NFL Week 12 picks

Last week: 10-5
Last night: 1-0
Season record: 107-57

Weirdness continues to rule the NFL, so I actually feel pretty good about my picks record this season.  Of course, that doesn't mean you should take my predictions beyond face value, because undoubtedly, that will be the week I go 3-11.  So anyway, let's have some fun....

Carolina at Miami--So it's come to this.  The Panthers beat the Niners on the road and the Patriots at home, and need to win to stay one game back of the Saints in the NFC South.  Of course, a wild card is all but guaranteed.  And I don't think Miami has what it takes to beat these guys.  Panthers 20, Dolphins 14

Chicago at St. Louis--On paper, the Bears should win this fairly easily. But this is not paper, and I just don't trust the Bears with or without Cutler at this point in any season.  Rams 23, Bears 20

NY Jets at Baltimore--Is it the Jets that only win in even numbered weeks or something stupid like that?  That's what I call a BS statistic that is based only in luck.  Of course, the Jets also may be wildly inconsistent.  But if that's a streak, it ends Sunday.  Ravens 17, Jets 14

Jacksonville at Houston--Do you think Andre Johnson has no use for Matt Schaub?  Hey, it's not like Schaub was the idiot who put himself into the game, right?  But Johnson couldn't be angry at his coach who had a stroke a couple weeks earlier.  Texans 27, Jags 17

Minnesota at Green Bay--All told, Scott Tolzien looked good when he wasn't throwing balls to the Giants.  So he should be able to handle the Vikings, right?  There is of course that Peterson dude to worry about.  Packers 28, Vikings 24

Pittsburgh at Cleveland--What a mess the AFC North is.  The Bengals sit up top at 7-4 and all three other teams, including these two, are 4-6.  The Steelers, however, have won four of five.  But this Browns team is not folding like a tent like in years past.  Browns 20, Steelers 17

Tampa Bay at Detroit--The Bucs have really won two in a row?  Well yeah, but both of those games were at home, and the Lions need this one too badly to blow it.  Right?  Lions 35, Bucs 20

San Diego at Kansas City--The Chiefs finally lost last week in Denver.  And now they get another tough division rival.  Chiefs 19, Chargers 16

Tennessee at Oakland--Seriously Goodell, how many teams are 4-6??  Raiders 24, Titans 21

Indianapolis at Arizona--This game is oddly significant because Bruce Arians gets to coach against the team he coached in Chuck Pagano's absence last season.  That's got to feel pretty weird, and it should also give Arians' Cards a unique edge.  Plus, they are playing way good right now.  Cards 20, Colts 16

Dallas at NY Giants--I sure loved the fact that my Giants did not have the Joe Buck/Troy Aikman tandem all year, but I have no doubt that streak will end Sunday.  Hopefully the G-men's winning streak will not end with it.  Giants 38, Cowboys 35

Denver at New England--I wonder how pissed off CBS is that they lose the Broncos to NBC two straight weeks.  You know what?  I don't care!  Flexing should be done for Monday night too.  Patriots 30, Broncos 27

San Francisco at Washington--I rest my case.  Niners 31, Redskins 20