Lou's Week 12 Pro Picks

14 of 16 correct picks last week, 93rd percentile in Yahoo Overall Pick’em on the season, Christmas come early.

Cincinnati over Cleveland
The Brownies are tied for the worst turnover ratio in the league (-11) and they’re on a ludicrous five game losing streak, having only put up more than 20 points vs. Detroit. Rising from the dead, Cinci’s lead rusher Cedric Benson is back from an injured hip, having the best year of his career. The Bengals win this one at home.

Seattle over St. Louis
Seattle’s RB Julius Jones may play, but even in a timeshare, Justin Forsett will get the chance to shine again as he did against Arizona and Minnesota the last two weeks. St. Louis’s back up QB Kyle Boller gets the start for the injured Marc Bulger and as it has been all season, the Rams will use a heavy dose Steven Jackson. Seattle’s QB Matt Hasselbeck always has good games against St. Louis and pass defense is the Rams major weakness. Seattle sweeps St. Louis this season for the 5th straight season.

NY Giants over Denver
Denver hasn’t won in over a month and the Giants put up almost 10 more points per game. Bronco's QB Kyle Orton may be back from an injured ankle, but he wasn’t impressing defenses before the sprain. Although a scare in last weeks game, Giant's RB Brandon Jacobs will play, but backup RB Bradshaw is out.

Green Bay over Detroit

Dallas over Oakland

Carolina over NY Jets

Atlanta over Tampa Bay

Miami over Buffalo

Philadelphia over Washington

Indianapolis over Houston

Jacksonville over San Francisco

Tennessee over Arizona

San Diego over Kansas City

Minnesota over Chicago

Baltimore over Pittsburgh

New Orleans over New England