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Will the Green Bay Packers get any help this week while they are on their bye week? Packers fans are hoping for big upset wins by a handful of teams over the other contenders across the NFC to give the green and gold a better shot at home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. However, upsets are, by their very definition, unlikely, and it would be a significant surprise if the Vikings, 49ers, or Saints fall this weekend.
Still, last week’s Saints-Falcons game was a big upset, with New Orleans coming into the game as a double-digit favorite. This week, the Saints are favored by 5.5 points, the lowest number of any of these three teams. The Vikings currently are giving ten points to the Broncos at home, while the 49ers have the same line against the Arizona Cardinals.
So in this week’s NFL picks, it should come as no surprise that APC predicts these three games to fail to provide upsets, and that we did so in an overwhelming fashion. In fact, only one writer predicted any of the three NFC contenders to lose this week, with one vote for Denver pulling off a surprise.
With no Packers game on the schedule this week, check out our bye week picks here.
Week 14 Picks
Game | Tex | Jason | Peter | Jon M | Kris | Matub | Paul | Shawn | Wendi | Mike | Alex C | Composite |
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Game | Tex | Jason | Peter | Jon M | Kris | Matub | Paul | Shawn | Wendi | Mike | Alex C | Composite |
DAL @ CHI | DAL | DAL | DAL | DAL | DAL | DAL | CHI | DAL | DAL | DAL | CHI | DAL |
CAR @ ATL | ATL | CAR | ATL | ATL | CAR | CAR | CAR | CAR | CAR | CAR | CAR | CAR |
BAL @ BUF | BAL | BAL | BAL | BAL | BAL | BAL | BAL | BAL | BAL | BUF | BAL | BAL |
CIN @ CLE | CLE | CLE | CLE | CLE | CLE | CLE | CLE | CLE | CLE | CLE | CLE | CLE* |
WAS @ GB | GB | GB | GB | GB | GB | GB | GB | GB | GB | GB | GB | GB* |
DEN @ HOU | HOU | HOU | HOU | HOU | HOU | HOU | HOU | HOU | HOU | HOU | HOU | HOU* |
DET @ MIN | MIN | MIN | MIN | MIN | MIN | MIN | MIN | MIN | MIN | MIN | DET | MIN |
SF @ NO | NO | SF | NO | NO | NO | SF | SF | NO | NO | NO | SF | NO |
MIA @ NYJ | MIA | NYJ | NYJ | NYJ | NYJ | NYJ | MIA | MIA | MIA | MIA | MIA | MIA |
IND @ TB | TB | IND | TB | IND | TB | TB | IND | TB | TB | TB | TB | TB |
LAC @ JAX | LAC | JAX | LAC | LAC | LAC | LAC | LAC | LAC | LAC | JAX | JAX | LAC |
PIT @ ARI | PIT | PIT | PIT | ARI | PIT | PIT | PIT | PIT | PIT | PIT | ARI | PIT |
KC @ NE | KC | NE | NE | NE | KC | NE | KC | NE | NE | KC | NE | NE |
TEN @ OAK | TEN | TEN | TEN | OAK | TEN | TEN | OAK | TEN | OAK | TEN | TEN | TEN |
SEA @ LAR | SEA | SEA | LAR | SEA | SEA | SEA | SEA | SEA | SEA | SEA | SEA | SEA |
NYG @ PHI | PHI | PHI | PHI | PHI | PHI | PHI | PHI | PHI | PHI | PHi | PHI | PHI* |