With Cincinnati finishing Fantasy Football Championship weekend by defeating Denver, the NFL continued its frantic, weekly-picksunpredictable run to the real postseason Monday night. The Bengals’ upset caught all of us off guard, ending a week of less-than-stellar prognosticating.

Anthony Maggio proved he can do more than pick fantasy lineups by navigating the upset-laden week to an 11-5 mark. He paced us. Tony, John and permanent guest picker Dr. Phil each hit 10. I botched pretty much every questionable game, dropping to 8-8.

Here are the standings for the week and the season as we head to week 17:

Name Week Season
Dr. Phil 10-6 166-73-1
John Vomhof Jr 10-6 161-78-1
Tony 10-6 159-80-1
Andy 8-8 153-86-1
Maggio 11-5 145-94-1

The regular season wraps up this week. While it looks like our leaders have enough of a cushion to ensure they stay on top, we’re going to also continue to see at week’s end how we fare against some of the “NFL experts.” Here are our picks for the season’s last week:

Andy Tony John Maggio
Sunday, December 28
Buffalo at New England New England New England New England New England
Cleveland at Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore
Carolina at Atlanta Carolina Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta
Chicago at Minnesota Chicago Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota
Dallas at Washington Dallas Dallas Dallas Dallas
Detroit at Green Bay Green Bay Green Bay Green Bay Green Bay
Jacksonville at Houston Houston Houston Houston Houston
Indianapolis at Tennessee Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis
San Diego at Kansas City Kansas City Kansas City Kansas City San Diego
NY Jets at Miami NY Jets Miami Miami Miami
New Orleans at Tampa Bay New Orleans New Orleans New Orleans New Orleans
Philadelphia at NY Giants NY Giants NY Giants Philadelphia NY Giants
Oakland at Denver Denver Denver Denver Denver
Arizona at San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco
St. Louis at Seattle Seattle Seattle Seattle Seattle
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh Cincinnati Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh

Game of the Week: Detroit at Green Bay – The NFL will flex the Bengals/Steelers game to Sunday night and, I guess, with good reason. But I think the most interesting game on the slate is Sunday afternoon’s tilt at Lambeau Field. The Lions have not won in Green Bay since 1991, but did win the earlier game this season in Detroit. The teams are tied at 11-4, so there could be a first-round playoff bye at stake. Of the games that have postseason ramifications, this is likely the biggest.

Game of the Weak: New Orleans at Tampa Bay – Since the NFL went to scheduling mostly divisional games the last couple weeks of the season there have not been a lot of meaningless, boring contests in week 17. This is no exception – I could find a reason to tune in to most of these games. I’ll pick the Saints/Bucs game because there is nothing on the line and both of these teams went into the season with at least somewhat of a whisper of postseason buzz. New Orleans has been the bigger disappointment, but both have had huge letdown seasons for their fans and cities.