Week 16 of the NFL season is on tap with a bunch of crucial games for a host of teams. A number of marquee matchups are featured in the Cappers Picks Weekly Handicapping Preview – Week 16.
As the teams head into the final weeks of the 2010-11 NFL season, there will plenty of jockeying for position as well as a few requests for some early gifts from St. Nick. Here I take a look at all of this week’s matchups, giving you some early insight that will help make your 2010 NFL wagers winners.
Last week 10 home teams won straight-up but only seven won against the spread. For the 11th time in 15 weeks the total bet favored the ‘over’ with 10 games scoring more points than the total line, five scoring less, and there was one ‘push’. A few dogs had their day in Week 15 as seven teams getting points covered the spread with five teams winning their game outright.
First of all I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and many holiday blessings! This year’s Christmas Day NFL gift turned out to be pretty good as the red hot Chargers travel to the much improved Tennessee Titans.
My pick for game of the week is Baltimore at Pittsburgh.
The playoff picture in the NFC is almost in place. New Orleans, Minnesota, and Arizona have clinched their division, Philadelphia has clinched a berth, and Dallas, Green Bay, and New York will fight it out for the final two spots. The AFC, on the other hand is a whole different story. Indianapolis and San Diego have clinched their division, while New England and Cincinnati are one win away from clinching theirs.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are hoping history will repeat itself as the final two weeks of the NFL season are played out.
Twenty years ago, the Steelers needed to win their last three regular-season games and have their AFC rivals falter to make the playoffs. And that’s exactly what they need to happen this season.
