Week Sixteen in the NFL......

With last week's tally in I finished 9-7 for the week and my season total is at 133-91. As I said you just never know the motivation inside any locker room at this time of the year. Our first Sunday game up has the 49ers at the Rams. I am hoping that either the Rams or the Seahawks do not take us further into mediocrity by both of them losing today and assuring a losing team the Division Title in the NFC West. I am picking the Rams to win the game and the Division with an 8-8 record. I am not an expert but I believe this was actually done before or at least I know a team has made the playoffs with an 8-8 record. The NFL should remedy this in the offseason but they probably won't. There are a couple solutions that I will tackle in the offseason when we are looking for some football to talk about. Next up the Jets have to travel to the frigid confines of Soldier Field. The Bears have been traditionally hard to beat at home in December & January and I see no reason why it should be any different today. Bears win. Titans at the Chiefs. The Titans are playing for respect the Chiefs for a Title. Chiefs at home win. Patriots at the Bills....although a Packer onslaught in New England last week scared the Patriots just a little, they still managed to win playing poorly. After that wake up call you won't see the Pats falter today. Their head coach(Belichick) will not allow it. Patriots on a mission win the game and the Division Title today. The Redskins travel to Jacksonville to face a good Jaguars team trying to keep pace the the Colts. Jags win at home. Dolphins at home against the Lions. What happened to the Dolphins? A few weeks ago in contention and now just about out of it. Lions going in different direction stun the Dolphins in an upset finishing their season. Lions win. Browns entertain the Ravens. For personal reasons I would love the Browns to upset the Ravens but the Browns have been riddled with injuries of late most notably they defensive leader Scott Fujita. Ask Saints fans what an impact he had in their Super Bowl run and they will tell you it was huge. The Ravens must win to keep pace and in Cleveland today they will. Ravens win. Giants at the Packers.....It looks like Aaron Rodgers will start and even with their backup QB they looked awfully good against a very good Patriots team. I have to go with the Packers to win at home. Giants have another late season collapse. Seahawks at Tampa Bay....Bucs finish off Seahawks as it should be. Colts at Oakland....Colts also know they have to win and will. Colts win on the road. Chargers at the Bengals.....again another must win for San Diego and they know what's at stake. Bengals too banged up to mount a challenge. Chargers win. Texans at Broncos...Tim Tebow gets his first win as a QB. Broncos win. Vikings at the Eagles...you'd like to see Brett go out in a Blaze of Glory but more than likely he will be on the sideline cheering on Joe Webb. Eagles need this game way too much to let it go to the Vikings. Eagles win. Finally we get to the Monday Night Contest you all have been waiting for. I will make this as simple as possible. Right now the Saints are the hungrier team. If you do not believe me just tune in Monday Night. The Saints have their backs against the wall and know that a win gets them to the Dance and that's where they want to be. Saints win put Division Title in limbo.....for one more week anyway. Have a great week and see you back here for the season finales. Should make for interesting football.