With two weeks left in the NFL season there are multiple games with playoff implications Sunday and also games that mean nothing. I am going to give you my predictions on each game starting with Cleveland @ Cincinnatti.
Cincinatti has nothing to play for since they are elimanted from playoff contention. With that said this is still a divisonal game between two rivals and there are a bunch of players on the Bengals who will be free agents next year. Cleveland needs to win to keep pace with Pittsburgh in the division after Pittsburgh won on Thursday night. I see Cleveland dominating in this game with Jamal Lewis running wild all over the Bengals porous defense.
Cleveland 31 Cincinnatti 14
Green Bay and Brett Favre face off in another divisional battle this weekend against the Chicago Bears. Again we have another team playing for nothing but pride (Chicago) against a team who needs to win in order to have a chance at home field advantage throughout the playoffs in the NFC. With Kyle Orton leading the Chicago offense, I have trouble seeing Chicago putting up any points against a very improved Packer Defense. Favre will have his usual game and the Pack should win easily.
Green Bay 24 Chicago 3
Houston travels to Indianapolis to face Petyon Manning and company. Neither team have much to play for since Houston has been eliminated from playoff contention and the Colts cannot improve their seeding in the AFC. Tony Dungy insists he won't be resting any of his starters but if Indy gets out to a decent lead, which they should, I doubt you see Manning or Addai finish the game. Indy's talent will be too much for Houston to handle and the Colts should win but it will be closer than you might think.
Indianapolis 24 Houston 20
Kansas City will be in the Motor City of face the falling Lions. Before the season started John Kitna guaranteed the Lions would go 10-6 this year, unfortunately he forgot to show up and play for the last six weeks. This week shouldn't be much different. Even though Kansas City doesn't have anything to play for, I don't see Detroit stopping their losing streak until next season.
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