Straight-up NFL picks, Week 14: Navigating the NFC West’s sea of broken quarterbacks

Geno Smith has been wonderful. Every other passer in the NFC West, once thought to be the NFL’s toughest division, is a mess.

Week 13 brought the 2022 NFL season’s second tie when Graham Gano’s game-winning field goal attempt from 58 yards out bounced out the back of the end zone. While none of us here at FTW were able to predict a stalemate between the Washington Commanders and New York Giants, that was only a blip on the radar in a solid week of straight up picks.

While last week’s picks were filled with plenty of home underdogs who eventually came through (or, in the Giants’ case, didn’t lose), this week’s choices are much more chalk-y. A somewhat underwhelming slate has our experts leaning heavily toward betting favorites. That’s bad news for the New York teams who play in New Jersey, but great news for the Empire State’s actual home team.

Here’s who we’ve got for Week 14, with explanations on some of primetime’s toughest picks below.

Game Christian Robert Charles
Raiders at Rams Raiders Raiders Raiders
Browns at Bengals Bengals Bengals Bengals
Jets at Bills Bills Bills Bills
Eagles at Giants Eagles Eagles Eagles
Texans at Cowboys Cowboys Cowboys Cowboys
Vikings at Lions Lions Lions Vikings
Jaguars at Titans Titans Titans Titans
Ravens at Steelers Steelers* Ravens Ravens
Dolphins at Chargers Dolphins Dolphins Dolphins
Panthers at Seahawks Seahawks Panthers Seahawks
Buccaneers at 49ers 49ers 49ers 49ers
Chiefs at Broncos Chiefs Chiefs Chiefs
Patriots at Cardinals Patriots Cardinals Cardinals
Last week: 12-2-1 10-4-1 11-3-1
Year to date: 122-71-2 120-73-2 108-85-2

And here are those selections in a better-formatted screenshot of our actual picks sheet, which unfortunately struggles to translate to our editing software.

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