What games did I pick for week 15 and what were the results?

This past week, #15 of the regular NFL Season, I made a total of 10 picks for the football games and posted an article for each one. In each case I listed what the odds were on that game at the time the article was posted, and my thoughts on whether I thought the team picked by the sportsbooks would win and whether they would cover the spread.

In a few cases I totally disagreed with the bookies, and in a few cases I thought the books were being too conservative. Today I post the results of each of those picks. I didn’t do too bad, although in a few cases I was off on the points, and in one case where I disagreed with the book’s picks on who would win I was correct.

I have linked to each article in case you are interested in reading my thoughts on the game. Each article was posted up to a day before the games, except for the last one which was posted on Sunday morning a few hours before the kickoff of the one o’clock games.

My picks for week 15 and the results are as follows:

#1
Cincinnati Bengals against the Philadelphia Eagles.

The bookies had the Bengals winning this game by 3 points. I thought that it was a smart bet to take the Bengals on this game and they did in fact win over the Eagles with a score of 34 to 13.

#2
Dallas Cowboys and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

This was my article for this week’s Offsides article. Some of the bookies had this game as even although I did find that Bet Fred and a few other books had the game with the Steelers winning by 1.5 points. I argued on the side of the Cowboys to win.

Watching the game this afternoon shows the Steelers putting on a great performance. After being down early in the game, the Steelers turn it on and come back to tie the score. Then they go back and forth throughout the second half and the score is tied again late in the 4th quarter.

The clock winds down and the game goes into overtime. Dallas wins this game in overtime 27 to 24.

#3
Green Bay Packers against the Chicago Bears.

I wrote this game up on Wednesday and at the time the books had the Packers winning this game by 3 points. My own pick on this had them winning by 5 points. Green Bay won this game by 8 with a score of 21 to 13.

#4
Denver Broncos over the Baltimore Ravens.

On Wednesday evening the line on this game had the Broncos winning this game by 2 points. I extended that in my pick that my boy Manning would get the job done and took the Broncos to win at a very conservative 4 points. The Broncos won that game at a score of 34 to 17.

#5
Washington Redskins against the Cleveland Browns.

The Books had the Skins winning this by a point. I suggested that was too low and picked them by 3 points.

I also suggested that as long as Cousins could have a good game and Alfred Morris could do well they would do quite well against the Browns and that is exactly what happened. The Redskins won that game 38 to 21.

#6
New York Giants against the Atlanta Falcons.

The books picked the Giants and the Falcons at even and there was no spread on the game Friday afternoon. At that time I picked the Giants by 2 points. I was certainly off on this game and the Falcons turned in an impressive game and they shut out the Giants to win 34 to 0.

#7
New England Patriots against San Francisco 49ers

Coming in to this game the Broncos had the #1 ranked offense and was #1 in points scored. The sportsbooks had the Patriots winning this game by 5 points. I agreed that they would win and actually mentioned that I thought they might win by up to a touchdown but in order to bet safe stay with the spread.

The 49ers held them off and dominated the first part of the game. Down by 28 points, Tom Brady showed why he is one of the best quarterbacks in the league right now and brings the Broncos back into the game in the 2nd half.

Score is tied in the 4th quarter at 31 before the 49ers score again. The San Francisco 49ers won this game over the New England Patriots with a final score of 41 to 34. This football game ends up being one of the biggest upsets of the week.

#8
Houston Texans against the Indianapolis Colts.

The books picked the Texans to win by 9.5. I suggested they would win but I only gave 6 points. Houston won that game 29 to 17.

#9
Seattle Seahawks against the Buffalo Bills

The books picked Seattle by 5.5 points and I agreed, and picked Seattle to win and cover the points. Seattle goes on to win this game 50 to 17.

#10
Minnesota Vikings against the St Louis Rams

Many of the books had that game as the Rams winning by 2.5 points. I disagreed with that and suggested taking the Vikings would win and giving 2 points. The Vikings won that game with a score of 36 to 22.