Week 15

There are three types of games this week. I've broken them down by how many of the participants are playoff eligible.

Completely Irrelevant:

Cincinnati at Cleveland: This game will be really hard to watch. Two quarterbacks that might never start another NFL game after this season. Bengals 20-16.

San Francisco at St. Louis: There is something sort of endearing about the 49ers since Mike Singletary took over. 49ers 27-21.

New Orleans at Detroit: The Saints are out of it at 7-7. The Lions are out of it for about five more years. Is Calvin Johnson going to be one of those good players that never gets a shot at the title? Kind of like Herman Moore, now that I think about it. Weird. Saints 34-28.

Houston at Oakland: At least the Raiders have a good kick returner. Texans 35-17.

Relevant:

Indianapolis at Jacksonville: The Jaguars are bad, but they finally won last week. The Colts keep doing it ugly, but that is OK in December. Colts 28-14.

Miami at Kansas City: The Chiefs are going to make it hard on Miami, but the Dolphins are learning how to weather the storm. Dolphins 17-13.

Buffalo at Denver: Buffalo probably won't even make it hard on Denver. Broncos 31-16.

New York Jets at Seattle: Seneca Wallace can keep the Seahawks in this one. Will Brett Favre keep the Jets in it? Jets 24-17.

Green Bay at Chicago: The Packers crushed Chicago in their first meeting. I think they can do it again. Packers 21-16.

Completely Relevant:

Baltimore at Dallas: If nothing else, being a Ravens fan this year has been extremely tense. They are built to play close games, and they are playing good teams. I think they are going to push Tony Romo around. Ravens 13-10.

Pittsburgh at Tennessee: The Titans are not ready for the type of game Pittsburgh is going to bring. Steelers 20-13.

Arizona at New England: The Patriots have been beatable at home, but I like their defense against the weird Cardinals. Patriots 27-24.

San Diego at Tampa Bay: The Chargers look inspired suddenly, just as Tampa looks uninspired. Toss a coin... Bucs 21-20.

Atlanta at Minnesota: Even without Pat Williams the Vikings front four is pretty stout. I think Tarvaris Jackson and Adrian Peterson will win this game. Vikings 30-20.

Philadelphia at Washington: It won't be easy or pretty. Eagles 30-21.

Carolina at New York Giants: Something tells me the Giants can come out of this slump OK. And Jake Delhomme is not going to be standing around all day in New York. Giants 21-17.

Week 15

New Orleans at Chicago: If it is just cold, the Saints passing game should be OK. Throw in some wetness or snow or wind, different story. Pierre Thomas is clearly the best running back on that team right now. Saints 28-20.

Tampa Bay at Atlanta: I like the Bucs to bounce back from that beating they took in Carolina. Yes, Atlanta can run too, but Tampa normally can play the run just fine. Bucs 27-20

Washington at Cincinnati: The Bengals are a nice softy for Washington, who has been struggling lately. Washington 20-7.

Seattle at St. Louis: Two horrible teams. I see Senaca Wallace repeating that nice performance against New England. Seahawks 27-14.

San Francisco at Miami: The 49ers are getting it together, but Miami has done well in close games. Dolphins 17-13

Buffalo at New York Jets: A get-well game for the Jets. The Bills jsut can't stop this free-fall. Jets 30-10.

Detroit at Indianapolis: Calvin Johnson is having a nice year at least. Colts 31-20.

San Diego at Kansas City: I like how the Chiefs have fought all year, but San Diego does OK against lesser teams, not that there are a lot of them out there. Chargers 27-24.

Green Bay at Jacksonville: Possible get-well game for Green Bay, unless they let Maurice Jones-Drew and Fred Taylor run wild. Packers 34-28.

Tennessee at Houston: A lot of people are going to predict an upset here, but I'm thinking the Tennessee won't take their foot off the pedal just yet. Titans 24-20.

Minnesota at Arizona: If the Vikings' starting quarterback can hold on to the ball, they should do fine. They'll have to do something creative on defense, because Arizona shouldn't even try to run the ball against them. Vikings 24-21.

Denver at Carolina: I don't like Denver's run defense against anybody, especially Carolina. Panthers 20-13.

Pittsburgh at Baltimore: Wouldn't it be wild if the Ravens pulled this one out? Unfortunately this is a strength vs strength match-up, the Steelers are better across the board. Steelers 16-9.

New England at Oakland: The Raiders will stay close for a while, but Matt Cassel can put them away. Randy Moss has never played against a former team before. Patriots 24-16.

New York Giants at Dallas: I don't like Tony Romo against a good defense, not when Dallas can't run the ball at all.Giants 28-17.

Cleveland at Philadelphia: Ken Dorsey. Eagles 30-13.