NFL Week 16 Picks: Looking at Heavy Favorites That Will Stomp Opposition

Although Week 16 of the 2011 NFL season has a variety of intriguing matchups with playoff implications that could go down to the wire, there are a few games that should be total beat downs this holiday weekend. 

St. Louis Rams at Pittsburgh Steelers 

The Steelers are coming off a embarrassing defeat at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers on Monday, but the city of Pittsburgh is more concerned with Ben Roethlisberger's injured ankle than anything else. 

There's a chance Big Ben will be given time to rest this weekend and Charlie Batch could make his first start of the season. 

Either way, the Steelers should have no problem with the Rams' inept offense that has trouble consistently moving the ball against the inferior defenses in the NFL. 

St. Louis secondary is up to the tall task of staying with Pittsburgh's speedy receiving corps, and Rashard Mendenhall should have a big game against the worst run defense in the league. 

A laugher in the Steel City. 

Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens 

Something tells me the Browns offense isn't looking forward to facing an angry Ravens defense that was humiliated on Sunday night against the Chargers in San Diego. 

Terrell Suggs, Ray Lewis and Co. should be ready to bounce back and will have a prime opportunity to do so at home against another offense that definitely isn't explosive by any means. 

Ray Rice ran for 204 yards on 29 carries early in December against the Cleveland, and now it seems the Ravens' coaching staff is willing to dedicate their offensive game plan to their best offensive player. 

Not a tough concept, right? 

Well, in Baltimore's four losses, Rice has a total of 36 carries. Nine rushing attempts a game isn't going to cut it, I don't care who the Ravens are playing. 

Big win for John Harbaugh's club to built confidence going into the season finale against the Bengals. 

Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers 

It's a shame Jay Cutler and Matt Forte were injured, because this game would have been tremendously intriguing. 

Now Josh McCown is making the start for the Bears in what should be another crushing defeat. 

The Packers will be without Greg Jennings once again, but I'm not expecting Aaron Rodgers to have another game in which he completes less than 49 percent of his passes, are you? 

At home, Green Bay will get back on track with a few big plays on offense while creating turnovers in the secondary.