Welcome to Week 15 of the 2015 NFL season!
This is a pretty exciting time in the world.
Star Wars premieres tonight, Christmas Eve is seven days away, and the NFL Playoffs are upon us!
With just three games left on the schedule for each team there is still a lot at stake. We’ll see more movement in the standings over this time as there is in the conga line at your work Christmas party.
Here’s who’s winning this week.
Thursday Night Football: Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-7) At St. Louis Rams (5-8)
Color Rush… yay.
There will be two eye sores on the football field tonight, and they’ll be wearing new jerseys each (ba-dum-psh!).
Famous Jameis and his Bucs will travel to the Edward James Olmos (something like that) Dome and look to continue highlighting that Jeff Fisher’s squad is the epitome of mediocrity.
You know how your Mom says not to say anything at all if you can’t say anything nice? Todd Gurley is good at football. Don’t say I didn’t say anything about you, Rams.
Prediction: BUCCANEERS – 23, Rams – 13
Saturday Night Football: New York Jets (8-5) At Dallas Cowboys (4-9)
Look at that! Football on a Saturday that isn’t college. Quite the nice change of pace, isn’t it?
The New York Jets are flying high into this game with, surprisingly, one of the most potent offenses in the NFL. Their defense? It’s no spring chicken either. They get after you a lot on both sides of the ball.
The Cowboys are coming off of another trouncing, this most recent one happening in Green Bay. If you read my Plan V post then you know that these Cowboys… they’re not going anywhere.
I’m not a fan of tanking, but I’m also not a fan of being wrong. Give me New York, easy.
Prediction: JETS – 31, Cowboys – 10
Atlanta Falcons (6-7) At Jacksonville Jaguars (5-8)
I am not going to stop reminding you that the Falcons were once 5-0. People legitimately believed in them. I hope they all learned their lesson.
The Falcons are one of the worst teams in the NFL and the four hundred time winners of that coveted award, the Jacksonville Jaguars, are starting to shed that label.
Jacksonville is on the rise, on the rise I tell you! They’ll personify Atlanta’s little motto “Rise Up” all over the scoreboard on Sunday.
Prediction: Falcons – 23, JAGUARS – 42
Buffalo Bills (6-7) At Washington Redskins (6-7)
This game is going to frustrate Dallas Cowboys fans.
The Bills are going to come out and take care of business against Washington leaving us wondering, “what if…”.
Why’s that? Well because the Redskins are the Redskins. Jordan Reed is going to have himself a game, but so is Tyrod Taylor. Circle the wagons.
Prediction: BILLS – 24, Redskins – 19
Chicago Bears (5-8) At Minnesota Vikings (8-5)
The Bears have surprised us all by being a competent football team this year. Maybe we need to start giving John Fox more credit as a Head Coach? Nah, maybe later.
The Vikings are surprising no one this year as they were a popular sleeper pick for the playoffs back during Training Camp time.
Minnesota did shock the world when they hung with the Cardinals a week ago all the way down to the end. People knew they were good, but no one thought they would be that good.
Skol, Vikings.
Prediction: Bears – 18, VIKINGS – 30
Tennessee Titans (3-10) At New England Patriots (11-2)
Say all of these things out loud with me.
The Tennessee Titans.
The New England Patriots.
Bill Belichick. Tom Brady.
Too da loo, Tennessee.
Prediction: Titans – 13, PATRIOTS – 33
Houston Texans (6-7) At Indianapolis Colts (6-7)
It’s hard to tell who is playing quarterback in this game with all of the injury news. Heck for all I know, it’s you and me slinging the rock on Sunday!
The defense that we’ve come to expect from the Texans was a little absent last Sunday, but hey that was the Patriots.
The Bulls on Parade will return against the Colts… who are having arguably the most disappointing season across the NFL.
Prediction: TEXANS – 23, Colts – 16
Kansas City Chiefs (8-5) At Baltimore Ravens (4-9)
I don’t know whether I’m more confident in that the Chiefs are really awesome or that the Ravens are really terrible here.
I know that the Chiefs are going to put it on the Ravens this year, as they’ve been quietly doing to teams over the last few weeks.
Sure KC barely escaped San Diego last week, but the Chiefs are on fire! The Ravens? What’s the opposite of fire? Water?
The Ravens are on water.
Prediction: CHIEFS – 29, Ravens – 16
Carolina Panthers (13-0) At New York Giants (6-7)
It’s going to seriously pain me to tell you what I’m thinking.
It would not shock me at all if the Giants won this game.
The G-Men have made it a habit over the years to ball out when the most is on the line. Coming off of a big win on Monday Night Football… they could do just that.
A big reason for that is that the Panthers are starting to pile up the injuries. Greg Olsen and Jonathan Stewart, sorry fantasy owners, are the most recent casualties. Cam is Superman though, and I’ll trust that.
Prediction: PANTHERS – 30, Giants – 26
Cleveland Browns (3-10) At Seattle Seahawks (8-5)
I hope you remember how to say things out loud with me.
The Cleveland Browns. THE CLEVELAND BROWNS.
The Seattle Seahawks.
The 12th Man.
Ouch.
Prediction: Browns – 10, SEAHAWKS – 37
Green Bay Packers (9-4) At Oakland Raiders (6-7)
Packers fans should not be too happy right now.
In back to back weeks they’ve barely beaten the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys. They’re building a huge line of dominos and they’re about to slip and accidentally dip one over.
Khalil Mack might have already sacked Aaron Rodgers. He’s on that level of fire right now. Derek Carr, Amari Cooper, and the Mack Truck? Oh boy do I like that.
Prediction: Packers – 16, RAIDERS – 24
Cincinnati Bengals (10-3) At San Francisco 49ers (4-9)
No Andy Dalton? Hmm.
AJ McCarron is going to look for AJ Green all over the field and AJs everywhere will celebrate! RJs kind of count, too.
The Niners are… well they’re there.
Prediction: BENGALS – 26, 49ers – 10
Denver Broncos (10-3) At Pittsburgh Steelers (8-5)
Remember when the Broncos had one of the most stout defense in the NFL? Seems like a long time ago, doesn’t it?
Denver is going to need that defense to really show up this week if they want to even compete with Pittsburgh. The Steelers have the most explosive offense in the NFL and you can bet they want a change to prove it against an “elite” defense.
Pittsburgh is about to start peaking at the right time. They’re dangerous. Watch out.
Prediction: Broncos – 13, STEELERS – 27
Miami Dolphins (5-8) At San Diego Chargers (3-10)
Yuck.
The Dolphins and Chargers had all of our hopes up when this season began… those were good times.
Miami is a mess, I’ll just leave it at that.
This could be the last game ever played in San Diego for the Chargers. They know it. They’re not losing it.
Prediction: Dolphins – 16, CHARGERS – 22
Sunday Night Football: Arizona Cardinals (11-2) At Philadelphia Eagles (6-7)
It’ll be at this point in the day where frustration reaches maximum level for Cowboys fans.
All you’ll be thinking about, while the Cardinals are pummeling the Eagles at their house, is how the Redskins and Giants both lost today.
This season sucks.
Prediction: CARDINALS – 32, Eagles – 20
Monday Night Football: Detroit Lions (4-9) At New Orleans Saints (5-8)
It was only four years ago that the Lions in New Orleans was a Saturday Night Wildcard Game in the Playoffs.
These two teams are a long ways away from that day.
The Lions should have had a super long week of rest after a well earned victory, but fate intervened and robbed them of that.
The Saints? They’re cute, but they’re a flash in the pan this year.
I wish they were from East Dillon (shout out if you know the reference), but I’ll take the Lions.
Prediction: LIONS – 20, Saints – 10
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Who do you think is winning each game in Week 15? Tell me what you think! Comment below, Email me at Roel.Ochoa.Jr@Gmail.com or Tweet to me @rjochoa!
