Pro Football: Week 16 Prediction

Last week the accuracy of the Las Vegas oddsmakers was most evident as two of my predictions were in games that fell “right on the number.” Seattle Seahawks favored by 10 points, won by that many vs San Francisco 49ers, ditto the Indianapolis Colts favored by and victorious by seven vs the Houston Texans.

In the other game I predicted, my pick the Dallas Cowboys, a field goal underdog, won at Philadelphia vs the Eagles and now control their destiny in a bid for their first divisional title or playoff berth since 2009.

This week I am predicting Dallas, a three and one half point favorite to win at home vs the Indianapolis Colts, a team that clinched its AFC South crown last week and almost certainly will be no higher than the three seed in the AFC.

The game means much more to Dallas and with their recent history of being denied playoff berths with late season losses, should be the Cowboy’s defining game of this season.

I do not like to “give points,” especially as a prediction to the public, something told to me by the late, great, football guru Beano Cook. Yet against my usual “principles,” Dallas by 7 points. I can just hear Beano yelling at me, up there.