By Kyle Soppe
After a solid week 14 (13-3 picking winners straight and 9-7 against the spread), feel free to ride my coattails the rest of the NFL season. It’s taken a while, but I believe we know what we can expect from each team on a weekly basis. Here it is, your week 15 picks …
Thursday
Jacksonville (+11) @ Atlanta – Falcons 24-14
Saturday
Dallas (-6.5) @ Tampa Bay – Cowboys 31-17
Sunday
Washington @ New York (-7) – Giants 31-20
Green Bay (-14) @ Kansas City – Packers 38-21
New Orleans (-7) @ Minnesota – Saints 34-17 (week 15’s best bet)
Seattle (+3.5) @ Chicago – Seahawks 20-17
Miami (E) @ Buffalo – Dolphins 23-21
Carolina (+6.5) @ Houston – Texans 21-20
Cincinnati (-6.5) @ Saint Louis – Bengals 27-14
Tennessee @ Indianapolis (+6.5) – Titans 24-20
Detroit (-1) @ Oakland – Lions 24-21
New England (-6) @ Denver – Patriots 24-17 (your one chance to take the ‘under’ in a New England game)
New York (+3) @ Philadelphia – Jets 27-24
Cleveland @ Arizona (-6.5) – Cardinals 20-13
Baltimore (-2.5) @ San Diego – Ravens 27-20
Monday
Pittsburgh @ San Francisco (E) – 49ers 20-17 (not unreasonable to say this could be a Super Bowl preview)
Kyle – what is the over/under on the number of NFL coaches fired this year? If I count right, there have been 3 coaches already fired, and the way things are going – every NFL team in Florida could be looking for a new coach.
Watch the Falcons game last night and came away very impressed. Like the Packers last year, the Falcons could be hitting their stride late in the season. Of course it was against the Jaguars and the fourth rookie QB in as many weeks. I will reserve judgement until after next week’s game against the Saints.