A few upsets last week caught me out and am grateful that the Tennessee Titans eventually won otherwise things would have been a lot worse. It was bad enough relying on the New Yok Giants, but thankfully they came through! This Christmas special will hopefully serve us up a treat in week 16:

Friday 25th December 2009
San Diego Chargers @ Tennessee Titans
Our Pick: San Diego +3 – The more complete team. Tennessee have holes in their pass defence that Philip Rivers should exploit, while Keith Bulluck is gone and that’s a massive blow to the Titans defence. San Diego will stuff the box against Chris Johnson which means Vince Young needs another big performance. The edge is with San Diego and victory secures second spot on Christmas day.

Sunday 27th December 2009
Buffalo Bills @ Atlanta Falcons
Our Pick: Atlanta – Look for Matt Ryan to lead his team to victory over the Buffalo Bills who will be handed a first start to Brian Brohm at quarterback.

Sunday 27th December 2009
Kansas City Chiefs @ Cincinnati Bengals
Our Pick: Cincinnati – The Bengals will clinch the AFC North with a victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. There’s little Kansas can do to stop them having lost to the Cleveland Browns last week.

Sunday 27th December 2009
Oakland Raiders @ Cleveland Browns
Our Pick: Cleveland – Without Bruce Gradkowski the Raiders are going to be relying on JaMarcus Russell. The Browns have started scoring recently and have back-to-back victories. 3 in a row is on here!

Sunday 27th December 2009
Seattle Seahawks @ Green Bay Packers
Our Pick: Green Bay – As they get closer to clinching a playoff birth, the Seattle Seahawks aren’t going to get in the way of the Green Bay Packers. They will bounce back here from their final play defeat in Pittsburgh last week.

Sunday 27th December 2009
Houston Texans @ Miami Dolphins
Our Pick: Miami – The loser of this match is officially out of the playoff hunt. The Texans haven’t looked playoff bound recently and the Dolphins have the weapons to beat them at home on Sunday.

Sunday 27th December 2009
Baltimore Ravens @ Pittsburgh Steelers
Our Pick: Pittsburgh – Neither defence is as feared before, but Pittsburgh have better options at receiver and could be the difference here. They only lost in overtime in Baltimore and home field advantage may give them the edge they need.

Sunday 27th December 2009
Carolina Panthers @ New York Giants
Our Pick: New York – The Giants kept up their playoff hopes last week with a big victory on Monday night. Coming off the short week, at home to Carolina they should pickup another victory to keep them in the hunt going into the final week.

Sunday 27th December 2009
Jacksonville Jaguars @ New England Patriots
Our Pick: New England – It hasn’t been the most impressive season for the Patriots, but a victory here clinches the division. Jacksonville haven’t travelled well this season but can keep this match competitive with injuries in the Patriot defence opening things up for them, especially for Maurice Jones-Drew.

Sunday 27th December 2009
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ New Orleans Saints
Our Pick: New Orleans – The undefeated record fell last week, but with a longer rest and a home game versus the Buccaneers a return to winning ways couldn’t be much easier.

Sunday 27th December 2009
St Louis Rams @ Arizona Cardinals
Our Pick: Arizona – The number 1 draft pick is heading to St Louis as they head to playoff bound Arizona this week. A candidate for the biggest margin victory of the weekend as long as they don’t let St Louis back into the game like they did with Detroit last week.

Sunday 27th December 2009
Detroit Lions @ San Francisco 49ers
Our Pick: San Francisco – The 49ers have a good chance to finish the season at 8-8 after they beat the hapless Lions in this one. Detroit are capable of putting up points, but the Frank Gore running game and a good defence will see San Francisco through.

Sunday 27th December 2009
Denver Broncos @ Philadelphia Eagles
Our Pick: Philadelphia – The Broncos are close to falling out of the playoffs after a 6-0 start. The Eagles are in form and will win here to setup a showdown with the Dallas Cowboys next Sunday for the NFC East (provided the Cowboys also win).

Sunday 27th December 2009
New York Jets @ Indianapolis Colts
Our Pick: Indianapolis -5.5 – It’s hard to predict how long the Colts will leave their starters in. But the Jets offence is not looking good and I expect to see them down by a few scores at half time. It’s just a case of how many starters are rested after that for the Colts.

Sunday 27th December 2009
Dallas Cowboys @ Washington Redskins
Our Pick: Dallas – The Redskins were horrible on Monday night and have a much shorter rest break compared to the Cowboys who played on Saturday. Dallas are looking for a playoff spot and Washington aren’t good enough to get in their way.

Monday 28th December 2009
Minnesota Vikings @ Chicago Bears
Our Pick: Minnesota – Brett Favre is struggling in December again. The temperature may resemble his time in Green Bay for this one but the Vikings need a productive day from Adrian Peterson. Jay Cutler likes turning the ball over and with pressure from the Vikings defence will aid them to victory.

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