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NFL Week 15 Predictions
Can the Rams reclaim their NFC West dominance, or will the Niners spoil their plans? We kick off an electrifying Week 15 discussion with bold predictions and a look back at last week’s surprises and setbacks. Our spotlight shines first on the Rams-Niners showdown, with unified support for the Rams. We then debate if the Giants can rise to the challenge against the Ravens and whether Cincinnati can continue their impressive run against the Titans. Opinions fly as we dissect the Panthers-Cowboys clash, with a notable tilt favoring Carolina’s rare home advantage.
There's no shortage of excitement as we turn our attention to more thrilling matchups, like the Browns battling the Chiefs in less-than-ideal weather and the Dolphins striving for playoff dreams against the Texans. The consensus sides with the Jets in their face-off with the Jaguars, while the Patriots-Cardinals and the Pennsylvania battle between the Eagles and Steelers fuel our spirited debates. As the weekend action heats up, we delve into the Buccaneers' faceoff with the Chargers, the Packers-Seahawks Sunday night thriller, and the Vikings’ expected dominance over the Bears. Wrapping up, we ponder the late-night Falcons-Raiders clash, promising you a weekend full of intense gridiron drama.
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all right, welcome back nfl picks. It's at week 15, damn the north. Let's go over thisings from last week before we get started Mike 8-4. Nice, we had a push on the Detroit game 8-4 for Mike and Justin 6-6. Jimmy 5-7. And 3-9 for me.
Speaker 3:How many wins?
Speaker 2:What was that?
Speaker 1:That's 3-9. 3?.
Speaker 3:That's in the number.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that was the worst week Coming off the best week, so get that out of my system. It starts tonight. It's a good one. It's in the nfc west. The rams are getting two and a half. Going to the niners who looked a lot better at home against the. I know it was the bears but they blew the brakes off them short week. Rams coming off a big uh game against the bills, have to travel on the road for division opponent on the road. They're getting two and a half. Mike, you led the way last week, you'll lead us off this week. Who you got?
Speaker 2:yeah, I'm keeping the Los Angeles Rams on this one. Uh, they played a heck of a game the other night and then, uh, san Francisco looked pretty good, but they were playing the Bears. Like you said, I'm going with the Rams on this one.
Speaker 1:All right.
Speaker 4:Justin. Yeah, I'm just going to follow the leader on that one. The Rams are heating up, man, and the Niners are just so banged up If they're not playing Caleb Williams dude, I don't know that they can win.
Speaker 1:All right, jimmy Rams.
Speaker 3:Super Bowl picks coming right into form.
Speaker 1:Yeah, oh man, I don't know. Man. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Niners win this one, though. But I'm going Rams too. This is my Super Bowl. Take as well, they're getting points. I'll take that. Who's Purdy going to throw the ball to? But they'll find somebody. He looked good last week against the Bears, yeah it was the Bears.
Speaker 4:Dude. Pearsall's got a shot at getting a lot of catches he's got a shot.
Speaker 3:He's got a shot at getting a lot of catches.
Speaker 1:He's got a shot. He's got a shot, man. Well, okay, I'll go Rams too. All right, so let's go to Sunday and we have the Ravens going to the Big Apple play the Giants. The Giants are getting all the way up to 16 now. I mean goodness gracious.
Speaker 4:Oh, wow.
Speaker 1:They got 16. Mike, who you got?
Speaker 2:Yeah, it was so tempting, sheesh, I'm going to go with the Giants again for that. All right, it was so tempting, I'm going to go with the giant.
Speaker 1:Justin.
Speaker 4:It is awful tempting and I am weak when faced with temptation. Give me the Ravens. Get a blowout to cover the 16.
Speaker 1:That's a lot, it's a lot but the giants are terrible, they really are all right.
Speaker 3:Uh, uh, jimmy I'm gonna go giants. I don't. I don't know why. I just think man 16 points, somebody on that team's gotta have Some pride Somewhere.
Speaker 1:I don't know, I don't. Oh, my god, there's something up with this line.
Speaker 4:Give me the Ravens you don't see a line like that, unless Vegas knows. Ravens big Ravens big.
Speaker 3:I'm sticking with the Giants screw it.
Speaker 1:That's going to be a bad pick by my team.
Speaker 2:Maybe I'll go back to that they can win 30-14 and still not cover Right I know, that's what I'm saying.
Speaker 1:They might just be up and take the starters out and just not cover, all right.
Speaker 4:I think the Ravens backups could probably cover that spread. The Giants are fucking terrible. All right, let's go to Tennessee.
Speaker 1:The Titans are hosting the Bengals and they're getting five at home. Jimmy, what do you got?
Speaker 3:You know what? Give me the Bengals Big win Beating the Cowboys down in old Dallas. The Titans suck At home. I don Titans suck.
Speaker 1:At home.
Speaker 3:I don't care.
Speaker 1:All right. Mike five points Home dog Berkey.
Speaker 2:Was that a Dallas game? Was that another must punt, like we were talking about that, leon Lett one.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that was.
Speaker 2:Turned in overtime. Oh God, Both of these teams are screaming. The past couple weeks, I'll go with Cincinnati.
Speaker 1:I guess Justin.
Speaker 4:Yeah, dude, the Titans could only muster like six points against the Jags last week. I mean I am happy they did because bonus coverage. Let me watch the majority of the fourth quarter and the overtime of the Dolphins-Jets game, so like I should be proud and happy with those guys. But my God, they're awful, dude. Give me the Bengals All right, I got Joe Burrow.
Speaker 1:I'm taking Joe Burrow, burrow and Chase.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:I guess I'll take that. Alright, let's go to. Let's go to Carolina. And it's the first time they're actually favored in a long time as the Cowboys are coming into town and now getting a field goal. Mike, who you got?
Speaker 2:I'm going Dallas now getting a field goal, mike, who you got? I'm going Dallas. This is just for suckers, right?
Speaker 1:here. Yeah, I like it.
Speaker 4:Justin, yeah, I feel like this is what they show to people during advanced interrogation at Gitmo, because mother of Christ man, who is going to watch this game? I guess, god, I Give me the, give me the Panthers. Who freaking cares man, I'll take the Panthers, man.
Speaker 1:I like the way the Panthers have been playing. They're going to be at home. It was less. It's gotten up to three. I guess I'm going to take the Panthers to win by more than that, jimmy.
Speaker 3:Yeah, panthers, all right, screw the Cowboys man.
Speaker 1:All right, let's go to Cleveland and the Browns, it's go to Cleveland. In the.
Speaker 2:Browns it's going to be raining and on the NFL weather app it says definite rain 43 degrees. Winds are 60 miles an hour.
Speaker 1:Well, you got Jameis and then you got the Chiefs coming in, who play close games with everyone. Is this the week the Browns are getting four at home? Mike no.
Speaker 2:This is like an unmovable object versus a force.
Speaker 1:So the Chiefs are going to win by more than four.
Speaker 2:I think they're going to have to. I mean, yeah, they don't have to.
Speaker 1:I'm not picking. They haven't been.
Speaker 2:I'm not picking, I'm not picking Jameis Winston in the rain and the wind.
Speaker 1:All right, justin.
Speaker 4:Until the Chiefs cover a goddamn spread, I cannot pick them. If the spread is more than three points, yeah, so give me jamis yeah, uh, jimmy all right, he took down lamar jackson.
Speaker 3:Yeah, took down russell wilson. Yep, this is this is kind of what he does. Yeah, and it's in Cleveland and it's going to be pissing down rain and I'm telling you that is worse than snow. They don't have to have it either, right, they don't.
Speaker 1:That's a big thing. The Bills losing that game gave Kansas City a.
Speaker 3:They got a little bit of a cushion.
Speaker 1:They got to just mail it in weak where they can just literally just suck.
Speaker 3:And what you know is that james is going to be going 100 million miles an hour, no matter what, and will they be able to match that? So you know, give me the browns I'm picking them.
Speaker 1:Um, I'm I'm more going with the trend of the chiefs not being able to blow anybody out yeah, yeah sure, I think they'll win just like they have been. I think Jameis will keep it close, but in the end they're going to win, unless he throws a bunch of pick sixes, then they might actually blow somebody out.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that is a variable that they don't really play a lot of teams that give them points like that right, but kansas city hasn't really taken any like that either, or given it's really gonna be what something's gonna give it it's yeah it'll be a fun, it'll be an interesting game.
Speaker 1:I I mean, I wouldn't be surprised to see Kansas. I mean, if Kansas City lost this game, I'd be like, okay, yeah, they probably just like yeah, we're not bringing it today, all right, so we're Mike's alone in this one. Wow, all right, let's go to Houston, where the Dolphins are getting a field goal, and they are on the road. Justin, who you got?
Speaker 4:Dolphins baby. Yeah, we're going to have it, we're going to win out. We're going to win out and get to 7th seed, just so we can get blown out in the first round of the playoffs.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:They got to have it.
Speaker 2:Exactly.
Speaker 1:This is where you get a field goal when you're at home. I guess they're getting that. They're the home team, mike, who you got Houston.
Speaker 2:Alright, jimmy, I'm going to take the Texans, mike, who you got Houston alright, jimmy.
Speaker 3:I'm gonna take the Texans.
Speaker 1:I agree. I think this is when Texans eliminate the Dolphins from the playoffs. You know you don't sound too sure about that. Give me the Dolphins, you know.
Speaker 3:You don't sound too sure about that, though you know what. Give me the Dolphins.
Speaker 1:No split. Give me the Dolphins. No split, baby. Give me the Dolphins. Man, I'm a good one.
Speaker 2:I'm a good person, yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, all right, all right, let's move on to so wait. You went Houston, jimmy. Yeah, all right, all right, let's move on to so wait. You went Houston, jimmy.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 1:You went Houston, okay, all right.
Speaker 2:Let's go to Jacksonville.
Speaker 1:There's a crapper of a game as the Jets your.
Speaker 3:Jets.
Speaker 1:Are going down to the Jags, duval County, duval, the 9-0 foe and they're actually favored to win, and the Jags are getting a field goal at home. Mike, who you got?
Speaker 2:This is the craziest thing. This has got to be the worst thing. This is the worst thing.
Speaker 1:I don't know about crazy, but I mean it's terrible.
Speaker 2:Crazy shitty. I think I'm going to take the New York.
Speaker 1:Jets yeah, I'm going to take them as well. I think this is where you're going to get Aaron Rodgers starting to play for next year and next year's team to take a chance on him, so he actually might play well. This is pretty much what's going to take a chance on them, so actually might play well. This is pretty much what's going to be in an audition for that whole offense. They're not going to sign any of those dudes again, so and they're playing terrible.
Speaker 3:So you're saying there's a bunch of guys playing for their futures, right yeah?
Speaker 1:I mean they lost a close game. That's a good point To Miami. Rodgers played actually really well. And it is the Jags, yeah, and they're playing the terrible Jaguars. So I'll take the Jets in that, justin, they're my Jets right, no.
Speaker 4:If the guys at Gitmo didn't give up the terrorists during the Panthers game, they will give up the terrorists halfway through this game. But no, I'm with you. Dude Rodgers threw for 300 yards against the Dolphins. It's the first time he's thrown for 300 yards in like two and a half years and he actually has played better the past couple of weeks. And the Jags are just a freaking dumpster fire. So I'm going to take Rodgers and the Jets man, I don't want to, but I'm going to.
Speaker 1:All right, mike, did you pick this?
Speaker 3:Yeah, you went with Jets, jimmy, jimmy I meant Jimmy. Yeah, Jets man, the Jags got to just be thinking about draft pick right now.
Speaker 1:All right, let's go to new orleans. The saints coming off the big road win off the block field goal in the. In the big apple we'll be, hosting jayden daniels and the was Commanders who haven't really looked well, but this is just what they need. A Taysom Hill-less New Orleans Saints team will host the Commanders. They're getting seven and a half in the dome. That's a lot, jimmy, who you got?
Speaker 3:Man, I think the Saints are going to cover. I mean Cover.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, but who's your quarterback?
Speaker 3:Right.
Speaker 2:It's not Carr.
Speaker 3:And it's not going to be. What's his face?
Speaker 4:It's not Rattler.
Speaker 3:Nah, they were playing some other guy last week.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so you know what?
Speaker 3:Let me check that I actually got the commanders covering this.
Speaker 1:All right, justin.
Speaker 2:Darren Rizzi.
Speaker 3:Darren Rizzi.
Speaker 4:I mean that sounds like a generated player from Madden in 2005. Yeah, god, dude, it's a big spread, but I can't go with a Madden-generated player covering a spread.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'm going, commanders as well. Give me the Redskins. Yeah, the Saints are terrible. They have no Camaro as well, so yeah.
Speaker 2:Camaro's up.
Speaker 1:Yep, All right, so let's go to Wait. Mike, did you pick that?
Speaker 2:Camaro's out and Carr's out, I guess I'll go with Washington.
Speaker 1:All right, let's go to Detroit. This is a great game, maybe the game of the week, maybe a Super Bowl preview, as the bills coming off, the tough loss, the shootout for josh allen just was a freaking monster, a fantasy monster. In the loss, though, a questionable run call there at the end where they only had three timeouts and they called a run forcing them to take one of their timeouts and they had to take the onside kick, meaning they didn't have a chance to get the ball back to Josh Allen. Anyway, they're getting two and a half. The Bills are in Detroit. Mike, who you got? I?
Speaker 2:have the Buffalo Bills in this one. I think Detroit's been kind of beaten by Buffalo. I think it's going to test them out in a whole new way. I like the.
Speaker 1:Bills in this one, justin.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I mean, God man, this is going to be a fun game too. I think the Lions are due for a loss. I kind of think they need a loss. Like you don't want to roll into the playoffs, I'm sorry. You don't want to roll in there on like a 13, 14-game winning streak, you need a late-season loss to a good team like the Bills. The Bills just lost a close one thanks to mario cristobal showing up to call that quarterback sneak, and so give me the bills. I think the bills take this one all right, the motor city man train.
Speaker 1:Home game, jimmy I'm going lights yeah, me too. I'm gonna ride it until it stops.
Speaker 3:Go lions too, man, at home, I'm gonna go with them I mean, it's not like I don't disagree with anything, justin just said, but I you know.
Speaker 1:Just they're not gonna be able to stop the lines. Bills aren't, and this is going to be a shootout, but can anybody stop josh allen?
Speaker 4:no yeah, like no he's an alien. Yeah, what do you?
Speaker 2:think the cheapest ticket for this game is Cheapest ticket $350. $321. That's a pretty good bet. I've never seen one that high, not for a regular season, for a regular season game, yeah, $321.
Speaker 4:That's nuts, that's nuts that's insane oh man yeah, this is what I thought the Super Bowl. I hope this ends up being the Super Bowl matchup, because I'm really excited about this the Lions need it.
Speaker 1:I think the Bills blew their shot. I think they kind of know that they're going to have to go on the road now. I think the Lions have something to play for. I don't know, but this is a tough game, I could you know. But this is a tough game I could you know like this would be fun to watch. All right, let's go to Denver and the Colts are coming into town and they're getting four points on the road. Justin, who you got?
Speaker 4:I think the Broncos and the Colts playoff hopes Tie a field goal. So I think the Colts cover.
Speaker 1:All right, mike.
Speaker 2:Broncos and Colts is like all horse game here I'm going with the Denver Broncos here for some reason All right, all right, jimmy, give me the Broncos.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'm going.
Speaker 3:Broncos, the young QB.
Speaker 1:Yeah, defense, I think they're going to get to them. Give me the Broncos at home big. All right, let's go to Arizona, as the Patriots are going to play the Cardinals. This game sucks. The Patriots are getting six, mike.
Speaker 2:Oh man, you go Arizona. I think they're still fighting for their lives. I'm going Cardinals here.
Speaker 1:All right, justin. Yeah, the Cardinals have screwed me too many times.
Speaker 4:Um, justin, yeah, the Cardinals have screwed me too many times in the past month or so.
Speaker 2:Uh.
Speaker 4:I don't think they can get their shit together and they're facing the greatest quarterback in the draft.
Speaker 1:Yeah, all right Hats.
Speaker 4:And points Give me New England.
Speaker 1:All right, Uh, Jimmy.
Speaker 3:I'm going to take the Cardinals just because they are still technically alive, especially after tonight when the Niners take the loss.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you get it, give me the pats and the points.
Speaker 1:Yeah, all right. Battle of pennsylvania and philadelphia. As the steelers visit the eagles, they're getting five. I'll go first. I'll take the Steelers and the points, although Phillies can really dominate the time position Playing well at home. I mean Saquon Barkley's having a historic season, jimmy who you got.
Speaker 3:Give me the Eagles man.
Speaker 1:All right.
Speaker 2:Mike Going right, mike, I'm going with Pittsburgh here. Eagles have a little turmoil. They can run the ball too. You know it's going to be a quick game. It's going to be running up and down the field. The clock's going to be burning the whole time.
Speaker 1:All right, justin.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I'm with Mike. Mike, I see limited possessions in this game and I think Philly's gonna win, but I don't think they're gonna. I don't think they'll cover the spread. I think Steelers keep it close and lose. So give me the Steelers.
Speaker 1:Baker and the Bucks are taking it cross country to LA and the Chargers they're getting two and a half been looking pretty good. Mike, what do you got?
Speaker 2:yeah, they won three in a row. Yeah, bucks have won three in a row against the Giants, the Panthers and the Raiders. I'm gonna go with the. I'm to go with the Chargers here. I don't believe in Dibbleback.
Speaker 1:All right, jimmy Chargers Justin.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I'm going to follow that trend. Dude, harbaugh, herbert, the Chargers Only two points man. As much as I like the Bucs and they're really fun to watch and I love flag-planting Baker Mayfield I just don't think that they're going to go cross-country and beat Jim Harbaugh.
Speaker 1:Not without the weapons. All right, I'll take the chargers.
Speaker 4:Bucky Irving went down last week. One of our running backs went out last week.
Speaker 1:Yeah, all right, let's go to the Sunday night or green Bay going to Seattle. This will be a good game. Seattle's getting two and a half at home. Man, this is going to be a tough one to pick. I'm going Seattle here at home. I'm going to take that home field. I'm going to take the home dog barking, I'm going to take it. Give me the Seahawks, mike, who you got.
Speaker 2:Oh man, I don't really believe in Seattle all that much, even though it's one of their last four games. So yeah, it's pretty crazy. Last four games, that's pretty crazy. Maybe I don't know what the hell I'm talking about I'm going to go with I guess I'll go with Seattle next In a night game.
Speaker 1:Yeah, two and a half, you're going Seattle.
Speaker 2:Alright.
Speaker 1:Alright, Justin.
Speaker 4:I'm partially with Mike where I don't understand how the Seahawks keep winning these games. But to keep my one Super Bowl pick alive, I got to take the pack baby.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 3:Jimmy, I'm going Packers, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:All right, we'll see. We'll see what happens. That's a Sunday night, all right, one, yeah yeah, all right, we'll see. We'll see what happens. That's a Sunday night. All right, one more. Wait two more. We got two.
Speaker 3:I have no idea why.
Speaker 1:Got no answer for this. Minnesota's hosting the Bears and the Bears could be getting more than six and a half and I probably wouldn't pick them because I'm picking the Vikings here. More than six and a half and I probably wouldn't pick them because I'm picking the vikings here. Sam donald's playing for pretty much a contract with somebody and they're gonna put up some big numbers on the bears. The bears suck. Caleb williams hadn't playing well, they are dead coach walking. I mean, they didn't give you the bump that you thought you would get from firing the coach last week. They're not going to give it to you this week so.
Speaker 1:I'm taking the Vikings, big Mike.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I also like the Vikings big, just because. It says there's a chance of snow, but this is a dome game, right?
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's in Minnesota, justin.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's in Minnesota.
Speaker 4:Justin, yeah, I screwed up. Last week I decided to put some trust in the Bears and the bounce back of the fired coach and all that shit and there was one point in the first half. There was one point in the first half. I sent a screenshot on. Sunday 310 yards to two yards.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it was bad.
Speaker 4:I am never picking the Bears again as long as Caleb Williams is there All right, all right, so Jimmy.
Speaker 3:I'm going to take the Vikings as well. Obviously, I think you know Bears are another team that's just worried about the position of the draft man.
Speaker 1:All right, let's go to Vegas for the Monday nighter the second Monday nighter as the Falcons are going to Vegas here. Someone's got to win this. The Falcons have looked terrible. Wheels are falling off, defense is giving up big points, offense is turning the ball over. Raiders though, are the Raiders, it's the Raiders, yeah. So this is where the Falcons get it right. Give me the Falcons, justin.
Speaker 4:Couldn't they have just buried these two Monday night games in the 1 o'clock window on Sunday, right like who the hell is going to be watching these?
Speaker 2:right. They put two together to combine for for one good game. They put two shootouts.
Speaker 1:I mean, if you combine viewership they should let Chicago.
Speaker 2:They should let Chicago, atlanta and Las Vegas team up to get their best off-sourced.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I like that.
Speaker 2:They have to wear their own jersey, so you don't really know who's on whose team.
Speaker 4:It's going to be like old-school Pro Bowl.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 4:Well, how about this dude? The Raiders are terrible, but they're going to keep it close in the first half, and then, in the second half, michael Penix comes in and leads the Falcons to victory.
Speaker 1:There you go, so you're taking by over four points. Yeah, all right. All right, mike, you took.
Speaker 2:I'm just going against the grand hero of Las Vegas. I mean, you said somebody has to win and it's like really just one of them can lose.
Speaker 1:Yeah All right, Raiders Jimmy.
Speaker 3:I'm going. Falcons, oh, with or without Phoenix coming in, all right, I think they'll get it. They still suck, but whatever, it's the.
Speaker 1:Raiders. All righty, we had to go. Well, we got to get on out of here. All right too. But before we go, they announced the playoffs for the college football committee as the first year of 12 teams, and Clemson is going to play at Texas, smu is going to play at Penn State, indiana is going to play in South Penn.
Speaker 3:Yeah, indiana In it Against Notre Dame Nice little 45-minute trip and Tennessee is going to Ohio State.
Speaker 1:Any of those that got it right, justin? Yeah, it's speechless.
Speaker 2:You checked out after Miami, didn't get in.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I guess not college football anymore.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I guess the intrigue was that and SMU did not drop below Clemson in the rankings, leaving Alabama and Ole Miss holding their day. Yeah, but pretty tough road for Oregon for going undefebeaten. You're gonna get ohio state, who you beat by one at home, or or tennessee yeah, yes oh yeah, I'm going all, all in on arizona state man, scataboo man, come on, come on son dev on Sun. Devils, dillies, devils that's who I want to see. Come on Florida State. They got some new coaches and some new players. Boston College's quarterback.
Speaker 2:They got that little print guy right, yeah, they got.
Speaker 1:Castellanos going to be the quarterback.
Speaker 2:What are we?
Speaker 1:doing, running the ball Right, hopefully winning double.
Speaker 3:We can double our win. Total man, let's do it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, now we're talking, we'll get to that. We'll talk about that. Fsu hoops back on the hardwood against the green wave of Tulane that's Saturday. The DLT double C. We'll watch that, we'll react to that, as well as all the football games. We'll look ahead to the playoffs and we'll do that next time right here on the North Florida Sports Network.
Speaker 2:I'm goddamn madder than shit.
