Our staff makes their expert picks for the NFL Week 16 battle between the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears.
The Detroit Lions (12-2) will take on the Chicago Bears (4-10) in Week 16, in a battle of NFC North Rivals.
“Talented team, even that game the other night (a 30-12 loss to the Vikings), they’re in it,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said of the Bears. “They played good defense, got plenty of skill, the quarterback’s really played well for a while now. So, we have to be ready to go. But all that being said, I still think it goes back to us and we have to play clean football. We have to play at a high level and play with a lot of details and just get back to the basics of what we do and that’s really what this week’s going to be about for us, is honing in on what we do and just playing fast.”
Here’s a look at our Pride of Detroit staff picks for the Lions in Week 16:
- Hamza Baccouche (12-2): Lions 35-17 (Bold prediction)
- Morgan Cannon (12-2): Lions 34-20 (Video: Scout the opponent)
- Max Gerber (12-2): Lions 27-22
- Brandon Knapp (12-2): Lions 31-17 (Scouting report, X factor)
- Jeremy Reisman (12-2): Lions 34-27 (On Paper)
- Kellie Rowe (12-2): Lions 24-17
- Erik Schlitt (12-2): Lions 31-18 (Scheme breakdown, Honolulu Blueprint)
- Meko Scott (12-2): Lions 28-13 (Video: Scout the Opponent)
- John Whiticar (12-2): Lions 28-17
- Al Karsten (11-3): Lions 35-17 (Key matchups)
- Jerry Mallory (11-3): Lions 31-24
- Alex Reno (11-3): Lions 31-24
- Ty Schalter (11-3): Lions 33-20
- Ryan Mathews (10-4): Lions 24-20 (5 Questions)
- Zac Snyder (8-6): Lions 26-16
- Chris Perfett (0-14): Tie 50-50
For the rest of our staff NFL picks, be sure to check out our Week 16 predictions: Moneyline, spread, and over/under.
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