Unfortunately, I did not have time this week (or last) to do my full NFL "#LETME give you my predictions," but I thought I'd discuss the three big games of the day.
Arizona Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys (noon CT, 1 ET, Fox: Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, and Erin Andrews)
Joe Buck returns to action after calling the World Series, and he's back for a good one. After years of Fox putting its #1 team on Cowboys games frequently even when it doesn't make sense to, this year it certainly does make sense as this is the NFC game of the week. Cardinals 38, Cowboys 34
Denver Broncos at New England Patriots (4:25 ET, CBS: Jim Nantz, Phil Simms, and Tracy Wolfson) Sunset at 4:37.
For folks who wonder why Denver would play at New England two straight years, it's because it's a three-year rotation. Last year the Broncos and Patriots played as a virtue of both winning their divisions the previous season. This year their playing because the AFC East is playing the AFC West, so going back three years to 2011 the last time the AFC East played the AFC West, we can see that that year the Patriots played at the Broncos. Broncos 38, Patriots 24
Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers (8:30 ET, NBC: Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, and Michele Tafoya)
One of the last decade's great rivalries resumes, with Baltimore already having walloped Pittsburgh at Baltimore earlier this season. I don't know why these teams never play in Week 17. How epic would that be? Steelers 21, Ravens 19
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