Week 11 NFL Picks

With the playoff race heating up, the games in Week 11 are important, even if you're playing a bottom-dweller. A win is a win and can move you ahead of a rival for the division or a wild card berth, so expect teams to start buckling down and getting serious.

Home team is in bold.

THURSDAY
Miami over Carolina Look for Miami to pound Ricky Williams and force Delhomme to throw it.

SUNDAY
Baltimore over Indy Indy is the more fradulent of the 9-0 teams, and this week a rejuvenated Ravens squad actually puts them away.
Dallas over Washington Romo might not be Aikman, but he's not Chris Simms either.
Jax over Buffalo MJD is on a mission, Garrard is playing well, and TO is starting to throw tantrums.
San Fran over Green Bay SF has been getting better week after week even though they haven't been drubbing teams, but this week they put it together against an up-and-down Packers squad.
Detroit over Cleveland Mangenius? Not anymore, after castrating the Brown's offense through trades. The Lions actually gave the Vikings a game of it for a while last week, and that's not a bad accomplishment.
Pittsburgh over KC KC's bottom-tier defense is just what the doctor ordered for a Steeler's bounce-back victory.
Giants over Atlanta You just know the G-men will be motivated after the bye, and the Falcons have been struggling for a while now.
New Orleans over Tampa Bay If New Orleans could play four quarters and not three this week, they'd stop letting teams well beneath them hang around.
Minnesota over Seattle The Vikings are cruising to a division title and a first round bye.
Arizona over St. Louis The Rams are getting better, but they don't have the offense to hang around in this one, especially since Arizona figured out how to run the ball.
San Diego over Denver Orton might not be able to go, and the Chargers are coming on strong.
New England over the Jets This might be really ugly after last week's debacle.
Cincinnati over Oakland The Raiders can smack you around a bit, but JaMarcus is the worst QB to hit the league in a long time. With basically a 2 game lead over Pittsburgh, the Bengals can't afford to lose to the scrub teams, at least not yet.
Chicago over Philly No Westbrook, and McNabb proved last week he can't pass his team to a win. Of course, Cutler can pass the other team to a win, so this should be close.

MONDAY
Houston over Tennessee They won't stop the leagues best back, but Houston has the offense to keep pace and pull it out.

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