{"id":777,"date":"2006-12-17T01:37:43","date_gmt":"2006-12-17T06:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=777"},"modified":"2006-12-17T01:37:43","modified_gmt":"2006-12-17T06:37:43","slug":"jetnation-week-fifteen-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2006\/12\/17\/jetnation-week-fifteen-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Jetnation Week Fifteen Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jetnation.com\/graphics\/header\/jnlogo.gif\" align=\"right\" \/>By Nick Ferraro<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jets at Vikings (-3)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Jets were disappointing at home last week against Buffalo.\u00c2\u00a0 They are still alive for the postseason though, and they should be very focused on Sunday.\u00c2\u00a0 The Vikings were happy to see Detroit come to <!--more-->town after dropping five of their previous six contests.\u00c2\u00a0 For this game it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a simple as taking your average AFC team against an average NFC team.\u00c2\u00a0 <em><strong>Jets 23 Vikings 17<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Buccaneers at Bears (-13.5)<br \/>\n<\/strong>The Bears have one win to go to clinch home field advantage for the playoffs.\u00c2\u00a0 They also have concerns on offense, which works out well if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re laying 13.5 since they will be very interested in scoring as many points as possible.\u00c2\u00a0 Factor in that the Bucs have nothing on offense to threaten the Bear\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s defense, and you have the recipe for a blowout.\u00c2\u00a0 <em><strong>Bears 31 Buccaneers 0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eagles at Giants (-5)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Eagles have been rejuvenated by the surprisingly solid play of Jeff Garcia.\u00c2\u00a0 They enter the game with no expectations, and that is always a concern for the opponent.\u00c2\u00a0 The Giants, however, are the better team, and they are playing at home in the biggest game of their season thus 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