2012 NFL Predictions: Regular Season Week 11

Well, I did better than I had expected in a week I felt would be unpredictable, though I don’t think anyone expected a tie. I had forgotten that teams could tie in the NFL, but not to the point that Rams and 49ers players did; how embarrassing.

Week 11 Byes: Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants, Seattle Seahawks, Tennessee Titans

	Game	Puff’s Pick
Thurs., 8:20 pm	Miami at Buffalo	Miami Dolphins
Sun., 1:00 pm	Green Bay at Detroit	Green Bay Packers
	Arizona at Atlanta	Atlanta Falcons
	Tampa Bay at Carolina	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
	Cleveland at Dallas	Dallas Cowboys
	Philadelphia at Washington	Washington Redskins
	NY Jets at St. Louis	St. Louis Rams
	Cincinnati at Kansas City	Cincinnati Bengals
	Jacksonville at Houston	Houston Texans
Sun., 4:05 pm	New Orleans at Oakland	New Orleans Saints
Sun., 4:25 pm	San Diego at Denver	Denver Broncos
	Indianapolis at New England	New England Patriots
Sun., 8:20 pm	Baltimore at Pittsburgh	Baltimore Ravens
Mon., 8:30 pm	Chicago at San Francisco	San Francisco 49ers

	Puff on the NFL
Week 11 Record	12-2
Current Season Record	99-60-1

Games to Watch (Predicted winners in Bold)

Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, 8:20pm – Miami Dolphins @ Buffalo Bills

The Dolphins are slumping and the Bills are coming off a game that could have, and maybe even should have, been a win over the Patriots. Will the Dolphins break out? And the Bills, will they go back into their funk?

Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012, 1:00pm – Philadelphia Eagles @ Washington Redskins

The Skins are coming off a bye and look to get back to what made them somewhat successful early in the season. The Eagles hope to make the Redskins season what theirs is already… over.

Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012, 4:25pm – San Diego Chargers @ Denver Broncos

The Chargers hardly need a reminder of what sent their season into a tailspin, but they’ll get one anyway this week when they visit the Peyton Manning and the Broncos, who came back from a 24-0 halftime deficit to win 35-24 a few weeks ago.

Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012, 4:25pm – Indianapolis Colts @ New England Patriots

The Colts and Patriots have the same records. Wait, what?!? Now that can’t be right, but it is. The game is in New England, where not only the Colts, but dome teams in general, tend to struggle. But the Colts have pulled all sorts of surprises out of their sleeves this year. And you can never count out a team playing for something more than football.

Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012, 8:20pm – Baltimore Ravens @ Pittsburgh Steelers

This game has lost some of its luster for me with all the injuries to the two teams this season. Ben Roethlisberger is out, as is Ray Lewis. Why watch this game? Oh yeah, because it’ll be the only game on during this time slot. Oh well, here’s to us not having another ‘Bodybag Game.’

Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, 8:30pm – Chicago Bears @ San Francisco 49ers

The Bears may be without Jay Cutler and the 49ers may be without Alex Smith. So far, Smith is on track to start but there is no word on Cutler’s status. Hopefully both are good to go because I’m looking for a legitimate game that I can hang my hat on next week when I either give the Bears a playoff endorsement or continue to call them pretenders who will reveal themselves in the postseason.

Stay tuned for recaps of this week’s games. Thanks for reading and enjoy the eleventh week of the season!