Weekend Blitz: NFL Week 13 picks

By Jimmy Traina
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Welcome to another edition of "Weekend Blitz," a column that will appear on FOXSports.com each Friday during the football season. Consider this one of your must-read features as you wrap up the week and head into a Saturday and Sunday filled with pigskin. We'll be giving out NFL picks, possibly some college football picks and plug some of the best content from the world of sports and pop culture.

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TITANS -2.5 VS. JAGUARS: This will sound insane, but Tennessee is our best bet of the week. Yes, the Jaguars may have two more wins than the 2-9 Titans this season, but Jacksonville is not a better football team than Tennessee. And Marcus Mariota is already a better quarterback than Blake Bortles, who won't have his top receiver, Allen Hurns (concussion), for this game. Tennessee does not have one of the bigger home-field advantages in the NFL, but the Jaguars are 4-23 in their last 27 road games. We'll take our chances that the Titans win by at least a field goal.

49ERS +7.5 AT BEARS: San Francisco got royally screwed by the referees in last week's home loss to the Cardinals, but if you watched the game, you saw a 49ers team that is still trying hard, especially on defense. Don't be surprised when San Francisco causes a couple of Jay Cutler turnovers this week. While Chicago has made huge strides during the season after a rough start, we like getting more than a touchdown here.

VIKINGS +1.5 VS. SEAHAWKS: We've picked the Vikings a ton this season and we're not going to stop now on a week when they're actually getting points at home. Minnesota doesn't get a ton of attention, but its defense is much better than Seattle's. QB Teddy Bridgewater hasn't played as well as you'd like over the past few weeks, but RB Adrian Peterson is rolling over the past six weeks. One more nugget to consider: The Vikings are 7-2-1 against-the-spread in its last 10 games at home. This will be the game where Minnesota sends a message to the NFL that it will be dangerous in the playoffs.

GIANTS +2 VS. JETS: When you think the Giants will win, they lose. When you think the Giants will lose, they win. After last week's loss to the Redskins, most people are down on the Giants. This is the exact type of spot where they end up bouncing back. One huge plus for Eli Manning and Odell Beckhman Jr. in this game: Darrelle Revis will not play for the Jets because of a concussion.

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