Week 15 picks

Oakland (+3) at Cincinnati

We all made fun of Jon Gruden for the Khalil Mack trade, and then he dealt receiver Amari Cooper to the Cowboys for a first-rounder and it was like, that’s not as bad! But Cooper has 40 catches for 642 yards and six touchdowns in six games as a Cowboy!

Pick: Cincinnati Washington (+7) at Jacksonville This week’s Washington QB is … Josh Johnson, formerly of Tampa, Cleveland, Cincinnati and San Francisco. He has started five games, none since 2011. Jacksonville counters with … Cody Kessler, whose one win this year had a final score of 6-0. Fight!

Pick: Washington New England (-2.5) at Pittsburgh By the way, the Patriots are 9-4 and close with Buffalo and the Jets and have the tiebreak over Kansas City. Imagine if they hadn’t screwed up the Miami Miracle last week! New England’s relative failure in Miami deserves its own documentary. Pick: New England

THE REST

Houston (-6.5) at N.Y. Jets Pick: Jets Cleveland (+2.5) at Denver Pick: Denver Arizona (+9.5) at Atlanta Pick: Atlanta Tampa Bay (+7.5) at Baltimore Pick: Baltimore Detroit (+2.5) at Buffalo Pick: Detroit Green Bay (+5.5) at Chicago Pick: Chicago Dallas (+3) at Indianapolis Pick: Indianapolis Miami (+7) at Minnesota Pick: Minnesota Tennessee (pick) at N.Y. Giants Pick: Giants Seattle (-3.5) at San Francisco Pick: Seattle Philadelphia (+12.5) at L.A. Rams Pick: Rams New Orleans (-6) at Carolina Pick: New Orleans Byes: None. Last week: 5-11 Season: 103-97-8