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Week 16 NFL Picks Celebrate Holidays, But Hope Cardinals Win Doesn’t Mean Apocalypse (Podcast)

Week 15 was an appetizing slate of NFL football games, but Week 16 will likely pale in comparison.

That’s if we even get to the weekend.

Some feel the end of days is near — choosing to believe the Mayan calendar is telling us that the world will end on Friday. If that is the case, what a bummer. But then again, it’s only fitting that the Arizona Cardinals won a game in the final week of football this world will see.

Of course, NESN.com editors Mike Cole and Ricky Doyle aren’t betting on the end of the world. They expect to make it through to see football on Sunday. That didn’t stop them from discussing the potential apocalypse in this week’s podcast, though. They touched on that as well as some football in the latest NESN.com NFL picks podcast.

Check that out at the bottom of the page, and see their picks below.

Home teams in caps, lines courtesy of Bovada.lv.

Cole
Atlanta (-4) over DETROIT
GREEN BAY (-13) over Tennessee
CAROLINA (-9) over Oakland
MIAMI (-4.5) over Buffalo
PITTSBURGH (-4) over Cincinnati
New England (-14.5) over JACKSONVILLE
Indianapolis (-7) over KANSAS CITY
DALLAS (-3) over NEW ORLEANS
Washington (-5) over PHILADELPHIA
TAMPA BAY (-3) over St. Louis
Minnesota (+9) over HOUSTON
San Diego (+1.5) over NEW YORK JETS
Cleveland (+14) over DENVER
New York Giants (-3) over BALTIMORE
Chicago (-5.5) over ARIZONA
San Francisco (-1) over SEATTLE

Last week: 10-6
Season: 102-116-2

Doyle
Atlanta (-4) over DETROIT
GREEN BAY (-13) over Tennessee
CAROLINA (-9) over Oakland
MIAMI (-4.5) over Buffalo
Cincinnati (+4.5) over PITTSBURGH
New England (-14.5) over JACKSONVILLE
Indianapolis (-7) over KANSAS CITY
New Orleans (+3) over DALLAS
Washington (-5) over PHILADELPHIA
TAMPA BAY (-3) over St. Louis
Minnesota (+9) over HOUSTON
San Diego (+1.5) over NEW YORK JETS
Cleveland (+14) over DENVER
New York Giants (-3) over BALTIMORE
Chicago (-5.5) over ARIZONA
SEATTLE (+1) over San Francisco

Last week: 8-8
Season: 99-105-4