Here’s the picks:

No good bets this weekend, at least Cleveland showed up to play last week.

As the playoff picture crystallizes, it appears the reality is starting to agree with the computer on the Superbowl. Still says the Pats will beat NO there. Not much change from last week:

E.W.

Anybody else notice that right after the Large Hadron Collider came online, that a large wormhole opened up over Norway?

LHC 2.36 TeV Collision Event

Wormhole over Norway

The Prince is making several upset picks this week. Most notably Atlanta ending the perfect record of New Orleans. And Cleveland over Pittsburgh.

My upset pick is Cincinnati over Minnesota. I think the Viking front line injuries will continue to plague their offense and no matter how good the Geriatric Ninja Farve is, he can’t win alone. I’m hoping New Orleans continues their winning streak and carries their undefeated record forward for another week. 

Houston v Seattle is our tough game. We decided to pick the opposite teams, that way one of us at least wins the pick. It’s a close match up I think, but Houston has a knack for being good at home.

I’d like to say Washington is going to take Oakland. Especially after their stepped up performance last week. But I think instead of a notch up in their confidence, that hard fought game took a lot out of them and they’re going to be tired this week in California. Not to mention the travel to the opposite side of the country.

So here’s our week 14 picks:

13 of 16 for Mom and the Prince 11 of 16.

It wasn’t a bad week for Mom. Considering the Prince is 6 years old. But we ended the week pretty well I think. I expected Atlanta to do better against Philadelphia at home, but that didn’t pan out. Which is a good thing since the Eagles are the Prince’s team.

What has happened to Pittsburgh? They should have taken Oakland with ease at home. But they didn’t seem to show up on Sunday. Sadly the Vikings didn’t play up to par either. But at least they had an excuse with 5 of their front line starts out with injuries.

The surprise to me this past week is one that isn’t getting a lot of talk. The Redskins almost beating and ending the perfect record of the Saints. Now don’t get me wrong, I was raised on the Skins, they’re my #1 team and always will be. But this isn’t their year and there’s no way they should have been able to man handle an undefeated and strong team like the Saints. I decided it came down to mental preparation. New Orleans thought they’d come into Washington and have it easy against the Skins. At the same time, the Skins stepped it up and knew they were going to play against a number one team. Playing the best makes you better. It was a perfect storm and it almost derailed a perfect record, one that I keep hoping will continue. The Saints deserve it and I really wanted them to win, at least they made it with luck in over time.

So here’s our results for Week 13.