The Chippers Top 5

St. Louis Rams (5-6-1) vs. Buffalo Bills (5-7)

The Rams are coming off a tough OT win and could be sluggish, but they match up well against the Buffalo Bills. Sam Bradford should have time to work if the O-Line can put together another strong performance. The Ram’s D should hold their own and force a TO or two.

Prediction:  Rams 24 Bills 23

Chicago Bears (8-4) vs. Minnesota Vikings (6-6)

This game will come down to Adrian Peterson – it has to for the Vikings to win. The defense will be chomping at the bit to get revenge. TE Kyle Rudolph is a real matchup issues for the Bears. Being home is huge for the Vikes where they are 5-1.  Just give AP the damn ball!

Prediction:  Vikings 21 Bears 17

Baltimore Ravens (9-3) vs. Washington Redskins (6-6)

Neither team is really healthy, but Baltimore is the better team. The Ravens haven’t lost back to back games in 3 years. As impressive as RGIII is, the Ravens still have a great D and Joe Flacco should be able to tear up the Redskins terrible pass defense.

Prediction: Ravens 33 Redskins 31

New York Jets (5-7) vs. Jacksonville Jaguars (2-10)

Neither of these teams is any good, but one has to win so why not take the home team….forgive me Bob.

Prediction:   Jaguars 12 Jets 6

Atlanta Falcons (11-1) vs. Carolina Panthers (3-9)

Cam Newton presents a special challenge to any defense. This is a tougher test than the Falcons think.  Atlanta has clinched the NFC South and I smell a perfect upset in the making.

Prediction:  Panthers 30 Falcons 28

Hole # 13 Recap:

Prediction:  Bears  21  Seahawks 10  Loss -  These two “Bruising” defenses gave up a total of 817 yards from scrimmage (308 rushing) and a total of 47 first downs.  An OT thriller, the Hawks get a rare W on the road.

Prediction:  Jets  10  Cardinals 0  Win -  The “San-Chise” gets pulled in the 2^nd qtr for poor performance.  They should have pulled both teams in this bore-fest.

Prediction:  Browns  24  Raiders 17  Win – The Browns put up a balanced attack with 353 yds passing and 122 yds rushing as they break a 12 games road losing streak in Oakland.

Prediction:  Chargers 27  Bengals 24 Loss – Looks like the Bolts are mailing it in and don’t hope to get a win on the road this week in Pittsburgh.

Prediction:  Redskins  31  Giants 27  Win – Are the G-Men saving some for the home stretch? The Skins pull to within one game in the NFC East with the win as RGIII shows he’s worthy of the MVP award for 2012.

Total for the week:  3 – 2.  Total for the Year:  39 – 26.

Chipper’s Top 5 coming up tomorrow night.  Be watchin….