Stars in COVID protocols, head coaches “preparing” for their final games with a team, golf clubs in front of lockers; mass hysteria! The first true Week 18 in NFL history has all the wacky variables you don’t want to account for in gambling lines, but let’s see what we can do.

You should seize every opportunity you have to use the word “penultimate”, so here we are. Also, how much confidence should we have in the NFL-best 12-3 Packers when they keep blowing big leads and crying about an injured pinky toe?

Big rematches are highlighting Week 16, with Pats-Bills and Bengals-Ravens carrying serious playoff implications. Let’s see who’s healthy enough to come out on top. Happy holidays, everyone!

We were all lined up for the first full slate since Week 5, but things have certainly gotten interesting already. Fingers crossed we get them all in and legitimize the first week of Fantasy Football playoffs! Oh, and that we get back over .500 for the season.

We hosted a belated Friendsgiving last night, and it’s fair to say I’m not at the top of my game this morning. Our record to-date suggests that won’t matter much, but at least there’s less to read this week!