NFL Picks Week 15: Looking at Heavy Favorites That Will Stomp the Opposition

The New Orleans Saints and Green Bay Packers are rolling right now, and both teams face what should be easy matchups in Week 15.

The Packers are 13-0 and will travel to face the 5-8 Kansas City Chiefs, who are struggling as much as anyone in the league. The Chiefs have dropped five of their last six games, head coach Todd Haley was fired this week, and they are missing their starting quarterback (Matt Cassel), running back (Jamaal Charles), tight end (Tony Moeaki) and best defensive player (Eric Berry) for the season.

So, Aaron Rodgers and the Packers will roll into town having won 19 straight games dating back to last season and will be facing a completely directionless Chiefs team. Expecting Green Bay to blast them off the field would be wise.

The Packers are averaging a league-high 35.8 points per game, and they are facing a Kansas City squad that currently ranks 23rd in the NFL in points allowed per game (23.5) and 15th in yards given up (4,444). Rodgers and company should have this sewn up by the end of the third quarter.

The Saints are 10-3 and travel to Minnesota to take on the 2-11 Vikings. New Orleans has won five in a row and is starting to look like a legitimate NFC title contender.

Drew Brees leads a Saints offense that leads the NFL in total yards, averaging 447.8 yards per game. New Orleans also has the league's top passing attack (325.2 yards per game) and eighth-best rushing attack (122.5 yards per game).

The Saints will be facing a Vikings team that has lost five in a row and has a shaky quarterback in rookie Christian Ponder, with Joe Webb waiting in the wings as a backup. Though stud running back Adrian Peterson could be back from an ankle injury this week, he will not be 100 percent.

The Saints should be able to roll thanks to Minnesota's ineptitude on offense.