NFL 2025 Weekly Predictions Contest: Week 12

[longtimefan]

Buffalo wins 21- 10 at Houston

Sunday
Pittsburgh at Chicago wins 24-20
( can’t believe I’m saying it )

New England wins 30- 10 at Cincinnati
NY Giants at Detroit wins 31-13
Minnesota at Green Bay wins 27-17
Seattle wins 38-14 at Tennessee
Indianapolis wins 30-14 at Kansas City
NY Jets at Baltimore wins 24-10
Cleveland at Las Vegas wins 10-9
Jacksonville 31- 17 at Arizona
Philadelphia wins 30- 20 at Dallas
Atlanta wins 30- 14 at New Orleans
Tampa Bay at LA Rams wins 24-21

Monday
Carolina wins 21-20 at San Francisco

 

[milani]

STANDINGS (After week 11)

Player Wk rec. pts T Rec. Bingos SB Tot Points

Canadian Cheddar 9-6 90 104-59-1 2 5 1215
Tynimiller 13-2 250 104-59-1 2 4 1210
Amish Mafia 10-5 120 107-56-1 0 10 1185
Voyageur 12-3 195 109-54-1 0 8 1105
Albert Park 10-5 95 106-57-1 1 5 1100
longtimefan 9-6 90 107-56-1 0 10 1065
Griffin 10-5 70 106-57-1 1 3 1015
Poppa San 13-2 175 104-50-1 0 7 990
Pkrjones 12-3 145 105-58-1 0 6 985
Raptorman 11-4 75 90-69-1 1 8 955
OldSchool101 11-4 125 102-59-2 0 7 945
El Guapo 7-7 60 87-72-1 1 3 915
Milani 9-6 90 109-54-1 0 3 890
Calebs Revenge 7-8 35 83-66-1 0 7 750
Guacamole 11-4 75 27-16 1 0 325
Heyjoe4 0-0 0 28-14 0 1 225

Please check your scores for accuracy. There may be mistakes in the above calculations. If there are any discrepancies in scoring requiring correction please let me know. I will forward them to the accounting firm of Pleasant, Funt & O'Farrell (PFO) who will audit your request. They really will.

The leaderboard is pretty tight. A few direct hit scores and good picking results can propel most of you to the top. Let's see if we can finish well.

I realized that I haven't posted our rules for a few weeks. Here they are. They are useful for checking you weekly scores.

Guess the score of each team of each game...
Each game you pick the correct winner of: 5 points
If you pick correctly on at least half the games scheduled for the week earns a 20 points bonusl
If you pick correctly on at least 75% of the games earns a 40 point bonus (plus the previous 20 points).
If you get all but one of the games correct nets 100 bonus points (plus the 20 & 40 from above)
Guess right on all the games and enjoy an additional 150 points (plus the previous 20, 40 & 100)
If you pick a game score in which you pick the winner and the correct margin of victory, you will get 25 bonus points. We'll call this a spread bingo or a mini bingo.
And ..... If you guess the correct winner and score of any game: 125 bonus points tacked on for each correct game. (You will not receive the 25 spread bonus with a Bingo) This is known as a score Bingo.
If you've got incredibly mad skills and happen to guess every correct score of every game: you get a mega jackpot of 5000 points (Lotsa luck with that one.)
At the end of the regular season the player, or players with the most correct picks over the regular season will receive 180 bonus points, or a split of that amount.

Please make sure to get your picks in for the Thursday night game.

All are welcome to play, and good luck to all!

All weekly entries must be in before game times, Thursday night kickoff, and all of the rest before 12:00 noon Central Time on Sunday.

Please choose the winners and game scores for the following 14 games.

Thursday
Buffalo at Houston

Sunday
Pittsburgh at Chicago
New England at Cincinnati
NY Giants at Detroit
Minnesota at Green Bay
Seattle at Tennessee
Indianapolis at Kansas City
NY Jets at Baltimore
Cleveland at Las Vegas
Jacksonville at Arizona
Philadelphia at Dallas
Atlanta at New Orleans
Tampa Bay at LA Rams

Monday
Carolina at San Francisco

Bills 23 Texans 17
Bears 27 Steelers 23
Patriots 30 Bengals 17
Lions 38 Giants 14
Vikings 24 Packers 19
Seahawks 23 Titans 6
Chiefs 30 Colts 21
Ravens 31 Jets 13
Raiders 20 Browns 10
Jaguars 30 Cardinals 24
Eagles 34 Cowboys 20
Saints 20 Falcons 17
Buccaneers 27 Rams 24
49ers 31 Panthers 13

 

[Albert Park]

Thursday
Buffalo 34 at Houston 16

I'll do the rest before Sunday.

 

[Canadian Cheddar]

Anything is possible. Houston Defense is legit. Buffalo never looks good when I see them.

In Buffalo's last visit to Houston this was Josh Allen's stat line.

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He'll likely have to improve this trip.

 

[Guacamole]

Bills 23 Texans 17
Bears 27 Steelers 23
Patriots 30 Bengals 17
Lions 38 Giants 14
Vikings 24 Packers 19
Seahawks 23 Titans 6
Chiefs 30 Colts 21
Ravens 31 Jets 13
Raiders 20 Browns 10
Jaguars 30 Cardinals 24
Eagles 34 Cowboys 20
Saints 20 Falcons 17
Buccaneers 27 Rams 24
49ers 31 Panthers 13

what is your reason for the Packers/Vikings game?

 

[tynimiller]

Completing my week for now....got one or two I may watch Injury news...but wanted to get it in so I don't forget.

Thursday
Buffalo 24 at Houston 23

Sunday
Pittsburgh 23 at Chicago 16
New England 27 at Cincinnati 16
NY Giants 20 at Detroit 31
Minnesota 20 at Green Bay 30
Seattle 27 at Tennessee 17
Indianapolis 31 at Kansas City 28
NY Jets 20 at Baltimore 27
Cleveland 13 at Las Vegas 17
Jacksonville 27 at Arizona 20
Philadelphia 21 at Dallas 24
Atlanta 16 at New Orleans 17
Tampa Bay 30 at LA Rams 31

Monday
Carolina 17 at San Francisco 24

 

[griffin]

Thursday
Buffalo 31 at Houston 20

Sunday
Pittsburgh 17 at Chicago 29
New England 24 at Cincinnati 20
NY Giants 16 at Detroit 35
Minnesota 23 at Green Bay 27
Seattle 30 at Tennessee 10
Indianapolis 28 at Kansas City 31
NY Jets 13 at Baltimore 24
Cleveland 21 at Las Vegas 20
Jacksonville 31 at Arizona 23
Philadelphia 35 at Dallas 30
Atlanta 27 at New Orleans 10
Tampa Bay 30 at LA Rams 34

Monday
Carolina 23 at San Francisco 24

 

[AmishMafia]

No CJ Stroud, again.

Ouch. Didn't know that, but I am still going to roll with the upset.

 

[milani]

what is your reason for the Packers/Vikings game?

For the Vikings this is their season. A loss now and the playoffs go out the window. They will be playing for all the marbles. Their injury list is not nearly as big as ours. They actually have the best group of receivers of any team we faced, including Detroit, Philly, and Dallas. And they even brought back Thielen, who is an old Packer nemesis. Their QB, although green, has shown he can play at a high level on a given Sunday. JJ can escape the pass rush and has no fear of getting smacked. The Vikings D is still very formidable.
The Packers are very beat up. We cannot hurt them with a TE. We have to come up with a plan to protect Love against a team that blitzes left and right. We have kicker issues, unlike the Vikings. And with Jacobs either out or very limited it takes away that power to move the pile. To win the Packers will need something they have had little of this season. That is turnovers. We got one very late last week but the Giants offense is not what we will face Sunday. To beat the Vikings we have to mirror the Bears; Good placekicking and ST, confusing and tight coverage, pressuring the box, and running the football. Jefferson did not have his best day against the Bears. They had a plan for him.
Our coaching and game planning has to get better. What I see happening in Chicago is not what I see happening in GB. Not yet.

 

[Guacamole]

Thursday
Buffalo at Houston

Sunday
Pittsburgh at Chicago
New England at Cincinnati
NY Giants at Detroit
Minnesota at Green Bay
Seattle at Tennessee
Indianapolis at Kansas City
NY Jets at Baltimore
Cleveland at Las Vegas
Jacksonville at Arizona
Philadelphia at Dallas
Atlanta at New Orleans
Tampa Bay at LA Rams

Monday
Carolina at San Francisco

All scores 27-20

 

[Guacamole]

Ouch. Didn't know that, but I am still going to roll with the upset.

strike 1

 

[Canadian Cheddar]

Buffalo 23 Houston 17

Steelers 27 Bears 24
Pats 34 Bengals 20
Lions 30 Giants 17
Pack 24 Vikes 20
Hawks 34 Titans 17
Chiefs 27 Colts 20
Ravens 31 Jets 10
Raiders 23 Browns 17
Cards 27 Jags 24
Eagles 24 Boys 20
Falcons 20 Saints 17
Rams 27 Bucs 23
Niners 27 Panthers 17

 

[OldSchool101]

Ouch. Didn't know that, but I am still going to roll with the upset.

I like your boldness. So far so good at Halftime.

I just hope if Houston holds on for a Win that everyone holds Buffalo to the same standard as Green Bay playing Carolina. No favoritism this is a backup QB against a reigning MVP

 

[milani]

I like your boldness. So far so good at Halftime.

I just hope if Houston holds on for a Win that everyone holds Buffalo to the same standard as Green Bay playing Carolina. No favoritism this is a backup QB against a reigning MVP

Bills are on the road. And the Texans do have a solid defense. But it is TNF. That is when you can throw out most of the trends.

 

[Guacamole]

Buffalo players have money on this game? Allen looks like he does.....and how bout that Charissa Thompson?

 

[milani]

Bills are on the road. And the Texans do have a solid defense. But it is TNF. That is when you can throw out most of the trends.

But hey! 8 sacks on Allen? That is next to impossible.

 

[AmishMafia]

strike 1

Strike like a lightning strike (of brilliance)!

 

[longtimefan]

Strike like a lightning strike (of brilliance)!

I think you got Lebanon Levi info on that game

 

[AmishMafia]

Buffalo 17. at Houston 20

All scores 20-17 except as noted.

New England at Cincinnati
NY Giants at Detroit 27-17
Minnesota at Green Bay
Seattle at Tennessee 27-20
Indianapolis at Kansas City
NY Jets at Baltimore 27-13
Cleveland at Las Vegas
Jacksonville at Arizona
Philadelphia at Dallas
Atlanta at New Orleans
Tampa Bay at LA Rams

Monday
Carolina at San Francisco

 

[milani]

I like your boldness. So far so good at Halftime.

I just hope if Houston holds on for a Win that everyone holds Buffalo to the same standard as Green Bay playing Carolina. No favoritism this is a backup QB against a reigning MVP

My take here is a lesson well learned and I hope the Packers take it seriously. The early failed PAT by the Bills cost them later. They could have gotten the game to OT. And then anything can happen.

 

[Canadian Cheddar]

Buffalo 17. at Houston 20

But hey! 8 sacks on Allen? That is next to impossible.

Good Texans coverage and pass rush. Josh could use some receivers that can get open. It's hard to make throws with an edge rusher on your back.

 

[Canadian Cheddar]

All scores 20-17 except as noted.

New England at Cincinnati
NY Giants at Detroit 27-173
Minnesota at Green Bay
Seattle at Tennessee 27-20
Indianapolis at Kansas City
NY Jets at Baltimore 27-13
Cleveland at Las Vegas
Jacksonville at Arizona
Philadelphia at Dallas
Atlanta at New Orleans
Tampa Bay at LA Rams

Monday
Carolina at San Francisco

173 points for the Detroit offence I'll assume 27-17 is the intention.

Nice job on the TNF pick.

 

[AmishMafia]

173 points for the Detroit offence I'll assume 27-17 is the intention.

Nice job on the TNF pick.

Yes. I edited, thanks.

 

[Canadian Cheddar]

I just read that Joe Burrow is going to remain on the shelf until Thanksgiving.

 

[Calebs Revenge]

Home teams 28-24.
Been a crazy week.