NFL Week 16 Game Picks
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The Musket Fire staff are putting on our prognostication hats, staring into the Musket Fire crystal ball, and predicting the winners each week throughout the NFL season. Staff writer Ryan Hannable and I are making the game picks, so feel free to pick against us in the Comments section. Last week, Ryan and I survived the onslaught of upsets to end the week 10-6. My record on the season is now 152-71 (68%) and Ryan’s record is 123-69 (64%). Ryan and I are starting the week 1-0 for picking the Colts to upset the Texans Thursday night.
Let’s get right to the picks from Ryan and I, including our pick for today’s Patriots-Dolphins game.
Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills
- Jamie Pacheco: Broncos
- Ryan Hannable: Broncos
**Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots**
- JP: Patriots
- RH: Patriots
Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens
- JP: Ravens
- RH: Ravens
Oakland Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs
- JP: Chiefs
- RH: Chiefs
Minnesota Vikings at Washington Redskins
- JP: Redskins
- RH: Redskins
Arizona Cardinals at Cincinnati Bengals
- JP: Bengals
- RH: Bengals
St. Louis Rams at Pittsburgh Steelers
- JP: Steelers
- RH: Steelers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Carolina Panthers
- JP: Panthers
- RH: Panthers
New York Giants at New York Jets
- JP: Giants
- RH: Giants
Jacksonville Jaguars at Tennessee Titans
- JP: see below
- RH: Titans
San Diego Chargers at Detroit Lions
- JP: Lions
- RH: see below
Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys
- JP: Cowboys
- RH: Cowboys
San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks
- JP: 49ers
- RH: 49ers
Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints
- JP: Saints
- RH: Saints
Upset Special
- JP: Jaguars over the Titans. Chris Johnson is questionable, and the Jags have shown they can bring it while the Titans are hot-and-cold. This is going to be a cold week.
- RH: Chargers over the Lions. The Chargers have been playing their best football of the year of late and are primed to upset the Lions this week.
Put it in the bank
- JP & RH: Packers over the Bears. In what was supposed to be a very entertaining and suspenseful game on Christmas night has turned into what should be a blow out and doesn’t mean as much as it could have if the Packers were going for an undefeated season. The Packers should roll. (RH)