Here's another Sunday preview featuring our best picks for the weekend's games. This time it's Chicago and Cleveland in a game that will almost certainly be affected by the weather. Both teams are used to the cold, so we don't anticipate the level of mistakes that blighted-slash-made-more-awesome last week's matchups. Still, we feel like fair warning must be given that these games can always be determined as much by luck as by skill. It will all depend on who can run best and make high percentage throws, so factor that into your picks...
Let's go.
Chicago @ Cleveland (13.00pm ET)
************** SNOW GAME ***************
**Matchup Difficulty: 57.5% **(the higher the score, the better the experts' success rate when picking these two teams. An 'average' matchup would be 63%)
Consensus: *Chicago *78%
Top 5 Overall: *Chicago *60%
Key Injuries:
Chicago:
Jay Cutler, QB, Probable
Lance Briggs, LB, Out
Cleveland:
Willis McGahee, RB, Out
John Greco, OL, Out
Best Pick Index:
_Table is sorted by overall success rate when picking these two teams on the road and at home. _
Chicago
Cleveland
Rank
Expert
Affiliation
Road %
Home %
Overall
Pick
1
Chris Wesseling
NFL
66.67%
71.43%
69.0%
CHI
2
Sterling Sharpe
NFL
33.33%
100.00%
66.7%
CHI
3
Black Tie
NFL
66.67%
57.14%
61.9%
CLE
4
Joel Beall
FOX
50.00%
71.43%
60.7%
CLE
5
Nathan Jahnke
ProFootballFocus
50.00%
71.43%
60.7%
CLE
6
Andrea Hangst
Bleacher Report
66.67%
42.86%
54.8%
CLE
7
Ty Schalter
Bleacher Report
66.67%
42.86%
54.8%
CLE
8
Josh Katzowitz
CBS
66.67%
42.86%
54.8%
CHI
9
Will Brinson
CBS
66.67%
42.86%
54.8%
CHI
10
Ron Jaworski
ESPN
66.67%
42.86%
54.8%
CHI
11
Michael Silver
NFL
66.67%
42.86%
54.8%
CLE
12
Mike Ditka
ESPN
50.00%
57.14%
53.6%
CHI
13
Michael Fabiano
NFL
50.00%
57.14%
53.6%
CHI
14
Chris Law
NFL
50.00%
57.14%
53.6%
CHI
15
Michael David Smith
PFT
50.00%
57.14%
53.6%
CHI
16
Pickwatch
Pickwatch
50.00%
57.14%
53.6%
CHI
17
Khaled Elsayed
ProFootballFocus
50.00%
57.14%
53.6%
CLE
18
Jarrett Bell
USA Today
50.00%
57.14%
53.6%
CHI
19
Pete O'Brien
USA Today
50.00%
57.14%
53.6%
CHI
20
Chris Brockman
NFL
33.33%
71.43%
52.4%
CLE
21
Elliot Harrison
NFL
33.33%
71.43%
52.4%
CHI
22
Steve Mariucci
NFL
33.33%
71.43%
52.4%
CHI
23
Erik Frenz
Bleacher Report
50.00%
42.86%
46.4%
CLE
24
Zach Kruse
Bleacher Report
50.00%
42.86%
46.4%
CHI
25
Prediction Machine
CBS
50.00%
42.86%
46.4%
CLE
26
John Halpin
FOX
50.00%
42.86%
46.4%
CHI
27
Heath Evans
NFL
50.00%
42.86%
46.4%
CHI
28
Kevin Patra
NFL
50.00%
42.86%
46.4%
CHI
29
Ben Stockwell
ProFootballFocus
50.00%
42.86%
46.4%
CHI
30
Rick Drummond
ProFootballFocus
50.00%
42.86%
46.4%
CHI
31
Frank Schwab
Yahoo
50.00%
42.86%
46.4%
CLE
32
Jim Corbett
USA Today
50.00%
42.86%
46.4%
CHI
33
Lindsay H. Jones
USA Today
50.00%
42.86%
46.4%
CHI
34
Matt Miller
Bleacher Report
33.33%
57.14%
45.2%
CHI
35
Michael Schottey
Bleacher Report
33.33%
57.14%
45.2%
CLE
36
Tyson Langland
Bleacher Report
33.33%
57.14%
45.2%
CHI
37
Ryan Wilson
CBS
33.33%
57.14%
45.2%
CHI
38
Cris Carter
ESPN
33.33%
57.14%
45.2%
CHI
39
K.C. Joyner
ESPN
33.33%
57.14%
45.2%
CHI
40
Pick ‘em
ESPN
33.33%
57.14%
45.2%
CHI
41
Gregg Rosenthal
NFL
33.33%
57.14%
45.2%
CHI
42
Marshall Faulk
NFL
33.33%
57.14%
45.2%
No Pick
43
Michael Irvin
NFL
33.33%
57.14%
45.2%
No Pick
44
NFL FAN PICKS
NFL
33.33%
57.14%
45.2%
CHI
45
Warren Sapp
NFL
33.33%
57.14%
45.2%
No Pick
46
Yahoo Users
Yahoo
33.33%
57.14%
45.2%
CHI
47
Tom Pelissero
USA Today
33.33%
57.14%
45.2%
CHI
48
Rich Eisen
NFL
66.67%
14.29%
40.5%
CHI
49
Eric Allen
ESPN
50.00%
28.57%
39.3%
CHI
50
Mike Golic
ESPN
50.00%
28.57%
39.3%
CHI
51
Coin Toss
None
50.00%
28.57%
39.3%
CLE
52
Simon Samano
USA Today
50.00%
28.57%
39.3%
CLE
53
Knox Bardeen
Bleacher Report
33.33%
42.86%
38.1%
CHI
54
Matt Bowen
Bleacher Report
33.33%
42.86%
38.1%
CHI
55
Dave Richard
CBS
33.33%
42.86%
38.1%
CHI
56
Jamey Eisenberg
CBS
33.33%
42.86%
38.1%
CHI
57
Jason La Canfora
CBS
33.33%
42.86%
38.1%
CHI
58
John Breech
CBS
33.33%
42.86%
38.1%
CHI
59
Pete Prisco
CBS
33.33%
42.86%
38.1%
CLE
60
Adam Schefter
ESPN
33.33%
42.86%
38.1%
CHI
61
Mark Schlereth
ESPN
33.33%
42.86%
38.1%
CHI
62
Adam Meyer
FOX
33.33%
42.86%
38.1%
CHI
63
Brian Baldinger
NFL
33.33%
42.86%
38.1%
No Pick
64
Henry Hodgson
NFL
33.33%
42.86%
38.1%
CHI
65
Kurt Warner
NFL
33.33%
42.86%
38.1%
No Pick
66
Marc Sessler
NFL
33.33%
42.86%
38.1%
CHI
67
Matt Smith
NFL
33.33%
42.86%
38.1%
CHI
68
Melissa Stark
NFL
33.33%
42.86%
38.1%
CHI
69
Gordon McGuinness
ProFootballFocus
33.33%
42.86%
38.1%
CLE
70
Neil Hornsby
ProFootballFocus
33.33%
42.86%
38.1%
CHI
71
Les Carpenter
Yahoo
33.33%
42.86%
38.1%
No Pick
72
Mike Freeman
Bleacher Report
16.67%
57.14%
36.9%
CHI
73
Seth Wickersham
ESPN
16.67%
57.14%
36.9%
CHI
74
Accuscore
Accuscore
16.67%
57.14%
36.9%
CHI
75
Sam Monson
ProFootballFocus
50.00%
14.29%
32.1%
CLE
76
Vinnie Iyer
Sporting News
50.00%
14.29%
32.1%
CHI
77
Brad Gagnon
Bleacher Report
33.33%
28.57%
31.0%
CHI
78
Whatifsports
FOX
33.33%
28.57%
31.0%
CHI
79
Mike Florio
PFT
33.33%
28.57%
31.0%
CHI
80
Steve Palazzolo
ProFootballFocus
33.33%
28.57%
31.0%
CHI
81
Don Banks
Sports Illustrated
33.33%
28.57%
31.0%
CHI
82
Chris Mortensen
ESPN
16.67%
42.86%
29.8%
CHI
83
Tom Jackson
ESPN
16.67%
42.86%
29.8%
CHI
84
Dan Hanzus
NFL
16.67%
42.86%
29.8%
CHI
85
Steve Wyche
NFL
16.67%
42.86%
29.8%
CHI
86
Nate Davis
USA Today
16.67%
42.86%
29.8%
CHI
87
Chris Hansen
Bleacher Report
33.33%
14.29%
23.8%
CHI
88
Adam Rank
NFL
33.33%
14.29%
23.8%
CLE
89
Shaun O'Hara
NFL
33.33%
14.29%
23.8%
CHI
90
Keyshawn Johnson
ESPN
16.67%
28.57%
22.6%
CHI
91
Merill Hoge
ESPN
16.67%
28.57%
22.6%
CLE
92
Ryan Fowler
FOX
16.67%
28.57%
22.6%
CLE
93
Dave Damashek
NFL
0.00%
42.86%
21.4%
CHI
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