{"id":186,"date":"2007-12-22T02:24:47","date_gmt":"2007-12-22T07:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2007\/12\/22\/nfl-week-16\/"},"modified":"2007-12-22T02:24:47","modified_gmt":"2007-12-22T07:24:47","slug":"nfl-week-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2007\/12\/nfl-week-16\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quick one, gotta pack&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday NFLN<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Cowboys @ Carolina(+11)<\/em><br \/>\nI just don\u2019t know. If Romo\u2019s thumb isn\u2019t better and they keep trying to throw all the time, they could actually lose, much less cover. But if they just hand the ball to Barber all day, they\u2019ll cover this easily. I say they split the difference, win, but don\u2019t cover.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday 1:00<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Browns @ Cincinnati(+3)<\/em><br \/>\nCleveland all the way. Should see some horrible defense played here, just like last time. <\/p>\n<p><em>Packers @ Chicago(+8.5)<\/em><br \/>\nAt this point I would think the Packers would lay off, but they\u2019re still playing for home field, which is huge for them. They\u2019ll handle Chicago here. Enough to cover? I think so.<\/p>\n<p><em>Texans @ Indy(-7)<\/em><br \/>\nWill Indy rest everyone now that the #2 seed is locked up? Eh, even if they do, at home, they\u2019re more than a TD better than Houston.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chiefs @ Detroit(-4.5)<\/em><br \/>\nThere\u2019s no way the Lions should be favored by more than 2 over anyone, even the Dolphins, even at home. I\u2019m taking KC and the points.<\/p>\n<p><em>Giants @ Buffalo(+2)<\/em><br \/>\nThe Giants are in a tailspin, but they have something to play for and the Bills don\u2019t. G-Men.<\/p>\n<p><em>Raiders @ Jacksonville(-13)<\/em><br \/>\nJax has nothing to play for, either, but they\u2019ll still cover this number. They have a bunch of guys who are justifiably ticked off about the Pro Bowl. How do you win 10 games in the AFC and have <em>nobody<\/em> in that game?<\/p>\n<p><em>Eagles @ New Orleans(-3)<\/em><br \/>\nThe Eagles won last week, and there\u2019s no way they put in two in a row; I\u2019ll give the points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday 4:10\u00b15<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Falcons @ Arizona(-10.5)<\/em><br \/>\nThe Falcons are horrible, really horrible. Cardinals cover this.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bucs @ San Francisco(+6)<\/em><br \/>\nEven if Tampa rests guys they\u2019ll cover this.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dolphins @ New England(-22)<\/em><br \/>\nThese are silly. There\u2019s no reason for the Pats to run it up here, so they will. Pats.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ravens @ Seattle(-10.5)<\/em><br \/>\nWeren\u2019t the Ravens in Miami last week? Sucky travel schedule, I\u2019ll take Seattle.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jest @ Tennessee(-8.5)<\/em><br \/>\nIs there any reason to pick Gang Green? I can\u2019t think of any. Titans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday NBC<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Redskins @ Minnesota(-6.5)<\/em><br \/>\nHow long can Todd Collins keep it up? I mean, Go Blue and everything, but Todd Collins? Really? The Vikings are awesome against the run; can the Redskins win without Portis doing much? Probably not, but can they keep it close? Maybe. Feels like a field goal game to me, so I\u2019ll take the Redskins.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MNF<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Broncos @ San Diego(-9)<\/em><br \/>\nThe idea of Denver on the road is pretty scary, and the Bolts seem to have figured it out. I\u2019ll give the points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick one, gotta pack&#8230; Saturday NFLN Cowboys @ Carolina(+11) I just don\u2019t know. If Romo\u2019s thumb isn\u2019t better and they keep trying to throw all the time, they could actually lose, much less cover. But if they just hand the ball to Barber all day, they\u2019ll cover this easily. I say they split the difference, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2007\/12\/nfl-week-16\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NFL Week 16<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}