NFL picks: Week 13

I’m sorry we didn’t get last week’s picks out to you all but that pesky thing called Thanksgiving kinda got in the way. Never the less, trust that we made picks and that they have been recorded. In fact, I t was actually a big week for all of us with only Mark recording single digit wins (sorry Mark). If the Giants had just continued to run with Saquon Barkley and Ben Roeslisberger hadn’t Ben Roeslisberger all over the place in Denver, Paddi would’ve recorded our first undefeated week. He has plenty to be angry about.

Let’s get into this week’s action:

Unanimous picks:

• Saints over Cowboys
• Rams over Lions
• Packers over Cardinals
• Colts over Jaguars
• Chiefs over Raiders
• Patriots over Vikings
• Seahawks over 49ers

Ledge picks:

• Falcons over Ravens (Matias)
• Bengals over Broncos (Mark)
• Browns over Texans (Nic)
• Giants over Bears (Heath)
• Buccaneers over Panthers (Pete)
• Washington over Eagles (Mark)

Right off the bat, I almost want to pick the Vikings just to help not unanimous curse the Patriots. I’m amazed that no one has confidence in the Vikings to win this game, even on the road. I understand their offense hasn’t been great this season and Kirk Cousins has struggled, but that defense is legit and the Patriots’ offense hasn’t exactly been blowing the doors off people. This game might be pretty close and I wouldn’t put it against the Vikings to pull it off. I won’t ledge on it, but something to think about.

In terms of ledge picks, it’s going to really kill me if Nic’s stupid Browns ledge pick comes true when all my Browns ledge picks let me down big time. The pain would be almost unbearable. Also for a hot sec there I kinda was rethinking locking up the Ravens to win in Atlanta on the RB1 podcast this week but I then I remembered Lamar Jackson is God and we’re just lucky to be alive while he’s playing football. We good.

As for my ledge pick, I think this Panthers team is in free fall and this team more than most relies on swag and hype, all stemming from Cam. I wouldn’t be surprised if an out-to-prove-himself Jameis Winston showed up Sunday and took control of this game early and never let the Panthers have a chance. We’ll see, but I like the upset.

Here are the rest of our Week 13 picks: