National Football League

NFL Week 13 picks: Our predictions for every game on the slate

Published Dec. 14, 2016 8:39 a.m. ET

Zack Pierce

And so we've come to Week 13, which starts with an intriguing Cowboys-Vikings showdown on Thursday night and ends with a Colts-Jets clunker on Monday night. In between: a couple of interesting cross-conference battles on Sunday with the Chiefs visiting the Falcons and the Giants in Pittsburgh. It's also our last week for byes — the Browns (mercifully) and Titans are idle.

Surprise of the Week: The Lions are 7-4 and leading the NFC North, but only one single panelist — Schrager again — likes them on the road in New Orleans against the 5-6 Saints this weekend. Defense will be hard to come by in that one.

Participating this year:

— Chris Chase, Dieter Kurtenbach, Andrew Lynch and Brett Smiley, FOX Sports writers;

— Peter Schrager, FOX Sports NFL insider;

— And WhatIfSports, FOX Sports' simulation engine for computer-generated picks.

Game	Chris Chase	Dieter Kurtenbach	Andrew Lynch	Peter Schrager	Brett Smiley	WIS
DAL at MIN Tickets
KC at ATL Tickets
MIA at BAL Tickets
SF at CHI Tickets
PHI at CIN Tickets
HOU at GB Tickets
DEN at JAC Tickets
LA at NE Tickets
DET at NO Tickets
BUF at OAK Tickets
WAS at ARI Tickets
NYG at PIT Tickets
TB at SD Tickets
CAR at SEA Tickets
IND at NYJ Tickets
This week	11-4	9-6	10-5	9-6	10-5	11-4
Season record	106-84	116-74	124-66	113-77	117-73	116-74