance to show that, unlike the guy he replaced, he can perform in the cold.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Patriots 30, Dolphins 20.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Patriots 31, Dolphins 14.<\/p>\n
Commanders at Eagles (-7)<\/p>\n
The Eagles are resting key starters. They should still have enough to complete the sweep.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Eagles 17, Commanders 13.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Commanders 20, Eagles 14.<\/p>\n
Ravens (-3.5) at Steelers<\/p>\n
The Steelers have a strange habit of making us think they\u2019re good before losing, and of making us think they\u2019re bad before winning.<\/p>\n
Florio\u2019s pick: Steelers 23, Ravens 20.<\/p>\n
Simms\u2019s pick: Ravens 31, Steelers 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The good news? I took a sliver out of Simms\u2019s head-to-head lead. The bad news? I was a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-381759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}