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It's picks time!

For the second-to-last time this NFL season, NESN.com's panel of pickers have surveyed the point spreads, considering the scenarios and then picked names out of a hat to predict who will be victorious in Week 16. As the Carolina Panthers pursue perfection, check out whether our experts can take a baseball bat to Las Vegas' lines.

Here's how things stand with two weeks to go:
Ben Watanabe: 114-95-5 (Last week: 8-6-1). Took Baltimore, saying "the Ravens don't get blown out." Then they got blown out.
Mike Cole: 111-98-5 (Last week: 8-6-1). Picked the Saints, giving up points. Probably not the best move.
Ricky Doyle: 101-108-5 (Last week: 9-5-1). Won the week once again, thanks to the Rams and their French's mustard uniforms.

Let's see how our guys expect Week 16 to play out.

THURSDAY, DEC. 24
San Diego Chargers (4-10) at (-5) Oakland Raiders (6-8), 8:25 p.m. ET
Ben: Raiders. The bettors like Oakland, even though it's 2-5 against the spread at home this season. That's because the Raiders haven't played those seven home games against the Chargers.
Mike: Raiders. It could be the final game in Oakland, and it will be Charles Woodson's final home game. That's gotta be worth a few points, at least.

SATURDAY, DEC. 26
Washington Redskins (7-7) at (-3) Philadelphia Eagles (6-8), 8:25 p.m.
Ben: Redskins. As I say every week, don't make a habit of betting either way on the Eagles. They'll only screw you over, royally.
Mike: Redskins. This is undoubtedly a trap game, as everyone will be betting on the Redskins, but that's just way too many points to pass up.

SUNDAY, DEC. 27
(-7.5) Carolina Panthers (14-0) at Atlanta Falcons (7-7), 1 p.m.
Ben: Panthers. Congratulations to the Falcons, who snapped their nine-game ATS win streak. It came against the Jaguars, though, so it barely counts.
Mike: Panthers. The Falcons needed Blake Bortles to lose his you-know-what in order to steal a win in Jacksonville last week. They won't be as lucky this week, especially with Josh Norman locking up Julio Jones.

Dallas Cowboys (4-10) at (-7) Buffalo Bills (6-8), 1 p.m.
Ben: Bills. This is a rematch of Super Bowls XXVII and XXVIII, both of which Dallas won, but unlike Troy Aikman, I don't dwell in the past.
Mike: Bills. This.

San Francisco 49ers (4-10) at (-10) Detroit Lions (5-9), 1 p.m.
Ben: Niners. I cannot wrap my head around a 5-9 Lions squad being double-digit favorites against any team besides Saint Juliet's Sisters of the Poor Academy. And St. Jul's has a heck of a front seven.
Mike: Lions. Detroit isn't great, but they can front-run with the best of them. So if they get an early lead -- against a bad Niners team playing an early game -- I think this one will get ugly early.

Cleveland Browns (3-11) at (-14) Kansas City Chiefs (9-5), 1 p.m.
Ben: Chiefs. Man, that sure is a lot of points, but the Chiefs are taking a WeedWacker to the spread lately. Who can argue with 7-1 ATS in K.C.'s last eight games?
Mike: Chiefs. One of these teams, Kansas City, has the second-best turnover differential in the league. The other, Cleveland, has the fifth-worst. So, yeah.

Indianapolis Colts (6-8) at Miami Dolphins (5-9), 1 p.m.*
*No line as of Wednesday morning

(-3) New England Patriots (12-2) at New York Jets (9-5), 1 p.m.
Ben: Patriots. The OddsShark computer predicts a 26-16 Jets victory, but my Prodigy-enabled computer says that's unrealistic.
Mike: Jets. The Jets have made a habit of covering as home dogs against New England (four straight), and the Patriots' injury thing is real. Believe in Fitzy!

Chicago Bears (5-9) at (-3) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-8), 1 p.m.
Ben: Bears. See, at this point in the season, I'd just like to ignore games like this and get on with my life. Sort of like the Bears' attitude to every game since the end of November.
Mike: Bears. Tampa Bay has been a favorite of three points or more at home four times since the start of last season, and they've covered 0.0 times.

Houston Texans (7-7) at Tennessee Titans (3-11), 1 p.m.*
*No line as of Wednesday morning

(-11.5) Pittsburgh Steelers (9-5) at Baltimore Ravens (4-10), 1 p.m.
Ben: Steelers. I'm not betting against the Steelers' offense. Are you crazy?
Mike: Steelers. How bad and banged up are the Ravens? I'm taking the Steelers, despite the fact they're 0-7 ATS in their last seven games as road favorite by 10 points or more.

Jacksonville Jaguars (5-9) at New Orleans Saints (5-9), 4:05 p.m.*
*No line as of Wednesday morning

Green Bay Packers (10-4) at (-4.5) Arizona Cardinals (12-2), 4:25 p.m.
Ben: Packers. You give me Aaron Rodgers and points, I'm going to take it.
Mike: Cardinals. The Packers have been underdogs 12 times since the start of the 2012 season. They're 3-9 ATS (and straight-up) in those games.

St. Louis Rams (6-8) at (-14) Seattle Seahawks (9-5), 4:25 p.m.
Ben: Seahawks. The Seahawks are going to win the Super Bowl, aren't they?
Mike: Seahawks. I don't see how the Rams are going to score points in this football game, to be honest.

New York Giants (6-8) at (-5.5) Minnesota Vikings (9-5), 8:30 p.m.
Ben: Vikings. No Odell Beckham for New York, which means Eli Manning will be throwing to a 47-year-old Chris Calloway and a 48-year-old Howard Cross. Haha, just kidding. The Giants' receivers aren't actually that good.
Mike: Vikings. Minnesota isn't great, but they're pretty darn good at beating up on bad teams. The Giants without OBJ are a bad team.

MONDAY, DEC. 28
Cincinnati Bengals (11-3) at (-3.5) Denver Broncos (10-4), 8:30 p.m.
Ben: Bengals. I'll take whoever's getting points in a battle between A.J. McCarron and Brock Osweiler.
Mike: Broncos. I'm probably giving the Denver defense too much credit, but I feel like Wade Phillips is smart enough to go into this game with a gameplan that revolves around trying to make McCarron beat him.

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