NFL Week 11 Picks: Predicting the Winner and Score for All Upcoming Matchups

The balance of power was recently thrown into disarray all over the NFL, making the process of predicting the results of the upcoming Week 11 schedule a daunting task. 

Some teams that struggled in Week 10, like the Green Bay Packers did in their gut-wrenching loss to the Detroit Lions, certainly can't be written off based on that outcome. But other supposed contenders, like the Denver Broncos, experienced results Sunday that could have implications that last well beyond last week.

The very top of the NFL's hierarchy was also unable to escape the Week 10 reckoning. The New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers cruised to 9-0, but the Cincinnati Bengals dropped their first game of the season to a Houston Texans team that's somehow now in first place. And with the goose egg in the Bengals' loss column now hatched, their struggles could continue to grow in Week 11. 

Here, we'll sift through the upcoming week's schedule and predict the outcomes of all 14 games, then analyze the most interesting results. 

Week 11 Schedule

Thursday, Nov. 19	Time (ET)	TV	Prediction
Tennessee Titans at Jacksonville Jaguars	8:25 p.m.	NFL	Jaguars 20, Titans 13

Sunday, Nov. 22	Time (ET)	TV	Prediction
Oakland Raiders at Detroit Lions	1 p.m.	CBS	Raiders 28, Lions 17
Indianapolis Colts at Atlanta Falcons	1 p.m.	CBS	Falcons 24, Colts 13
St. Louis Rams at Baltimore Ravens	1 p.m.	FOX	Rams 17, Ravens 13
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Philadelphia Eagles	1 p.m.	FOX	Eagles 21, Buccaneers 10
Denver Broncos at Chicago Bears	1 p.m.	CBS	Bears 27, Broncos 24
New York Jets at Houston Texans	1 p.m.	CBS	Jets 20, Texans 10
Washington Redskins at Carolina Panthers	1 p.m.	FOX	Panthers 28, Redskins 20
Dallas Cowboys at Miami Dolphins	1 p.m.	FOX	Dolphins 23, Cowboys 16
Kansas City Chiefs at San Diego Chargers	4:05 p.m.	CBS	Chiefs 27, Chargers 21
Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings	4:25 p.m.	FOX	Packers 21, Vikings 20
San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks	4:25 p.m.	FOX	Seahawks 34, 49ers 14
Cincinnati Bengals at Arizona Cardinals	8:30 p.m.	NBC	Cardinals 31, Bengals 28

Monday, Nov. 23	Time (ET)	TV	Prediction
Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots	8:30 p.m.	ESPN	Patriots 28, Bills 20

Week 11's Most Interesting Results 

Chicago Bears 27, Denver Broncos 24

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In the Bears' 37-13 drubbing of the Rams Sunday, it was easy to overlook the absence of starting running back Matt Forte.

That has a lot to do with Jeremy Langford's mind-blowingly historic performance and a little to do with the fact that Chicago might not have told anybody about the severity of Forte's injury (via ProFootballTalk.com's Mike Florio). 

Regardless of the Bears' possible infractions, they were rolling on both sides of the ball in St. Louis. Jay Cutler supplemented Langford's breakout game with 258 passing yards and three touchdowns of his own. On defense, Shea McClellin returned from injury to lead the team in tackles and force a fumble. 

Chicago, winners of two straight after a 2-5 start, host a Broncos team that is collapsing into itself before our very eyes. Denver has lost two games in a row, dropping a close contest in Indianapolis and a not-so-close game at home to the Chiefs. 

The Broncos' reversal in fortunes after a perfect 7-0 start to the season is pretty effectively summed up in this tweet from the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. 

Denver didn't just make the decision to bench Peyton Manning Sunday, they were forced to do so. He was allowed to underthrow his way to four interceptions before the Broncos mercifully retrieved Brock Osweiler's clipboard and handed him the ball. 

ESPN's Adam Schefter reported after the game that Manning was suffering from a "partially torn plantar fascia in his left foot." But, despite the benching, Schefter's report included a quote from head coach Gary Kubiak that denied a permanent change at starting quarterback. 

"If [Manning's] healthy and ready to go, Peyton is our quarterback," Kubiak said. 

We learned Monday that Manning is neither healthy nor ready to go, and Brock Osweiler will get the start in Chicago (via Schefter). The fourth-year man was 14-of-24 against the Chiefs Sunday, throwing one touchdown and one interception. 

Osweiler's start against the Bears will be the first of his career. And whether or not he provides a better chance to win than this watered-down version of Manning, an upward-trending Chicago team will spoil the day for Denver's first-time starter. 

Green Bay Packers 21, Minnesota Vikings 20

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If you own a television or just leave your house every once in a while, you've probably seen legendary Bears coach Mike Ditka moving Big Macs in a Packers sweatervest recently. 

The Bears have not felt the ill effects of Ditka's traitorous McDonald's sponsorship, but Green Bay has certainly been rocked by Sweatervestgate. Since the fast-food behemoth started airing commercials in which Ditka wears a green and yellow perversion of his iconic sweater, the Packers have lost three straight, as ESPN's Jeff Dickerson points out. 

But, despite the totally reasonable association to be made between Ditka's wardrobe and Green Bay's nosedive, the Packers will get back on track in Minnesota this weekend. 

The Vikings have quietly climbed to the top of the NFC North with a 7-2 record.  The Packers are right behind them at 6-3, but neither Minnesota nor Green Bay has beaten a team that's currently at or above .500. 

In a head-to-head comparison of the two team's superstars, the Vikings have a pronounced edge. Adrian Peterson leads the NFL in rushing yards with 961. Aaron Rodgers has just the fifth-best passer rating and the 14th-most passing yards. But, if there's one thing Rodgers has taught us, it's how to R-E-L-A-X when he and his team hit a rough patch (via ESPN's Rob Demovsky). 

Green Bay has lost more than three consecutive games only once with Rodgers as the starting quarterback. That streak came in 2008, his first year as the starter, when the Packers lost five in a row. Since then, they've matched this current three-game losing streak only once, in 2013. 

Despite a completion percentage that hasn't crept over 64 in the last three weeks, Rodgers is the reigning MVP. And if he's not the best quarterback in the league, he's very close. He's also thrown just one interception during the Packers' three-game skid with six touchdowns, so he's not actively losing games just yet. 

A four-game slide would be a reasonable watermark for panic time in Green Bay, but Rodgers won't allow that to happen. The Packers will jump back to the top of the division and near the front of the NFC playoff hunt this weekend. 

Arizona Cardinals 31, Cincinnati Bengals 28

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This is the year of the unbeatens in the NFL. Every week sets a new record for the number of undefeated teams this deep into a season. 

But the field has been whittled down to two entering Week 11 after the Bengals' infamous prime-time woes did them in against the Texans on Monday Night Football. Now, with another nightcap on deck this Sunday, Cincinnati is in danger of losing two straight after winning its first eight games of the season.  

Arizona has employed some of the #CardinalsDevilMagic made famous by their baseball-playing namesakes to both revive Carson Palmer from the dead and create one of the most terrifying defenses in football seemingly out of nowhere in the last two years. 

The Cardinals allow the sixth-fewest passing yards per game, and the Bengals must combat that with a version of A.J. Green that's been less productive than expected. Cincinnati's All-Pro receiver has just four touchdowns on the year. 

Tyler Eifert has picked up the slack with nine scores, but Arizona has allowed a touchdown to a tight end just once this season (via Pro-Football-Reference.com). 

The Cardinals' two losses can be filed under inexplicable. Arizona dropped its first game to the unpredictable Rams by a two-point margin, and its second defeat came at the hands of a Ben Roethlisberger-less Steelers squad. But both times the Cardinals have played in prime time, including Sunday night's victory over Seattle, they've come away on top. 

This weekend's Sunday Night Football clash will be no different for Arizona when it hands the Bengals their second loss in a row. 

*All stats courtesy of NFL.com

Danny Garrison is a Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report's Breaking News Team. You can follow him on Twitter @DannyLGarrison. 

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