NFL Week 16 picks

Both Loren and I hit with a 5-1 mark last week. Two weeks left in the regular season mean only 23 more picks including the playoffs.
Standings
Derek 62-28
Loren 49-41

New Orleans at Dallas
Loren – New Orleans. Any chance Dallas’ D can keep up with the Saints? Then it comes down to which offense is a bigger threat. I’m taking Brees over Romo every time.
Derek – New Orleans. Dallas playing well right now, not great but winning football. But they're still the Cowboys and that has to give you a little pause. I think Brees is looking for a big game and I'm not sure Dallas will keep up.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh
Loren – Cincinnati. Pittsburgh is down two in a row. Outside of the strange loss to the Cowboys, the Bengals haven’t lost in their last six games. As strange as it sounds, it’s still mathematically possible for the Steelers to finish at the bottom of the AFC East. I’m not saying that’s going to happen, but they don’t intimidate the Bengals the way they used to.
Derek – Pittsburgh. Unlike Loren I don't think Pitt can finish last in the AFC East, since they don't play in the division. The AFC North on the other hand is very much up for grabs. I've watched both teams the last few weeks and Cinni seems to hand on to games and I have a feeling that Pitt will be able to have some sort of bounce back.

St Louis at Tampa Bay
Loren – Tampa Bay. The Bucs have one of the strangest stat lines of the year. First overall in rushing D, last overall in passing D. They’ve only played the Saints and Falcons once each, so no excuses. Fortunately for them, the Rams can’t do much of anything on offense.
Derek – Tampa Bay. I expect the Bucs to get back to pounding the ball with Doug Martin. They should have ample time since the Rams won't put up huge numbers. Run with Marting then go deep the Jackson, there you have it.

NY Giants at Baltimore
Loren – NY Giants. Ugh, how to pick this one? Both teams got routed last time out. Both teams have traditionally excellent defenses that have been seriously disappointing. Both teams are still in first place in their division. I’m counting on the Giants patented late season push.
Derek – Baltimore. I guess I'm going with the home team on this one. Not really sure why. Hmm I'll say I think the Ravens looked better in their losses than the Giants? Sure yeah that works.

San Francisco at Seattle
Loren – Seattle. Well, I really don’t have anything to lose and I’ll need a couple miracle games to get back in this competition. Why not take Seattle at home? If anyone can break through the 49ers’ front line it would be Lynch. Wilson is fleet enough to keep defenses honest. They’ll have the home team behind ‘em. If you’ve got to take a long shot, might as well be this one.
Derek  - San Francisco. Seattle has to be the surprise team of the year right. Sure most people thought they'd be the second best team in the division but that's not saying much. While they might be the second best team they're still not as good as the 49ers. I know Seattle has a great home field advantage, Most of it comes from the fans, but some of that is the fact that teams have to travel a long why to get there. The 49ers don't have to travel that far and as we just say went all the way to Foxboro and beat the Pats.

Buffalo at Miami
Loren – Miami. Battle for last place! I really only put this on here so we could all make fun of Derek if the Dolphins sputter.
Derek – Miami. Battle for last place? True, also battle for second place! Dolphins are still mathematically in it. Not realistically.