Don’t call it a comeback because my picks are pretty weak but I dropped two games overall after week nine and I got them back this past weekend with a 8-6 record. My season mark is now 70-62-1. This means I beat the spread 53 percent of the time making me better than flipping a coin but not quite as good as picking out of a hat.

The Thursday night games started last week with the Bears-Niners thriller. This week we get Dolphins-Panthers. The remaining Thursday night schedule looks like this:

Week 12
Packers-Lions
Raiders-Cowboys
Giants-Broncos

Week 13
Jets-Bills

Week 14
Steelers-Browns

Week 15
Colts-Jaguars
Cowboys-Saints (Saturday)

Week 16
Chargers-Titans (Christmas Friday)

The Giants-Broncos, Colts-Jaguars, and Cowboys-Saints games will definitely have playoff implications. The other games feature teams that need to win because of playoff positioning but the team they’re facing is crap like Steelers-Browns in week 14, or two crap teams like Jets-Bills in week 13. Not exactly the bargaining chip the NFL Network was hoping for in its battle with the cable providers.

The Falcons-Giants and Chargers-Broncos games are off the board right now. I’ll update their lines when they become available. As always, I don’t pick sides in games involving the Philadelphia Eagles. My winners are in bold type.

Miami Dolphins +3 at Carolina Panthers

Cleveland Browns +4 at Detroit Lions

Pittsburgh Steelers -10 at Kansas City Chiefs

Buffalo Bills +9 at Jacksonville Jaguars

Indianapolis Colts -1 at Baltimore Ravens

Atlanta Falcons +6.5 at New York Giants

San Francisco 49ers +7 at Green Bay Packers

Seattle Seahawks +11 at Minnesota Vikings

Washington Redskins +11 at Dallas Cowboys

New Orleans Saints -11 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Arizona Cardinals -9 at St. Louis Cardinals

New York Jets +11 at New England Patriots

Cincinnati Bengals -10 at Oakland Raiders

San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos (OFF)

Tennessee Titans +5 at Houston Texans