JIM RUBERA
(Rubera writes for The Spop)

Last Week: 9-6  /  Overall: 95-87-4  /  Best Bets: 19-15-3  /  Monday Night: 7-7  /  Against Cincy: 3-8-1

Indianapolis @ Baltimore -16.5

This final score will look a lot like the end of the third quarter of the Pats/Colts game last week before Bill Belichick joked around and put his offensive players on defense just to see what would happen. Ravens: 30-3.

Houston +3 @ Cincinnati

The Bengals may be who I thought they were.

Oakland +11 @ Green Bay

The Raiders are hurt, but they’re just nasty enough to hang around and scare the undefeated Packers.  Even one less key injury for Oakland and I might have even picked the straight up upset.

Kansas City +10.5 @ NY Jets

The Jets have feasted on some bad teams during their current win streak, but Sanchez still makes some sketchy decisions and the Chiefs defense can come up with some big plays.

Minnesota +10 @ Detroit

If Christian Ponder and Toby Gerhart can put up 32 points on the Broncos defense, they should be able to hand around in Motown as well.  The Lions, by the way, also officially suck again after losing their last five out of seven.

New Orleans -3.5 @ Tennessee

The Titans are getting too much respect after beating Buffalo, Tampa Bay, and Carolina in the previous four weeks.  The will be a wake up call.

Philadelphia +3 @ Miami

This is one of those games where the Eagles showcase just how talented they can be.  The Dolphins have been playing great, but this is just a case of being outclassed.

New England -8 @ Washington

Without Fred Davis, there will be very little the Redskins can do to expose New England’s poor secondary.  They’ll score for sure, but not nearly enough to keep up with Brady.

Atlanta @ Carolina +3

The Falcons are back to being what they were to start the season…not good.  Especially against the spread.  They failed to cover reasonable spreads two weeks in a row against inferior teams and then followed that up by losing straight up to T.J. Yates and the Houston Texans.

Tampa Bay @ Jacksonville +2

This is a gross game, but somebody’s gotta win.  I’ll take the team with a healthy quarterback and a defense that can step up when they feel like it.  The Jags did indeed play on Monday night, but that was a home game, as is this one.  No travel means, no problem.

San Francisco -3.5 @ Arizona

Since mid-September, it’s taken a monster effort from the Baltimore Ravens defense to put a cork in the 49ers.  The Cardinals don’t have the offense or defense to match what happened on Thanksgiving.

Chicago @ Denver -3.5

No Cutler.  No Forte.  Road game.  High elevation.  Tebow.  Not a good week to be a Bear.

Buffalo @ San Diego -7

The Bills have officially went in the tank again and while the Chargers are probably out of the playoff race, Rivers looks like he’s ready to sling it around a little bit at the end of the year.  Word is he has himself in his fantasy league and it’s playoff time.

NY Giants @ Dallas -3.5

These games are always high scoring and entertaining.  The Cowboys should be outraged after losing to the Cardinals last week and they know they only need to win one of these Giants games to clinch the division and their best shot to do it is as home in prime time.

St. Louis @ Seattle -4.5

Nobody ever wants to play in Seattle and Marshawn Lynch could run through a brick wall right now.  He ain’t pretty to look at, but he’s ballin’ right now.

Best Bets: New Orleans, Patriots, Seahawks

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