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NFL Picks and Predictions: The BTSC Contributor Challenge Week 16

Who do the BTSC writers think will prevail and fail in Week 16? The hot picks are right here.

By Bryan Anthony Davis
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I've learned something valuable during the four-plus months of the BTSC Contributor Challenge, and it's simple. Picking NFL games is more challenging than predicting which relative is going to snap during the holiday dinner. (Cousin Cecil...I'm looking your way buddy.) But here we stand. There are two glorious weeks to go and things just got very interesting. For our Spanish-speaking readers, things just got muy interesante.

Yes my amigos, dreams of wire-to wire are no more for Fear94. We teased it all year long, but never truly believed it would actually happen. Now Brett Foreman is on top with 32 games to go in the regular season, because of his 13-3 week. Joining him at the top of the week were Zach Parnes and Flip Fisher. A 9-7 week doomed the former front runner. Anything can still happen though, Fear is a mere game back. Mike Frazer and Brian Nuckols are only five games back and Bryan Davis is eight behind the leader.

Check out the standings below, along with our pick for every Week 16 contest. Happy Holidays and great picking.

Week 15 W L 2016 Standings W L GB
1 Zach Parnes 13 3 1 Brett Foreman 146 76
1 Flip Fisher 13 3 2 Fear94 145 77 1
1 Brett Foreman 13 3 3 Mike Frazer 141 81 5
4 Jeff Hartman 12 4 3 Brian Nuckols 141 81 5
4 Bryan Davis 12 4 5 Bryan Davis 138 84 8
6 58 Steel 11 5 6 Daniel Sager 136 86 10
6 Brian Nuckols 11 5 7 58 Steel 135 87 11
6 Daniel Sager 11 5 8 Anthony Defeo 132 90 14
9 Eric O’Connell 10 6 9 Robert Hitchcock 131 91 15
9 Mike Frazer 10 6 9 Flip Fisher 131 91 15
9 Flip Fisher 10 6 11 Zach Parnes 129 93 17
12 Fear 94 9 7 12 Jeff Hartman 128 94 18
13 Anthony Defeo 8 8 13 Eric O’Connell 127 95 19

WEEK 16 Anthony Defeo Brett Foreman Brian Nuckols Daniel Sager Eric O'Connell Fear94
NYG at PHI NYG PHI NYG NYG PHI NYG
MIA at BUF BUF MIA BUF BUF BUF MIA
TB at NO TB TB NO NO NO TB
NYJ at NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
TEN at JAX TEN TEN TEN TEN TEN TEN
MIN at GB GB GB GB GB GB GB
SD at CLE SD SD SD SD CLE SD
WAS at CHI WAS WAS WAS WAS WAS WAS
ATL at CAR ATL ATL CAR ATL ATL CAR
IND at OAK OAK OAK OAK OAK OAK IND
ARI at SEA SEA SEA SEA SEA SEA SEA
SF at LA LA LA LA LA SF LA
CIN at HOU HOU CIN HOU HOU CIN HOU
BAL at PIT PIT PIT PIT PIT BAL PIT
DEN at KC KC KC KC DEN DEN KC
DET at DAL DAL DAL DAL DAL DAL DAL

WEEK 16 58Steel Flip Fisher Jeff Hartman Mike Frazer Robert Hitchcock Zach Parnes Bryan Davis
NYG at PHI NYG NYG NYG NYG NYG NYG NYG
MIA at BUF BUF BUF BUF BUF MIA BUF BUF
TB at NO NO NO TB NO TB TB NO
NYJ at NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
TEN at JAX TEN TEN TEN TEN TEN TEN TEN
MIN at GB GB GB GB GB GB MIN GB
SD at CLE SD SD SD SD SD CLE SD
WAS at CHI WAS WAS WAS WAS WAS WAS CHI
ATL at CAR CAR ATL ATL ATL ATL CAR CAR
IND at OAK OAK OAK IND OAK IND IND IND
ARI at SEA SEA SEA SEA SEA SEA SEA SEA
SF at LA LA SF SF LA SF LA LA
CIN at HOU HOU CIN CIN HOU CIN CIN CIN
BAL at PIT PIT PIT PIT PIT PIT PIT PIT
DEN at KC KC KC DEN KC DEN KC KC
DET at DAL DAL DAL DET DAL DAL DET DAL

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