It is time for our weekly picks from the writing staff. We get some nice divisional battles in Week 13, although the most intriguing game is probably between the Seattle Seahawks and the Minnesota Vikings. With mostly division battles, most of the picks are unanimous. However, last week, only one of our writers stood out -- Jesse Reynolds, who picked 13 of the games correctly.
Here are last week's results and the overall records for each (I still hold the overall lead).
Week 12 games |
Jess Root |
Jesse Reynolds |
Robert Norman |
Tyler Derby |
Shaun Church |
PHI/DET |
DET |
DET |
DET |
PHI |
DET |
CAR/DAL |
DAL |
CAR |
DAL |
CAR |
DAL |
CHI/GB |
GB |
GB |
GB |
GB |
GB |
MIN/ATL |
MIN |
MIN |
ATL |
MIN |
ATL |
STL/CIN |
CIN |
CIN |
CIN |
CIN |
STL |
NO/HOU |
HOU |
HOU |
HOU |
HOU |
HOU |
TB/IND |
IND |
TB |
TB |
TB |
TB |
SD/JAX |
JAX |
SD |
JAX |
KAX |
SD |
BUF/KC |
KC |
KC |
KC |
KC |
BUF |
MIA/NYJ |
MIA |
NYJ |
NYJ |
NYJ |
NYJ |
OAK/TEN |
OAK |
OAK |
OAK |
OAK |
OAK |
NYG/WAS |
NYG |
NYG |
NYG |
NYG |
NYG |
ARI/SF |
ARI |
ARI |
ARI |
ARI |
ARI |
PIT/SEA |
PIT |
SEA |
PIT |
SEA |
PIT |
NE/DEN |
NE |
DEN |
DEN |
NE |
NE |
BAL/CLE |
CLE |
BAL |
CLE |
CLE |
CLE |
Week13 results |
8-8 |
13-3 |
8-8 |
9-7 |
6-10 |
Overall record |
111-65 |
109-67 |
108-68 |
103-73 |
91-85 |
Now for this week's picks:
Week 13 games |
Jess Root |
Jesse Reynolds |
Tyler Derby |
Robert Norman |
Shaun Church |
Skii |
GB/DET |
DET |
DET |
GB |
GB |
GB |
NONE |
HOU/BUF |
HOU |
BUF |
BUF |
HOU |
HOU |
BUF |
SF/CHI |
CHI |
CHI |
CHI |
CHI |
SF |
CHI |
CIN/CLE |
CIN |
CIN |
CIN |
CIN |
CIN |
CIN |
BAL/MIA |
MIA |
MIA |
MIA |
MIA |
MIA |
MIA |
SEA/MIN |
MIN |
SEA |
SEA |
MIN |
SEA |
MIN |
NYJ/NYG |
NYG |
NYG |
NYJ |
NYG |
NYJ |
NYJ |
ARI/STL |
ARI |
ARI |
ARI |
ARI |
ARI |
ARI |
ATL/TB |
TB |
TB |
ATL |
TB |
ATL |
ATL |
JAX/TEN |
JAX |
TEN |
JAX |
JAX |
JAX |
JAX |
KC/OAK |
KC |
KC |
KC |
KC |
OAK |
OAK |
DEN/SD |
DEN |
DEN |
DEN |
DEN |
DEN |
DEN |
PHI/NE |
NE |
NE |
NE |
NE |
NE |
NE |
CAR/NO |
CAR |
NO |
CAR |
CAR |
NO |
CAR |
IND/PIT |
PIT |
PIT |
PIT |
PIT |
PIT |
PIT |
DAL/WAS |
WAS |
WAS |
WAS |
WAS |
WAS |
WAS |
There are a lot of unanimous picks. In fact, seven of the remaining 15 games were unanimously chosen. That inevitably means some will let us down. We have a couple of writers who think the woeful Saints will pull off the upset of the undefeated Panthers in New Orleans.
Who has the best picks of the week? Let us know in the comments.