Week 13 in the NFL, the league suffered its worst crisis the week before, the situation with the Denver Broncos and the Baltimore Ravens put the league in serious predicaments, in what seemed, they judged both teams differently, but they had reasons to do so, the Broncos were too irresponsible, the Ravens could not contain the infections and were forced to postpone their game 6 days and they couldn’t play with at least 8 starters.
This is the last week of the season in which there are teams that rest and from here to the end, one more problem with the issue of contagions would have much greater consequences, perhaps losing games at the table, having to extend the calendar with a additional week, put 8 teams per conference to the Playoffs and even that the Super Bowl is played without a bye week, hopefully none of this happens and we are already living a totally suigéneris season.
For now the Steelers and Saints maintain the first seed in their respective conferences, I would not dare to say that they will end that way, both have difficult games this week against inferior teams on paper, but both with relative disadvantages that level the meetings.
The Steelers will face Washington with half the rest days that the capital had, Washington has a fierce defense in the air and on the ground, they are also in the fight for the leadership of their division, do not be surprised to see a surprise in that game and that +8 in the bets is still striking.
The Saints still believe that the Taysom Hill experiment can keep them on top, but last week we saw in Denver that Hill is very limited to play quarterback and in a divisional game like this week, against a Falcons defense. That has improved dramatically, there is also an opportunity for a surprise, more than Atlanta already played Hill and can adjust from what they did wrong two weeks ago.
Behind the two mentioned are the Chiefs and Packers respectively, the same ones that if you ask me today, they look like the favorites to face in February in Tampa Bay, of the Chiefs I insist that they continue to be a team that has not played to the maximum of its capacity , preparing for the closing and the Playoffs.
The Packers seem to be one of those teams that face great rivals motivates them to give their maximum, but they have had some surprises against inferior teams, but the level that Aarol Rodgers is showing and the good running game they have, can take them far in season.
I have a hard time assimilating that the Browns will play one of the key games in week 13 of the NFL, their confrontation this week against the Titans is the confrontation between two teams with a 8-3 record, 1 and 2 running offenses in the league , a situation that will surely give us a very strategic game between Vrabel and Stefansky, to which some already nominate him as Coach of the year. I would like to believe that for the very reason that these teams prioritize the rushing attack, 52.5 points is a high amount.
PICK Browns 23-27 Titans and we are going with the Under of 52.5 points.
In another game with a confrontation between two teams with a winning record, the Rams will visit the Cardinals, Arizona has lost 3 of the last 4 and if it weren’t for DeAndre Hopkins’ Ave Maria, it would be 4 losses in a row. The Rams suffered a painful loss last week and their aspirations to lead the division were affected, just as the 49ers have taken the measure of the Rams, the Rams have won the last 5 games against the Cardinals and I think that will follow a week more.
PICK: Rams 24-20 Arizona, we go with Rams -3 and UNDER of 47.5
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