We’re back.
After a stretch of holiday (and furlough) related vacation, our picks column returns just in time for the completely unpredictable, backup-filled extravaganza that is the final week of the NFL’s regular season. Week 18 features a couple of de facto playoff games — Titans-Jaguars, Lions-Packers — a few more that could define postseason seeding and, fortunately, only three matchups between teams without anything to play for beyond draft position.
Which is great, because our race to crown a regular season picks champion is coming down to the wire. Both myself and Robert Zeglinski stand at a tidy, but not entirely impressive 151-87-2 on the season. Whomever wins this week will claim the crown and etch his name among the slightly-better-than-mediocre tier of expert pickers.
Here’s who we’ve got in Week 18 — a week in which we’re all praying for the recovery of Bills safety Damar Hamlin.
| Game | Christian | Robert | Charles |
| Chiefs at Raiders | Chiefs | Chiefs | Chiefs |
| Titans at Jaguars | Jaguars | Jaguars | Jaguars |
| Ravens at Bengals | Bengals | Bengals | Bengals |
| Buccaneers at Falcons | Falcons | Falcons | Falcons |
| Patriots at Bills | Bills | Bills | Bills |
| Vikings at Bears | Vikings | Vikings | Vikings |
| Texans at Colts | Colts | Texans | Colts |
| Jets at Dolphins | Dolphins | Jets | Jets |
| Panthers at Saints | Panthers | Panthers | Panthers |
| Browns at Steelers | Steelers | Steelers | Steelers |
| Chargers at Broncos | Chargers | Chargers | Chargers |
| Giants at Eagles | Eagles* | Eagles | Eagles |
| Cardinals at 49ers | 49ers | 49ers | 49ers |
| Rams at Seahawks | Seahawks | Rams | Seahawks |
| Cowboys at Commanders | Cowboys | Cowboys | Cowboys |
| Lions at Packers | Packers | Lions | Packers |
| Last week: | 10-6 | 11-5 | 11-5 |
| Year to date: | 151-87-2 | 151-87-2 | 138-100-2 |
And here are those selections in a better-formatted screenshot of our actual picks sheet, which unfortunately struggles to translate to our editing software.
