NFL Picks Week 14: Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks Among Picks To Win Again
NFL picks for Week 14 have many CBS experts picking the Arizona Cardinals to win again. The Week 14 NFL picks for the Arizona Cardinals vs. Minnesota Vikings game is unanimously in favor of the NFC West leaders. The analysts at CBS Sports have picked the Cardinals to win this important game and maintain a three-game lead for first place in the division. If the prediction does turn out to be correct, the Vikings would fall to 8-5 in the NFL standings and move further from leading the NFC North. That’s bad news as the 2016 NFL Playoffs approach.
There are several other unanimous predictions within the Week 14 NFL picks. Those games predict the Detroit Lions beating the St. Louis Rams, the Seattle Seahawks beating the Baltimore Ravens, the Carolina Panthers beating the Atlanta Falcons, the Kansas City Chiefs beating the San Diego Chargers, the Denver Broncos beating the Oakland Raiders, and the Green Bay Packers beating the Dallas Cowboys. If the Seahawks beat the Ravens and the Vikings lose to the Cardinals, Seattle will take control of the first wild spot in the NFC.
The Week 14 NFL picks present something quite rare, and that is the Seattle Seahawks winning a 10 a.m. PT game on the East Coast. The Seahawks are heavily favored in this game, not just because the team has been playing very well lately, but because the Baltimore Ravens are hobbled by injuries. Without Joe Flacco as the starting quarterback, none of the analysts feel that the Ravens can stop the momentum that the Seahawks have built up lately. It has also become a game where fantasy football owners are starting many Seahawks players on offense.
The Thursday night game is on December 10 between the Arizona Cardinals and Minnesota Vikings. As for the Monday night game on December 14, the New York Giants are picked to beat the Miami Dolphins. The Sunday night game on December 13 is the New England Patriots vs. Houston Texans, with the CBS Sports analysts picking the Patriots to win to move to 11-2 on the season.
Two games from the Week 14 NFL picks have the CBS Sports experts split evenly. Those games are the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cincinnati Bengals and the Philadelphia Eagles vs. Buffalo Bills. The analysts feel that the teams are evenly matched in each game, with a lot of importance placed on both when it comes to the 2016 NFL Playoffs. The Bengals are trying to improve to 11-2 on the season, while the Steelers are trying to move back into a wild card spot. The Eagles are trying to secure first place in the NFC East with a victory.
The rest of the Week 14 NFL picks predict that the Jacksonville Jaguars will beat the Indianapolis Colts, the New York Jets will beat the Tennessee Titans, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will beat the New Orleans Saints, the San Francisco 49ers will beat the Cleveland Browns, and the Chicago Bears will beat the Washington Redskins. That completes the schedule of games taking place on Sunday, December 13.
The Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, and New York Giants enter the week tied for first place in the NFC East with records of 5-7. The Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings are tied for first place in the NFC North at 8-4, and New York Jets, Kansas City Chiefs, and Pittsburgh Steelers are tied for the two AFC wild-card spots with records of 7-5. As the teams all move toward the 2016 NFL Playoffs, most of the games from the Week 14 NFL picks hold a lot of importance. The action begins with Minnesota at Arizona on December 10 at 5:25 p.m. PT.
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