Week Seventeen

    Well, another week lost, but only by one, so I manage to hold a six-game advantage.  This is almost impossibly hard to make up in one week, but I'm sure Dave will try.  As I write this I don't know how many games we'll have different, but if I were to lose somehow, I would gladly doff my hat to the most improbable of one-week comebacks.
    Actually, I'd probably swear a lot.  And Dave certainly did try, by picking eight games differently from me.  Of course, he has to get all eight to win, and seven would only tie, meaning that I'd still win unless my Best Bet lost.  Well, it'll sure be interesting.

    My pick to win is in bold; Dave's is in italics.   If we have the same pick, which, if last year is any indicator, we frequently do, it will quite obviously appear in bold italics.  This year I'm also doing "Best Bets."  In other words, the team we consider most likely to win their game in a given week.  This should make things a little more interesting.  They're at the bottom.

Sunday, January 6
1 pm ET

Detroit Lions 15, Dallas Cowboys 10
Indianapolis Colts 29, Denver Broncos 10
San Francisco 49ers 38, New Orleans Saints 0
Pittsburgh Steelers 28, Cleveland Browns 7
Washington Redskins 20, Arizona Cardinals 7
New England Patriots 38, Carolina Panthers 6
Chicago Bears 33, Jacksonville Jaguars 13
Cincinnati Bengals 23, Tennessee Titans 21
Green Bay Packers 34, New York Giants 25

4 pm ET

St. Louis Rams 31, Atlanta Falcons 13
New York Jets 24, Oakland Raiders 22
Miami Dolphins 34, Buffalo Bills 7
Seattle Seahawks 21, Kansas City Chiefs 18

8:30 pm ET

Philadelphia Eagles 17, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13

Monday, January 7
9 pm ET

Baltimore Ravens 19, Minnesota Vikings 3

BYE: San Diego

Robert's Best Bet: Pittsburgh
Dave's Best Bet: New England

Records

Robert (Week Seventeen): 11-4
Dave (Week Seventeen): 7-8

Robert (Last Week): 8-7
Dave (Last Week): 9-6

Robert (season): 163-85
Dave (season): 153-95

Robert (Best Bets, Week Seventeen): 1-0
Dave (Best Bets, Week Seventeen): 1-0

Robert (Best Bets, Season): 14-3
Dave (Best Bets, Season): 13-4