Week 14 Picks: Fun in the snow?

After a day of rain here in the Chicago suburbs, it's currently snowing as I type this. The weather this weekend has already been hyped up as being a factor in a number of games, so if you're like me and enjoy seeing football played in this kind of inclement conditions, tomorrow could be a real treat.

I would suppose that some crazy amounts of snow, slush and sleet might lead to some equally crazy bounces, fumbles and assorted other wackiness that might result in a few upsets, but here in Week 14 with only a few weeks to go in the respective confidence pools, where would I dare venture a guess as to which team would benefit?

It seems like a good weekend to sit back and enjoy the action for what it is, keeping my fingers crossed that the way I'm submitting my order of picks in happens to be the safest.

And perhaps if things don't go my way, I can whitewash a Vikings fan or something.

Here's how the other five hypothetical sheets would look, based upon what they had posted at 9:00 P.M. CST:

PFW Spread	Yahoo Users	Wunderdog	Brian Burke	My Numbers
16 (9 ½)	15.5 (97%)	16 (28-17)	16 (.86)	16 (190)
15 (8)	15.5 (97%)	15 (26-15)	15 (.85)	15 (161)
13.5 (7)	14 (96%)	14 (27-19)	14 (.81)	14 (140)
13.5 (7)	13 (95%)	13 (25-16)	13 (.80)	13 (95)
11.5 (6 ½)	12 (93%)	12 (26-19)	12 (.67)	12 (88)
11.5 (6 ½)	11 (92%)	11 (24-20)	11 (.66)	11 (64)
9.5 (4 ½)	10 (89%)	10 (22-18)	9.5 (.64)	10 (61)
9.5 (4 ½)	9 (83%)	9 (28-24)	9.5 (.64)	9 (53)
8 (4)	8 (80%)	8 (21-18)	8 (.60)	8 (52)
6.5 (3)	7 (79%)	7 (23-20)	7 (.56)	7 (49)
6.5 (3)	6 (78%)	6 (24-22)	5.5 (.54)	6 (43)
4.5 (2 ½)	4.5 (75%)	5 (23-21)	5.5 (.54)	5 (33)
4.5 (2 ½)	4.5 (75%)	4 (21-20)	2.5 (.53)	4 (19)
2.5 (2)	3 (74%)	3 (20-20)	2.5 (.53)	3 (16)
2.5 (2)	2 (66%)	2 (22-22)	2.5 (.53)	2 (10)
1 (1 ½)	1 (65%)	1 (22-22)	2.5 (.53)	1 (2)
105 points (13-3)	107 points (12-4)	99 points (11-5)	92 points (10-6)	82 points (10-6)

And here's how my sheet's going to look:

16 points

Pittsburgh Steelers (9-3) over Cincinnati Bengals (2-10)

+39/-12 : +117/140/-23 : -11/+78

15 points

New Orleans Saints (9-3) over St. Louis Rams (6-6)

+65/-8 : +66/61/+5 : +13/+1

14 points

Atlanta Falcons (10-2) over Carolina Panthers (1-11)

+59/-7 : +175/190/-15 : -8/+116

13 points

Green Bay Packers (8-4) over Detroit Lions (2-10)

+50/-7 : +155/161/-6 : +1/+105

12 points

New York Jets (9-3) over Miami Dolphins (6-6)

+59/-2 : +45/43/+2 : +4/-14



11 points
San Diego Chargers (6-6) over Kansas City Chiefs (8-4)

-8/+1 : -12/64/+52 : +51/-4

10 points
Baltimore Ravens (8-4) over Houston Texans (5-7)
+67/-4 : +85/88/-3 : +1/+18



9 points
Philadelphia Eagles (8-4) over Dallas Cowboys (4-8)

+28/+9 : +25/49/-24 : -33/-3



8 points
Denver Broncos (3-9) over Arizona Cardinals (3-9)
-19/+45 : +28/33/+61 : +16/+47



7 points
New York Giants (8-4) over Minnesota Vikings (5-7)
+39/+4 : +78/53/+25 : +21/+39




6 points

Jacksonville Jaguars (7-5) over Oakland Raiders (6-6)

+1/+20 : +29/2/+31 : +11/+28

5 points
New England Patriots (10-2) over Chicago Bears (9-3)
+48/-13 : +22/10/+12 : +25/-26

4 points

San Francisco 49ers (4-8) over Seattle Seahawks (6-6)

-2/+35 : +1/52/+53 : +18/+3

3 points
Indianapolis Colts (6-6) over Tennessee Titans (5-7)

+27/+5 : +20/19/+1 : -4/-7

2 points

Cleveland Browns (5-7) over Buffalo Bills (2-10)

+8/+11 : +106/95/+11 : 0/+98

1 point

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-5) over Washington Redskins (5-7)

+19/+16 : +8/16/-8 : -24/-11