NFL Week 14 Predictions: Down The Home Stretch

So what happened Thursday night? The San Diego Chargers played the way they should have been playing all season. Unfortunately it doesn't really matter now, unless the Denver Broncos take a major dive.

And the Oakland Raiders showed why their three wins have all been lucky.

There are only four games left in the regular season. Out of eight divisions, four do not have a clear winner. If you add the AFC West, that makes it five.

So with that said, these last four weeks of football are crucial.

In the AFC East, New York, New England, and Buffalo all lost last week. Miami was the only team to win, making the race for the AFC East bigger.

The New York Jets lost to the Denver Broncos last week and will be looking to rebound when they head into San Francisco this week. Shouldn't be too hard, should it? Especially for a team has knocked off the last undefeated team of the season. Oh wait, they mishandled the Broncos, who got crushed by the Raiders the week before.

New England, on the other hand, got whipped by the Pittsburgh Steelers. So the Pats too will be looking for a win this Sunday when they pay Seattle a visit. Lucky for them, Mike Holmgren can't seem to coach anymore.

Miami is closer in this race now with its win last week. Sure, the Dolphins only beat St. Louis, but a win is a win. Now they play the Bills in Canada. This should be a good one.

This brings me to the AFC North, where the race is between two teams, one of which at the beginning of the season looked as if it was hanging on by a thread because of its defense, and the other was a big question mark because of its rookie quarterback.

The Pittsburgh Steelers after destroying the Patriots are now letting the Dallas Cowboys come to the Steel City. Will we see Steelers go 1-3 in the NFC East?

Baltimore on the other hand will be playing Washington, which has not been doing so great as of late. Picking a rookie quarterback over this Washington team? At the beginning of the season, that might have been a little absurd. I don't know about now.

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