NFL Picks Week 12: Jets Look to Hand Titans First Loss

Tennessee Titans vs New York Jets
The Titans remain undefeated at 10-0, but this team has not been getting the undefeated respect. The NY Giants are the consensus best team despite being 9-1. The Titans could earn a lot of respect if they take out Brett Favre and the Jets this weekend. Look for Tennessee to pound the ball with LenDale White and Chris Johnson to wear down the Jets D. Then in the 4th quarter Kerry Collins will put NY away. Albert Haynesworth and the Titans' defense will keep Favre under ! control and look for Cortland Finnegan to intercept Favre at least 2 times. Titans win 24-13.

New England Patriots vs Miami Dolphins
The Dolphins shocked the football world earlier this season when they knocked off NE 38-13. Both teams now sit at 6-4 and the winner of this game will have the inside track to a wildcard spot. Matt Cassel has become to blossom into a fantastic QB and has the potential to lead NE to the promised land. Unfor! tunately he cannot do it alone. He will need the running game ! to help out along with the inconsistent defense. Miami on the other hand has Chad Pennington who has revitalized his career along with a great tandem of RBs in Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams. Their defense has been rock solid lead by LB Joey Porter. Despite all of Miami's success, I like NE in this one. Matt Cassel has another big day and the Pats win 21-17.

New York Giants vs Arizona Cardinals
Eli Manning versus Kurt Warner. Last year's SB MVP versus this year's leading MVP candidate. This shoul! d be a great matchup. The Cardinals will need to block extremely well on Sunday or Warner will find himself on his back frequently at the hands of Justin Tuck and Matthias Kiwanuka. The Giants will be able to run the bal successfully with or without Brandon Jacobs. Eli Manning has been mediocre, but hasn't had to prove himself because of the strong running attack. The only way I see Arizona picking up the W is if Eli throws at least 3 interceptions. This isn't going to happen because the Giants will likely only throw the ball 16-20 times. New York wins 28-16

Other Games
Cleveland over Houston 17-16
Dallas over San Francisco 31-9
Tampa Bay over Detroit 38-25
Buffalo over Kansas City 14-13
Chicago over St. Louis 20-10
UPSET ALERT: Jacksonville over Minnesota 23-21
Philadelphia over Baltimore 27-17
Denver over Oakland 35-10
UPSET ALERT: Atlanta over Carolina 24-19
W ashington over Seattle 28-18
Indianapolis over San Diego 31-21
Green Bay over New Orleans 26-22