Greg Cote's Week 16 NFL picks

Rolled to a nice 13-3 mark overall last week and a just OK 6-7-3 against the spread, with wins by the Patriots, 49ers and Cowboys all pushing. We called the Chiefs' mini-upset of Chargers and also had a pair of dogs-with-points in Jets and Giants. It has been a tough season for us but we're finishing on the upbeat. We're finally up over Mendoza line of .600 straight-up _ and also now comfortably above our low-water season mark of .573 in 2008. Against the Evil Betting Line we're up to .449, equaling our career low set in 2006, so we have given ourselves a good chance to avoid that ignominy. Roll on, big finish! (Note: There was no Thursday night game this week).