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Prognosticating is hard

Here we go again. Last week I was 6-8 in my picks for the Week 14 football games. I don’t know if I’ve learned anything from that experience. I guess we will find out this week. Here are my picks for Week 15:

1. Tampa Bay wins at Atlanta: the Falcons are playing at home and they are doing well this year, but Tampa is playing to keep up with Carolina and try to get that wildcard playoff spot.
2. Washington wins at Cincinnati: if the Bengals win another game this season I’ll be surprised.
3. Seattle wins at St. Louis: I am not intentionally picking all the road teams. Seattle is better than St. Louis. Almost every team is.
4. San Francisco loses at Miami: the 49ers have to travel, and Miami is the surprise this year.
5. Buffalo wins at New York Jets: I want to see Buffalo play spoiler to Farve’s season.
6. Detroit loses at Indianapolis: Manning will not let it happen any other way.
7. San Diego wins at Kansas City: this week’s “who cares” game.
8. Green Bay wins at Jacksonville: in the battle of two underachieving teams, I think the Packers will generate more offense. But it is hard to say. Either one of these teams could decide to fold up the tents and surrender.
9. Tennessee wins at Houston: I’ve learned my lesson. I’m not going to bet against Tennessee. Maybe they had their one “wake up” game for this season.
10. Minnesota loses at Arizona: the door remains open for Chicago. I think Arizona has the better offense.
11. Denver loses at Carolina: with Denver traveling and Carolina rolling, all signs point to a Panther Party.
12. Pittsburg wins at Baltimore: Baltimore looked really good last week for one half that then didn’t do much else. I think Pittsburg squeaks by this week.
13. New England wins at Oakland: please, this one is too easy.
14. New York Giants win at Dallas: I think I may be wrong about this one, but I believe in the Giants and think they have the better defense.