2012 NFL Predictions: Regular Season Week 15

I picked up a few more wins in Week 14 than Week 13 but the success isn’t quite what it had been. Week 15 promises a few possible upsets, as well. I’ll have to guess well if I want any shot at my pre-season goal of 160 correct picks.

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

	Puff on the NFL
Week 15 Record	12-4
Current Season Record	143-80-1

Games to Watch (Predicted winners in Bold)

Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, 1:00pm – Indianapolis Colts @ Houston Texans

You will notice that for the first time, I left the Redskins off this list. I’ll be watching, but it’s not really a must-watch against Cleveland. I would have considered leaving this one off, but Houston’s second big loss of the season makes this an interesting matchup because Indy can move to just one game back with two games left, including a rematch with Houston, with a win. If they win both of those, they are all but guaranteed the division because their other game is against Kansas City.

Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, 1:00pm – Denver Broncos @ Baltimore Ravens

The Ravens have all but given up a first-round bye, but with the Texans loss on Monday night, the Broncos have a chance at clinching a bye, but they will need a big win on the East Coast to move closer to it.

Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, 1:00pm – New York Giants @ Atlanta Falcons

The Falcons are no longer guaranteed home field advantage after their loss to the Panthers. The Giants, meanwhile, come off a huge win for the second time in three weeks and will look to avoid losing in their ensuing game for the second straight time.

Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, 1:00pm – Green Bay Packers @ Chicago Bears

Green Bay will look to sweep the Bears while Chicago is looking to not fall from playoff contention. As if that weren’t enough reason to watch, it is the oldest rivalry in the NFL and there have been plenty of classic games between the two in the past few years.

Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, 8:20pm – San Francisco 49ers @ New England Patriots

San Francisco is knocking on the door for home-field advantage in the playoffs, sitting just 1.5 games behind the Falcons. New England, meanwhile, is also playing for a chance at home-field advantage after beating the Texans and moving within a game of them on Monday night.

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