Have your say on all the week's games in the NFL, plus take part in our Pick Six predictions game
Welcome to week 16 on the NFL Talkboard. Pick your winners from these six games and submit your choices below the line. This week's live blog will be New York Giants @ New York Jets ? from 1pm EST / 6pm GMT on Christmas Eve. We will then be back on Tuesday with five things we learned from the weekend's games. If you're on Twitter, you can get all the latest news, views and live coverage from @GdnUSsports. We also have a Facebook page.
Now, though, it's time for the Pick Six. Extra mince pies for Tbone13 and Grooth, who predicted all six games correctly last week. Overall standings to follow below the line shortly. In the meantime, MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Oakland Raiders @ Kansas City Chiefs
With two games to go, the Chiefs are bottom of the AFC West, yet still in with a chance of winning the division. I don't think it's going to happen for Kansas City ? if the Broncos win this weekend, it's over ? but I do think that a defence which did for Aaron Rodgers and the Packers should be able to contain Carson Palmer et al.
Chiefs to win
Arizona Cardinals @ Cincinnati Bengals
As people finally began to notice this week, Tim Tebow is not the only second-year quarterback with accuracy issues who happens to be winning a lot of games. Just like Tebow, John Skelton has received a significant helping hand from a dominating defence that has ensured opponents rarely get out of touch. I find this game a tough one to call because I suspect Cincinnati might have an edge in terms of talent and are also at home ? but Arizona just seem to have that element of self-belief that settles close games.
Cardinals to win
New York Giants @ New York Jets
It's up to you, New York. Chances are that the loser of this game isn't getting into the postseason, so who will it be? A Giants team who seem to go as Eli Manning does ? as great in some moments as they are dismal at others ? or a Jets team who in amongst all the smack talk and braggadocio sometimes seem to forget what they were supposed to be doing in the first place (here's former coach Herm Edwards with a clue). Both teams are coming off embarrassing defeats and I'm not convinced there's much between them, but a pick must be made, so here goes.
Jets to win
San Diego Chargers @ Detroit Lions
A Detroit win seals their first play-off appearance in more than a decade. The only problem? These are the Chargers, and this is December. San Diego are red hot right now, coming off a blowout win over the Ravens and having scored an average of 36.3 points per game these last three weeks. On the other hand, Matthew Stafford might be one of very few quarterbacks who could entertain realistic hopes of keeping up with Philip Rivers. If so, this could be a lot of fun.
Chargers to win
San Francisco 49ers @ Seattle Seahawks
Seattle are riding a three-game winning streak and are still technically alive in the wildcard race. San Francisco have been up and down lately, and will not have had a lot of rest this week what with playing on Monday, then Saturday. I'm still taking them to win, though.
49ers to win
Philadelphia Eagles @ Dallas Cowboys
So, here's a thing: if the Giants beat the Jets, this game becomes almost meaningless. At that point Philadelphia would be out of the running for a play-off spot, while Dallas would be in a position where no matter what happens in this game, they would still need to beat the Giants in week 17 to win the NFC East. OK, Dallas might still have the wildcard race to think about ? but they'd need to catch a good few breaks elsewhere for that. Anyway, I don't know what to think with this division any more. I do know I'm looking forward to this game, though.
Eagles to win
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2011/dec/23/jets-giants-cowboys-eagles-chiefs-raiders
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