This is the condensed version of picks for the NFL Week 16 games for Winners and Whiners between:
Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots
Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders
The picks will be updated in stages, with Sunday’s picks coming either Saturday or Sunday morning, and then the picks for Monday night’s game coming late Monday morning or early afternoon.
Week 15 Review:
If the Seahawks had won that game in overtime agains the San Francisco 49ers, I would have finished .500 for the week and not agitated. But, as the sarcastic saying goes, “If my aunt had balls, she’d be my uncle.” Therefore, I got nothing and liked it. (Spalding!)
So it’s now a two-week losing streak and I’m under the magic 52.5 percent mark for the season. I need a rally. Not a big one, mind you, but enough to get back over the hump and start getting myself in a good frame of mind for the postseason.
Once more, I hope to return to the “Bank the Bet” podcast with Scott Steehn, which is always a good time as we break down the Monday night matchup between the Broncos and Raiders, with a potential fare thee well to the Oakland Coliseum. Scott usually finds a third to join us, and it is always a good time, and more times than not, one of us is making money from our picks, so why don’t you give a listen and get some money too!
So follow Winners and Whiners on Twitter here (@WinnersWhiners) and follow me here @AlTruda73
For the individual games that have six picks, remember the 5/5 is simply the best pick of that individual game, not the entire week. There will be two other four and five-star picks among the rest of the Week 15 selections.
That said… ONTO THE GAMES!
Saturday, December 22
Washington Redskins at Tennessee Titans — Titans -6.5 1st Half (3/5) — LOSS!
Baltimore Ravens at Los Angeles Chargers — Chargers -4.5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Sunday, December 23
Buffalo Bills at New England Full Game — Patriots -13 (3/5) — LOSS!
Buffalo Bills at New England Full Total — Under 44.5 points (4/5) — WIN!
Buffalo Bills at New England Full Prop — Bills UNDER 15.5 points (5/5) — WIN!
Buffalo Bills at New England 1st Half — Patriots -7.5 (3/5) — WIN!
Buffalo Bills at New England 1st Half Total — OVER 22.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Buffalo Bills at New England 1st Half Prop — Patriots -3.5 1st Quarter (3/5) — WIN!
New York Giants at Indianapolis Colts — UNDER 48.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Houston Texans at Philadelphia Eagles — OVER 46.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Jacksonville Jaguars at Miami Dolphins — Dolphins -3.5 (3/5) — LOSS!
Green Bay Packers at New York Jets — OVER 47.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns — OVER 23 1st Half (3/5) — LOSS!
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas Cowboys — UNDER 48 points (5/5) — WIN!
Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions — Lions UNDER 18.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers — Falcons -3 (5/5) — WIN!
Chicago Bears at San Francisco 49ers — Bears -4 (4/5) — WIN!
Los Angeles Rams at Arizona Cardinals — OVER 43.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Pittsburgh Steelers at New Orleans Saints — Saints -3.5 1st Half (4/5) — LOSS!
Kansas City Chiefs at Seattle Seahawks — OVER 55 points (3/5) — WIN!
Monday, December 24
Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders
Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders Full Game — Broncos -3 (5/5) — LOSS!
Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders Full Total — UNDER 43 points (3/5) — WIN!
Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders Full Prop — Raiders UNDER 20.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders 1st Half — Broncos -0.5 points (4/5) — LOSS!
Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders 1st Half Total — UNDER 21.5 points (3/5) — WIN!
Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders 1st Half Prop — Broncos OVER 10.5 points (3/5) — LOSS!
This Week’s Record: 11-9 (.550)
Season Record: 177-163-1 (.521)
1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000) Season (0-0, .000)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000) Season (0-0, .000)
3-Star Pick Record: 6-8 (.429) Season (127-116-1, .523)
4-Star Pick Record: 2-1 (.667) Season (23-28, .451)
5-Star Pick Record: 3-0 (1.000) Season (28-19, .568)
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