NFL 2021 Week 11 picks

 A busy week prevented me from completing this blog post before Thursday night, so we'll skip that game.

Sunday early games

Baltimore Ravens at Chicago Bears : The Ravens need to bounce back from a tough loss last week, and the Bears are the perfect foil.  RAVENS, 27-20

Detroit Lions at Cleveland Browns : The Lions tied last week, after nearly engineering a win the week earlier, so they seem to be improving.  But can they sustain that run against the tough Browns defense?  I don't think so.  BROWNS, 24-13

Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings : While not up to regular form, one constant in recent history about the Packers is that they manhandle their divisional opponents.  PACK, 34-23

Houston Texans at Tennessee Titans : The Titans are perhaps the best overall team in the AFC.  With the Texans' troubles, this should be an easy win.  TITANS, 27-13

Indianapolis Colts at Buffalo Bills : The Bills found their offense last week and I expect them to keep expanding it.  The Colts have some strengths, but they'll find themselves overmatched in this game.  BILLS, 31-13

Miami Dolphins at New York Jets : When these two teams play, the score often goes haywire.  Huge scores in years when offenses are down, lots of turnovers when they had been playing clean ball.  Because of that, I'm tempted to pick the Jets, as that would be an example of the topsy-turvy games played by these two.  I won't, though, but wouldn't be surprised to see it.  DOLPHINS, 28-23

New Orleans Saints at Philadelphia Eagles : The Eagles tend to win big and lose close games, and I think this one will be close.  SAINTS, 27-24

San Francisco 49ers at Jacksonville Jaguars : Even the 49ers aren't still basking in the glory of beating the Rams last week, they should push aside the Jags.  I'm not sure their mind will be totally on the game, though, so this one will be closer than it should be due to some 49er mistakes.  49ERS, 17-13

Washington at Carolina Panthers : Cam Newton has breathed new life back into this team.  PANTHERS, 24-16

Sunday late games

Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks : The Cards should get this together after recent down weeks, especially since those woes weren't all due to injuries.  The Seahawks are acting confused, even with Russell Wilson back under center, and the Cards will take advantage of that.  CARDINALS, 34-23

Cincinnati Bengals at Las Vegas Raiders : The Raiders are starting to come unglued.  BENGALS, 21-17

Dallas Cowboys at Kansas City Chiefs : Just when the Chiefs seem to be turning things around this season, something comes undone.  I think that will happen again here, knocking the Chiefs out of the top spot in the division.  COWBOYS, 28-24

Sunday night

Pittsburgh Steelers at Los Angeles Chargers : The Steelers got too used to playing patsy teams from the NFC North.  They face real competition this week, and will fall short.  CHARGERS, 20-16

Monday Night Football

New York Giants at Tampa Bay Bucs : This one is probably the easiest to call of all of the games this week.  BUCS, 27-13