Week 16 ...
Harrison: Week 16 Power Rankings
A new team at the top, a new team at the bottom and plenty of action in between. Elliot Harrison reshuffles the deck. **More ...**
... hope it's different than Week 15. Too much unpredictability, too many blowouts.
OK, somebody is bitter because he went 8-8 on his picks.
Don't misunderstand: A blowout is fun here and there, especially with all of the parity and close shaves permeating the league. But so many of Week 16's contests felt like dry shaves: Bucs 0, Saints 41 ... Giants 0, Falcons 34 ... Seahawks 50, Bills 17 ... Panthers 31, Chargers 7 ... Lions 10, Cardinals 38 ... and so on.
All of these odd thrashings wreaked havoc on the NFL.com Power Rankings ...
Yeah, Luke. But at least I made up for it by screwing up the picks, too. Stay consistent, stay classy.
Before you get into the games below and start formulating arguments (send 'em to @HarrisonNFL, and I'll hit you back), you might notice that I once again showed faith in the Giants turning it on. It was at precisely this time last year that New York started ballin', kick-starting a six-game win streak in Week 16 that culminated with a win in Super Bowl XLVI.
Giants-Ravens might have been the toughest call of the weekend, by the way. As for the rest ...
Elliot Harrison went 8-8 on his predictions for Week 15, giving him a 118-57-1 record since taking over this space in Week 4. How will he fare in Week 16? His picks are below, with home teams listed second:
Elliot Harrison is an analyst on NFL Network's NFL Fantasy Live show, weekdays at 1 p.m. ET and Sundays at 11:30 a.m. ET. Follow him on Twitter _@HarrisonNFL_.