Week 11 NFL Winners and Keen Observations By NFL Mikee

The Minnesota Vikings, after most likely beating Detroit at press time, Sunday November 15th are 8-1. They will beat Seattle in Week 11 to get to 9-1.

The NFC race is on and it's New Orleans and Minnesota leading the road to the Super Bowl for that conference.

New Orleans gets a win also, traveling to Tampa Bay and stretching their record to a fantastic 10-0. Tampa Bay may win one more game this season, at best, but not this one.

The Forty-Niners beat the Bears last week to hang in there for the NFC West Title. Week 11 is a huge test, traveling to Green Bay and playing a team coming back from a bad loss.

If Green Bay can get schooled by the Buccaneers, then I have to pick Frank Gore and the Niners to somehow tough out a win. Mike Singletary wants to motivate these guys, and this could be the one to get them over the hump.

This is a very important momentum-building game here for San Francisco, as Green Bay will not make the playoffs anyway.

The Miami Dolphins are at home against Carolina and must stop the run to avoid being swept under the playoff rug. Force some turnovers and win at home with a steady pounding by Ricky and Ronnie. Take the Dolphins at home.

Dallas has a big home game with division-rival Washington and is on a roll to make the playoffs, and maybe return the division crown to Jerry Jones. Will we see them in Pasadena? I think not!

This will be the third time I have picked Detroit to win this season. I am 1-1 so far, but I will take Detroit to beat Cleveland. A bold prediction, I know, but Cleveland does not rock lately.

The Steelers will handle the Chiefs and the noise, or lack there of, in Arrowhead Stadium and win again. They are in the driver's seat in the AFC, assuming, of course, they handled the Bengals while I was writing on a pleasant Sunday afternoon. Oops, just in: Bengals win. Cincinnati is now master of its own domain.

Time will tell if the Steelers may have lost Polamalu once more. The Bengals' Benson also left the game injured in the fourth quarter. That's a tough division, except for Cleveland.

The New York Giants are on, shall we say, a giant skid mark of four straight losses putting them at 5-4, but they have an extra week to get ready for the Falcons and their offense. Atlanta needs to win another big road game to get confidence for a playoff run.

Little brother Atlanta is looking up to heavy-hitting New Orleans and Minnesota. The Falcons will not beat either team on the road, so they better get busy trying to win out for the season.

This is a tough pick, so I will simply weigh the talent of both teams, toss in a free field goal for the home team, and the winner is Atlanta. The Giants will hit rock botom, causing a floodgate of newspaper articles on their demise.

The Jacksonville Jaguars are at home against Buffalo. Jacksonville is hovering around .500, while Buffalo has trouble scoring many points and is horrible on the road.

Buffalo loses this game and slides into oblivion for the 2009/2010 season, while the Jags will not make the playoffs, but will probably finish around 7-9 for the season. Eight-and-eight would be feasible, and 9-7, wishful thinking.

Indianapolis travels to Baltimore for the Ravens last chance to salvage this season. They are 5-4 and really need this game to stay in playoff consideration. All season, I have pushed Houston to make the playoffs ahead of Baltimore.

I think Baltimore can win this at home. Indianapolis is not going to win every single week. This looks like Baltimore's chance to stay in it and get to 6-4. Indianapolis is 8-1 or 9-0 depending on how the ball bounced playing New England.

Arizona plays the Rams in Tempe, and will win. Some things just happen the way they're supposed to.

Denver is in Mile-High and hosts the San Diego Chargers in a big one. This is make-or-break, do-or-die for the Chargers, who must have this one to stay in contention.

I have not drank the Denver Bronco's Kool-Aid, however, and I think San Diego has a big game left in them this season. They have to win this one, so they will.

The Cincinnati Bengals will easily beat the Raiders in Oakland. This is the easiest pick this week. No thought process, instant decision.

New England at home against the Jets was almost as quick a decision as the last one.

The Jets are not quite on the high they were to start the season, as the harsh realities of a rookie quarterback set in and more talent in the rest of the division will be their downfall. Buffalo you can beat, but trouble with New England and Miami killed your season.

Take New England unless you enjoy frustration and pain.

Philadelphia goes into Chicago, against a discouraged, but dangerous Jay Cutler. Not enough guys to catch the ball seems to be most of the problem, but that coupled with defensive injuries spelled doom for Chicago this year.

Philadelphia has a way of winning these games moving into the playoff type mode when they choose. I will take Philadelphia in a close win.

Houston is at home with another key division game with the surging Titans, who might have three wins in a row as I publish this one.

Houston must win this game to be a even considered for the playoffs. That's it. Houston to win this one, or no soup for Schaub this season.

Good luck to all your teams and have a great week,

—Thomas [NFL Mikee] Moreland