Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Baltimore Ravens (7-5) at Steelers (10-2): 8:30 p.m. … The Steelers can clinch the division title and sweep the season series for the first time since 2008 with a victory. The Ravens have won three in a row, but the Steelers tend to be surprising­ly good at home in prime time. Prediction: Steelers 23-16

Indianapol­is Colts (3-9) at Buffalo Bills (6-6): 1 p.m. … The Colts and Bills share something in common: Each is 1-4 in their past five games. Difference is, Bills still have a shot at the second wild-card spot in the AFC. Prediction: Bills, 27-10 Chicago Bears (3-9) at Cincinnati Bengals (5-7): 1 p.m. … Poor Bengals fans, they have to endure, year after year, watching their team implode against the Steelers. Paul Brown Stadium is safe today. The Bears are in town. Prediction: Bengals, 24-12

Green Bay Packers (6-6) at Cleveland Browns (0-12): 1 p.m. … It is almost incredulou­s to think Hue Jackson is 1-27 as Browns coach. And he is running out of opportunit­ies to avoid a winless season. The Packers, despite a loss to the Steelers, have looked good the past two weeks. Prediction: Packers, 24-16

San Francisco 49ers (2-10) at Houston Texans (4-8): 1 p.m. … For all the good games on the schedule this weekend, there are same bad ones, too, and this is one of them. The Texans lost their starting quarterbac­k. The 49ers think they found theirs — Jimmy Garoppolo. Prediction: 49ers, 19-18

Minnesota Vikings (10-2) at Carolina Panthers (8-4): 1 p.m. … The Vikings are tied for the best record in the league, but they might be the most unassuming 10-2 team in the league. The Panthers need to bounce back from their road loss in New Orleans to stay in division title hunt. Prediction: Vikings, 20-17

Seattle Seahawks (8-4) at Jacksonvil­le Jaguars (8-4): 1 p.m. … The Seahawks did what they always seem to do in big games — let the opponent know they’re not going away. They did it to the Eagles, they will do it again to the Jaguars. Prediction: Seahawks, 17-13

Oakland Raiders (6-6) at Kansas City Chiefs (6-6): 1 p.m. … All of a sudden, the Raiders find themselves in a similar position to last season — tied at the top of the division with Kansas City, thanks to the Chiefs losing six of their past seven. When will they exit the pit of misery? Dilly dilly. Prediction: Chiefs, 24-23

Detroit Lions (6-6) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-8): 1 p.m. … The Lions are running out of time after last week’s loss to the Ravens to make a run for a wild-card spot. The Buccaneers, who had high expectatio­ns, are among the biggest disappoint­ments of 2017. Prediction: Lions, 27-23

Dallas Cowboys (6-6) at New York Giants (2-10): 1 p.m. … The one thing the Cowboys have been able to do is win games in their own division (3-1). Their problem has been outside the division. The Giants think they have eliminated their problem — firing coach Ben McAdoo and GM Jerry Reese. Prediction: Cowboys, 28-20

Tennessee Titans (8-4) at Arizona Cardinals (5-7): 4:05 p.m. … The Titans are hanging tough in their battle for the division with the Jaguars. They are also positioned well for a wild card, at the very least. But Dick LeBeau will have to solve former fellow coordinato­r with the Steelers Bruce Arians. Prediction: Cardinals, 28-27

New York Jets (5-7) at Denver Broncos (3-9): 4:05 p.m. … It is somewhat unfathomab­le that a franchise such as the Broncos, just two years removed from the Super Bowl, could lose eight of their past nine games. This has to end somewhere, doesn’t it? Prediction: Broncos, 24-21

Washington Redskins (5-7) at Los Angeles Chargers (6-6): 4:05 p.m. … After an 0-4 start, the Chargers have won six of their past eight to tie for the division lead. Of course, they have held a little help from the tumbling Chiefs. They play the Chiefs and Raiders in the final three weeks. Prediction: Chargers, 34-24

Philadelph­ia Eagles (10-2) at Los Angeles Rams (9-3): 4:25 p.m. … The Eagles have already lost a road game against the second-best team in the NFC West. Will it be two in a row against the best team in the NFC West? Don’t bet on it. But they will have to score points against the Rams. Prediction: Eagles, 34-31

New England Patriots (10-2) at Miami Dolphins (5-7): 8:30 p.m. … The Patriots have won eight in a row, tied for best in the league, and can only be derailed here by looking ahead to the Steelers. However, it is unlikely they look at the Steelers as the elephant in the room. Prediction: Patriots, 30-17

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