Week 16 Winners

Merry Christmas to Me

OK so we went 1-4 last week. I could be petty and blame the Giants for giving away a 21 point lead with eight minutes left in the fourth quarter. I could also blame the Texans for pretty much giving up and fighting each other during the game against the Titans. And finally I could blame the Cowboys “defense” who let Rex Grossman...who??? come back and tie the game!! Are you kidding me!!! Rex freaking Grossman!!! I could sit here and blame them, but I will not do that. We went 1-4 last week making our record 7-8. No worries though. Stay on the Haus train and glory will be yours. Here they are. Like them, love them, need them...

San Francisco (+21/2) at St. Louis. This is the season for the Niners. Troy Smith is back in at QB for them. Not sure why. It does not matter. Mike Singletary is going to have that defense fired up like crazy. And lets face it, neither team is good so I am mainly taking the 49ers because they are getting points.

Take San Fran to win outright, 20-17.


New England (-8) at Buffalo. Firstly this line should be near 14. Tom Brady in the cold is money. The Bills are just awful. Bill Belichick will not back off, he never does. If Carl were here he would make this his stone cold lock of the century...of the week.

Pats minus the eight points, 30-13 over the Bills.

Oakland (+3) home to Indianapolis. Upset special guys. Say what you will about Peyton Manning, he has struggled this year. Austin Collie is out for the season and Reggie Wayne is all Manning has left. The Colts rushing defense is ranked number 28 in the league, while the Raiders' rushing offense is number 2 in the league, gaining almost 160 rushing yards a game. The passing defense for the Raiders is ranked number 5 in the league which spells trouble for the injured Colts wide receivers. I almost always like home dogs. Oakland is going to control the clock, contain Peyton Manning and win this game outright.
Oakland 21-20 over Indy.


Green Bay (-3) home to New York. OK I am done with the Giants. Not even that team is going to be able to shake off that atrocity last week. The Packers defense is ranked in the top 5 and Eli Manning has been in the giving Christmas spirit all year and I expect that to continue in this game. Aaron Rodgers is back at QB for the Packers and he is going to pick apart that Giants secondary. The Giants D-Line is crazy good, but that surely did not help them last week. Maybe I have just been scarred, but I think the Pack wins this game by a touchdown.

Green Bay minus the points, 27-20.

Cincinnati (+8) home to San Diego. This game just smells like a Chargers let down. You never know what you are going to get from them from week to week. This is the Chargers season, but I expect a close game from the lowly Bengals. It is going to be cold and awful in Cincinnati and warm weather passing teams tend to struggle on the road in the cold. Saying that the Chargers have a top 5 defense and the Bengals cannot score for anything.
The Bengals cover but lose, 23-17.