PiRate Ratings NFL Forecast for Week 16: December 21-23, 2019

This Week’s PiRate Ratings Spreads

Home	Visitor	PiRate	Mean	Bias
Tampa Bay	Houston	2.2	3.4	4.1
New England	Buffalo	9.2	8.9	8.4
San Francisco	LA Rams	5.9	7.7	7.7
Atlanta	Jacksonville	11.8	11.9	11.9
Tennessee	New Orleans	-4.0	-1.9	-2.4
Washington	N. Y. Giants	0.7	1.2	0.5
N. Y. Jets	Pittsburgh	-2.7	-2.7	-4.2
Miami	Cincinnati	-1.2	-0.8	-1.2
Indianapolis	Carolina	5.7	6.7	5.9
Cleveland	Baltimore	-10.8	-10.6	-11.5
LA Chargers	Oakland	12.7	12.7	12.1
Denver	Detroit	6.7	8.5	8.2
Seattle	Arizona	12.1	11.6	11.3
Philadelphia	Dallas	-0.6	-2.2	-2.3
Chicago	Kansas City	0.1	-2.9	-2.8
Minnesota	Green Bay	9.6	8.5	8.4

 

This Week’s PiRate Ratings Totals

Home	Visitor	Total
Tampa Bay	Houston	54
New England	Buffalo	36.5
San Francisco	LA Rams	51.5
Atlanta	Jacksonville	44
Tennessee	New Orleans	46.5
Washington	N. Y. Giants	43
N. Y. Jets	Pittsburgh	41
Miami	Cincinnati	50
Indianapolis	Carolina	49
Cleveland	Baltimore	49
LA Chargers	Oakland	47.5
Denver	Detroit	42.5
Seattle	Arizona	49
Philadelphia	Dallas	47.5
Chicago	Kansas City	47.5
Minnesota	Green Bay	46.5

 

This Week’s PiRate Ratings

A F C
East	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
New England	108.1	108.8	108.3	108.4	19.5	11-3
Buffalo	101.9	102.9	102.9	102.6	17	10-4
N. Y. Jets	94.2	94.8	93.8	94.3	21.5	5-9
Miami	89.2	89.4	89.2	89.3	27.5	3-11
North	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Baltimore	111.6	111.7	112.5	112.0	25	12-2
Pittsburgh	99.4	100.0	100.5	99.9	19.5	8-6
Cleveland	97.9	98.1	98.0	98.0	24	6-8
Cincinnati	92.9	92.7	92.9	92.8	22.5	1-13
South	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Tennessee	102.0	102.4	102.4	102.3	20.5	8-6
Houston	102.0	102.3	102.1	102.2	24	9-5
Indianapolis	97.9	98.7	98.1	98.2	23	6-8
Jacksonville	91.3	91.4	91.3	91.3	18	5-9
West	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Kansas City	105.2	106.0	105.9	105.7	30	10-4
LA Chargers	102.0	101.7	101.1	101.6	22	5-9
Denver	98.9	99.2	98.9	99.0	19	5-9
Oakland	91.2	91.0	91.0	91.1	25.5	6-8
N F C
East	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Dallas	104.8	105.1	104.8	104.9	23	7-7
Philadelphia	101.3	99.9	99.6	100.2	24.5	7-7
N.Y. Giants	93.4	93.6	93.9	93.6	24.5	3-11
Washington	91.6	92.3	91.9	91.9	18.5	3-11
North	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
Minnesota	108.6	107.5	107.7	108.0	22	10-4
Green Bay	102.0	102.0	102.3	102.1	24.5	11-3
Chicago	102.9	100.6	100.6	101.4	17.5	7-7
Detroit	95.1	93.7	93.7	94.2	23.5	3-10-1
South	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
New Orleans	108.5	106.8	107.3	107.5	26	11-3
Tampa Bay	101.3	102.7	103.2	102.4	30	7-7
Atlanta	100.6	100.8	100.7	100.7	26	5-9
Carolina	95.2	95.0	95.2	95.1	26	5-9
West	PiRate	Mean	Bias	Avg	Totals	W-L
San Francisco	107.3	108.1	108.4	107.9	25.5	11-3
LA Rams	104.4	103.4	103.7	103.8	26	8-6
Seattle	103.2	103.0	103.2	103.1	24	11-3
Arizona	94.1	94.3	94.9	94.4	25	4-9-1

 

Playoff Projections

 

AFC Seeding
1	Baltimore
2	New England
3	Kansas City
4	Houston
5	Buffalo
6	Pittsburgh

NFC Seeding
1	New Orleans
2	Seattle
3	Green Bay
4	Philadelphia
5	San Francisco
6	Minnesota

 

Wildcard Round

Kansas City over Pittsburgh

Buffalo over Houston

Green Bay over Minnesota

San Francisco over Philadelphia

Divisional Round

Baltimore over Buffalo

New England over Kansas City

New Orleans over San Francisco

Seattle over Green Bay

Conference Championship

Baltimore over New England

Seattle over New Orleans

Super Bowl 54

Seattle over Baltimore