Liver's Week 13 NFL Picks: Jaguars to Cover Against Colts

The Redskins will be emotional after the Sean Taylor tragedy. While it’s impossible to think of football at a time like this, sometimes these things can unite a team and push them forward.

The Skins still have a pulse in the NFC Wild Card hunt, and must put together a winning streak if they hope to keep their season going into January.

Pick: Buffalo
 

San Francisco (+3) at Carolina

God, please let the 49ers get hot and finish out the season strong.

Wait a minute, I’m pinning these hopes on Trent Dilfer?

Wait another moment, is that 50-year-old Vinny Testaverde on the other sideline?

Panthers fans are starting to understand the full scope of the Vinny Rule: Flush your season down the toilet and hope that next year he’s back on his couch where he belongs.

Pick: San Francisco
 

Cleveland at Arizona (PK)

Thanks God—the one year the Browns are good has to be the year the Cowboys own their No. 1 pick.

How often do you see a game decided by a safety? If you’re Kurt Warner...one time too many.

Pick: Arizona
 

Denver at Oakland (+3 1⁄2)

Denver learned the Devin Hester Rule the hard way last weekend, while Oakland got a rare win.

Neither team is going anywhere this season, but Mike Shanahan still gets his blood up for these games.

Pick: Oakland
 

N.Y. Giants at Chicago (+1 1⁄2)

How is this Giants team favored on the road after that debacle against the Vikings last week?

Is my “Duh face” theory vis-a-vis Eli Manning starting to gain some credence now?

Chicago can still pretend they have Wild Card hopes after an overtime win against Denver. Can teams just agree now that you DON’T kick to Devin Hester?

Pick: N.Y. Giants
 

Tampa Bay (+3) at New Orleans

If anyone doubted the importance of Jeff Garcia to the Bucs offense, see his absence against the Redskins.

New Orleans continues to underwhelm—and NO, I don’t count that blowout against the Panthers last week as a GOOD WIN.

That said, this could be a swing game in the NFC South, as Tampa has a two-game lead over the Saints. With Garcia questionable...

Pick: New Orleans
 

Cincinnati (+7) at Pittsburgh

The Steelers franchise should be embarrassed after that Slop Bowl on Monday night...although we did get one of the all-time “you gotta be kidding me” football moments when that punt landed like a bowling ball and stuck in the field.

Hey Art Rooney—think you might want to switch to artificial turf?

Excuse me but didn’t Chad Johnson say he wasn’t going to do any TD celebrations until his team was winning? I guess 4-7 means winning to him.

Wonder how he’ll celebrate 4-8 after tonight.

Pick: Cincinnati
 

Monday, December 3
 
New England at Baltimore (+20 1⁄2)

Watching the Longest Yard last week (and I mean the 1974 original), it finally hit me...

Bill Belichick IS Warden Rudolph Hazen.

Can’t you see him telling his defensive players, “I want you to inflict as much physical punishment as humanly possible”...after the team's up by three scores?

The Eagles may have made the Pats work for that win Sunday night, but this Baltimore team isn’t nearly as good as Philly. Still, the Ravens defense might be strong enough to keep this one respectable.

Let’s see if taking the underdog against the Pats works this time.

Pick: Baltimore

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