NFL Week 14 Predictions: Projecting the Week's Most Explosive Offenses

Sometimes, an offense has an explosive outing simply because that's what they've been doing all season long, no matter the opponent. Other times, a team fielding a less-remarkable offense is primed for a big day simply because the matchup is so favorable.

Both are in play in the following slides wherein I examine four offenses who are likely to put up a lot of points in their respective Week 14 contests.

Pittsburgh Steelers (vs. Cleveland Browns)

While still struggling to get things going consistently on the ground, the Pittsburgh Steelers boast one of the league's Top 10 passing offenses, thanks to quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's ability to extend plays and the speed and sure hands of his impressive cadre of receivers.

Though the team hosts the Cleveland Browns, who boast a strong passing defense, the Steelers should have little trouble dominating their 4-8 division mates on the way to their 10th victory of the year.

The Browns' defensive stats are skewed: While appearing impressive on the surface, they've yet to meet a team as successful in the air as the Steelers have been this season, according to ESPN. The team will be in for a rude awakening as Roethlisberger is likely to throw at will.

It's also a choice matchup for that up-and-down Steelers running game as well, with the Browns giving up more rushing yards per game—at 151.3—than every team but one.

A blowout is likely this Thursday night, as the Steelers should put up at least 28 points on the floundering Browns.

Green Bay Packers (vs. Oakland Raiders)

The Oakland Raiders are giving up an average of 373.3 yards per game, while the Green Bay Packers are averaging 405.3 yards of total offense every week—while never scoring less than 24 points in any of their 12 consecutive wins.

That doesn't bode well for the Raiders' chances to hand the Packers their first loss of the year this Sunday afternoon.

Green Bay seemingly cannot be stopped this year, thanks to the inspired play of their quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, who has 3,844 passing yards so far this season, good for 37 touchdowns to just five interceptions.

Though Oakland may put up quite the offensive effort of their own, there's yet to be a defense strong enough to hold the Packers' yardage and scoring totals down. If there is one, it's not the Raiders, who will see the Packers score at least 30 points on them this week.

New Orleans Saints (at Tennessee Titans)

Though the Green Bay Packers have the highest-scoring offense in the league this year, the New Orleans Saints have the most total yards, with 5,384 on the year.

The majority of those yards have come from the air, with quarterback Drew Brees completing 349 of his 496 passes this year for 4,031 yards, 30 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.

Similar to the Green Bay Packers, the only way to hope to defeat the Saints is to outscore them. While not impossible—considering the Saints are weak on defense—it's going to be hard for the Tennessee Titans, whose offense is averaging only 319.3 yards per game.

The Titans have the 12th-ranked defense through 13 weeks, but that won't help them much.

The Saints have lost just two games this year: In those games, they scored 20 and 21 points, respectively. In their wins, however, they've never scored fewer than 24 points and have a blowout 55-point victory to their name this season.

Expect the Saints to put up no fewer than 30 points and have nearly 500 yards of total offense in what's a likely win this week.

Baltimore Ravens (vs. Indianapolis Colts)

When you think of the Baltimore Ravens, the first thing to come to mind is certainly not their offense. But this week, they host the Indianapolis Colts and their dead-last defense, which means they're likely to look like the Green Bay Packers when all is said and done on Sunday.

At 387.1, the Colts defense is giving up more yardage per game than the Ravens are averaging on offense. They're allowing 29 points per game this year, as well, making it painfully clear just why the team has yet to achieve a single victory.

The Ravens have scored 29 or more points six times already this year, and it's impossible to imagine them being held below that total this Sunday, even if quarterback Joe Flacco plays his most inconsistent game of the season.

No strangers to blowout losses, Indianapolis shouldn't feel too shocked when they leave Baltimore with their 13th-straight defeat, likely by a margin of 20 points or more.