It’s a pop­ular activity. I usu­ally don’t par­tic­i­pate, but everyone (including me) loves to pre­dict what will happen in the future. This is espe­cially true in sports. Today we enjoy the majority of the Week 14 Amer­ican foot­ball games. Below are my picks (along with the line from ESPN.com):

• JAX at CHI (CHI by 6): I don’t have a lot of faith in Chicago. They have incon­sis­tent all season. Jack­sonville has under­achieved. I think the Jags put a serious dent in the Bears playoff hopes today. Jack­sonville wins.
• MIN at DET (MIN by 6.5): I am hoping to see the win­less season. Min­nesota took care of Chicago last week. They con­tinue to roll. Min­nesota wins.
• HOU at GNB (GNB by 7.5): Green Bay gets well by hosting/clobbering Houston. Green Bay wins.
• CLE at TEN (TEN by 10.5): Cleve­land has played folks tough this season. They beat the Giants, took Indy to the end and put up some points on Bal­ti­more before losing. They slay another giant today and beat Ten­nessee. Cleve­land wins.
• CIN at IND (IND by 12): Only 12? Indi­anapolis wins.
• ATL at NOR (NOR by 1.5): This is going to be a good game. I’d like to call this one for Atlanta, but they are playing in New Orleans and it’s still a young team. I’ll go with the offi­cial line here. New Orleans wins.
• PHI at NYG (NYG by 8): The Giants bring Philly back down to earth. New York wins.
• MIA at BUF (MIA by 1): Miami con­tinues the remark­able season and Buf­falo con­tinues to sink. Miami wins.
• KSC at DEN (DEN by 7.5): I want to call this one for Kansas City; they have pulled had a few sur­prises in an oth­er­wise ter­rible season. Denver has played like a young team at times. Oh, why not. Kansas City wins.
• NYJ at SFO (NYJ by 7): No con­test. New York Jets win.
• NWE at SEA (NWE by 7): It seems strange that the Patriots might not make the play­offs. I don’t care who was injured, this is a good team. I think they take another step towards the post-season today. New Eng­land wins.
• STL at ARI (ARI by 13): This week’s “who gives a crap” game. I don’t think the spread should be that big. St. Louis gives them a game and then gives up. Ari­zona wins.
• DAL at PIT (PIT by 2): Oh, this is going to be good. How­ever, I don’t think Pitts­burg is quite as good as Dallas when all is said and done. This game is like the 2000 Super­Bowl with a great offense against a great defense. One big play will break them. Dallas wins.
• WAS at BAL (BAL by 7): The battle of the Beltway will be a close one. Somehow, I don’t really think Bal­ti­more is that good. At least not 8–4 good. Wash­ington wins.

Well, that’s it. Now let’s see how good I am at this.