Hello hello hello. No pre-amble banter today, just good old fashioned, salt-of-the-earth picks for week 16.
Falcons
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Lions
Bills
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Dolphins
Bengals
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Steelers
Titans
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Packers
Redskins
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Eagles
Rams
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Buccaneers
Raiders
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Panthers
Saints
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Cowboys
Jaguars
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Patriots
Vikings
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Texans
Colts
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Chiefs
Chargers
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Jets
Browns
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Broncos
Giants
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Ravens
Bears
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Cardinals
49ers
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Seahawks
The main bones of contention will be Philadelphia and Arizona, especially as I hated the Cards over the last few weeks. I don't think the Bears are built to take on the Arizona defence, while their own defence and special teams have been lacklustre - by their standards - over the last 4-5 weeks.
As for Philly, I can't put my finger on it, but it feels like they are a different team with LeSean McCoy in the mix, plus I feel like this is the exact point where a lot of teams develop QB controversies because they expect the returning starter to come in and work 'magic', whereas last week the Skins may have felt like they needed to do everything possible to make up for Kirk Cousins starting. It's just a hunch, but yeah. Go Eagles. Never thought I'd say that...
I also quite like the Jets with their strong running game and aggressive defence against a Chargers team that was more inept last week than a castle made entirely out of blancmange. Yes, I brought dessert into it.