Week 6 was loaded with upsets and marquee showdowns that could define the 2022 NFL playoff race. Week 7, uh, also has a bunch of football games.
This week’s lineup of games is light on compelling matchups. Instead of prognosticating a Bills-Chiefs game right down to the exact final score, Tony Romo and Jim Nantz will bring Fox’s premier broadcasting duo will call … a game featuring the 1-4 Detroit Lions.
Week 7’s primetime games feature a pair of 2-4 clubs on Thursday night, the two-win Pittsburgh Steelers and freefalling Miami Dolphins on Sunday and another nationally broadcast Chicago Bears game on Monday. There’s only one game on Sunday that features two teams with records better than .500, and that’s Titans-Colts — a game that heavily features a team only rescued from primetime embarrassment two weeks ago by Russell Wilson’s creeping case of doofus brain.
That, hopefully, will make this week’s slate a little easier to pick. Week 6 was a fairly successful one for us. A 10-4 record, thanks in part to a late flip from Cardinals to Seahawks, put me at 58-35-1 for the season and broke me into the top 10 among all NFL media experts over at NFL Pickwatch.
Can I capitalize on this momentum? I’m picking Russell Wilson, so … probably not. (Update: Wilson has been ruled out for Week 7 with a hamstring injury. The Jets have swung all the way to road favorites and I’m not backing Brett Rypien. This is a Jets pick now).
| Game | Christian | Robert | Charles |
| Saints vs. Cardinals | Cardinals | Cardinals | Cardinals |
| Falcons vs. Bengals | Bengals | Bengals | Bengals |
| Browns vs. Ravens | Ravens | Ravens | Ravens |
| Colts vs. Titans | Titans | Titans | Titans |
| Lions vs. Cowboys | Cowboys | Cowboys | Cowboys |
| Packers vs. Commanders | Packers | Packers | Packers |
| Giants vs. Jaguars | Jaguars | Giants | Giants |
| Buccaneers vs. Panthers | Bucs | Buccaneers | Buccaneers |
| Texans vs. Raiders | Raiders | Raiders | Raiders |
| Jets vs. Broncos | Jets | Jets | Jets |
| Chiefs vs. 49ers | Chiefs | Chiefs | Chiefs |
| Seahawks vs. Chargers | Chargers | Seahawks | Chargers |
| Steelers vs. Dolphins | Dolphins | Dolphins | Dolphins |
| Bears vs. Patriots | Patriots | Patriots | Patriots |
| Last week: | 10-4 | 8-6 | 9-5 |
| Year to date: | 58-35-1 | 52-41-1 | 48-45-1 |
And here those pics are in a better-formatted screenshot of our actual picks sheet, which sadly struggles to translate to our editing software.
