Alternative picks: Week 16, 2018

Well, Tony didn’t lose anymore ground. Tie for the week. Tony still goes first. Can he make up 24 games in two weeks?

Here are the standings:

And here are the season’s penultimate alternative picks:

1) Tony: Rams over Cardinals – The Rams haven’t been playing well, but should get back on course against the Cardinals.

2) Andy: Cowboys over Buccaneers – I’m not exactly on Dallas’ bandwagon. The Cowboys are the worst division leader in the NFC and if I’m Minnesota or Seattle, I’d rather play them than Chicago in the wild card game. But Dallas will destroy Tampa.

3) Andy: Patriots over Bills – Does Tom Brady look old? Hoping he can get it together for one more week…

4) Tony: Bears over 49ers – The Bears are playing for a possible bye, if the Rams continue to falter. And the 49ers just aren’t that good.

5) Andy: Colts over Giants – Alan Ameche will run one in from a yard out in overtime.

6) Tony: Chargers over Ravens – The Chargers could take over the top seed in the AFC.

7) Andy: Titans over Washington – Yeah, so, Washington pulled a rabbit out of the hat last week, but sooner or later Josh Johnson will be exposed as, yes, Josh Johnson.

8) Tony: Broncos over Raiders – This rivalry loses some steam when one team sucks as bad as the Raiders. And even more when neither team is that good.

9) Andy: Packers over Jets – Vegas has this game as a pick ‘em. I don’t. Even without Aaron Jones, Aaron Rodgers will not have a difficult time winning this one.

10) Tony: Browns over Bengals – The Browns have a chance to move to .500 (kind of), and lock up 3rd place in the North. Hell, if the Ravens stumble, they could jump to 2nd place.

11) Andy: Texans over Eagles – I’m a little nervous about this one, but I think Houston comes up big in this one.

12) Tony: Panthers over Falcons – I made this pick before Cam Newton was ruled out. I probably should change my pick, but…meh.

13) Andy: Vikings over Lions – If Minnesota can’t win this one, the Vikings don’t deserve to go to the playoffs.

14) Tony: Dolphins over Jaguars – The Jags probably all just want to go home about now.

15) Andy: Chiefs over Seahawks – Lotta people talking about Seattle winning this one. I think the defense is okay, but I don’t think the offense can keep up.

16) Tony: Saints over Steelers – The Saints haven’t looked particularly good in recent weeks, but they still play a tough run defense, and the Steelers struggle on the road.

In our straight up picks, Tony T. lost another game in the standings. Andy is pulling away a bit.

Here are the standings:

And here are the picks: