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January 2, 2016, Queens, NY  This is the final week of the regular season, and our experts are poised to go out with a bang, on this, the first week of football for the new year, 2016. Last week, John Payant (J-Pay) and Fox Sports’ Mike Hill owned the leaderboard boasting a 10-6 record. They were followed by the previous week’s winner, Danielle Alcide (D-Day), hip-hop icon Kool Moe Dee, and PureSportsNY Editor-in-Chief Jerald Levon Hoover all of whom were 9-7. PureSportsNY writer extraordinaire Mike Dennis (BronxBorn) finished even at 8-8, and Amsterdam News sports writer Vincent Davis was one notch below at 7-9.

Our experts agree on six games for this week. They unanimously picked the Steelers, Bengals, Falcons, Giants, Panthers, and Broncos. This means it comes down to ten games for them. Jerald Hoover stands alone in picking the Titans to beat the Colts. D-Day was the only expert to pick the Raiders over the Chiefs, and Mike Dennis is by his lonesome going with the Packers over the Vikings.

The experts are split 4-3 over the Washington-Cowboys and Lions-Bears games. J-Pay, D-Day, Mike Dennis, and Vincent Davis all picked Washington in contrast to Mike Hill, Kool Moe Dee, and Jerald Hoover who all went with the Cowboys. Mike Hill, D-Day, Mike Dennis, and Vincent Davis picked the Lions while J-Pay, Kool Moe Dee, and Jerald Hoover went with the Bears.

John Payant is the overall leader in total wins and number of weeks at the top spot. He would like nothing more than to close out the regular season with a win. Vincent Davis has only been on the bottom twice and has vowed to be in the running for first place this week. Danielle Alcide, the lady of the bunch, loves to smell the roses and will be at or close to the top. Mike Hill has returned to his old form in the prior two weeks. Expect a strong showing from Fox Sports’ best. Being 8-8 doesn’t sit well with Mike Dennis. Look for him to get at least 10 correct picks. Jerald Hoover is always in the hunt, always dangerous. The expert with the most incentive is undoubtedly Kool Moe Dee. He is in full “How Ya Like Me Now?” mode and wants to show his colleagues who’s the boss.

The fireworks begin tomorrow, January 3, 2016. See our experts’ picks below.

 

 GAMES  JOHN PAYANT
JAGUARS-TEXANS  JAGUARS
STEELERS-BROWNS  STEELERS
JETS-BILLS  BILLS
PATRIOTS-DOLPHINS  DOLPHINS
TITANS-COLTS  COLTS
RAVENS-BENGALS  BENGALS
WASHINGTON-COWBOYS  WASHINGTON
SAINTS-FALCONS  FALCONS
LIONS-BEARS  BEARS
EAGLES-GIANTS  GIANTS
RAMS-49ERS  RAMS
BUCCANEERS-PANTHERS  PANTHERS
RAIDERS-CHIEFS  CHIEFS
CHARGERS-BRONCOS  BRONCOS
SEAHAWKS-CARDINALS  CARDINALS
PACKERS-VIKINGS  VIKINGS

 

 GAMES  MIKE HILL
JAGUARS-TEXANS  TEXANS
STEELERS-BROWNS  STEELERS
JETS-BILLS  JETS
PATRIOTS-DOLPHINS  PATRIOTS
TITANS-COLTS  COLTS
RAVENS-BENGALS  BENGALS
WASHINGTON-COWBOYS  COWBOYS
SAINTS-FALCONS  FALCONS
LIONS-BEARS  LIONS
EAGLES-GIANTS  GIANTS
RAMS-49ERS  RAMS
BUCCANEERS-PANTHERS  PANTHERS
RAIDERS-CHIEFS  CHIEFS
CHARGERS-BRONCOS  BRONCOS
SEAHAWKS-CARDINALS  CARDINALS
PACKERS-VIKINGS  VIKINGS

 

 GAMES  KOOL MOE DEE
JAGUARS-TEXANS  TEXANS
STEELERS-BROWNS  STEELERS
JETS-BILLS  BILLS
PATRIOTS-DOLPHINS  PATRIOTS
TITANS-COLTS  COLTS
RAVENS-BENGALS  BENGALS
WASHINGTON-COWBOYS  COWBOYS
SAINTS-FALCONS  FALCONS
LIONS-BEARS  BEARS
EAGLES-GIANTS  GIANTS
RAMS-49ERS  49ERS
BUCCANEERS-PANTHERS  PANTHERS
RAIDERS-CHIEFS  CHIEFS
CHARGERS-BRONCOS  BRONCOS
SEAHAWKS-CARDINALS  CARDINALS
PACKERS-VIKINGS  VIKINGS

 

 GAMES D-DAY
JAGUARS-TEXANS  TEXANS
STEELERS-BROWNS  STEELERS
JETS-BILLS  JETS
PATRIOTS-DOLPHINS  PATRIOTS
TITANS-COLTS  COLTS
RAVENS-BENGALS  BENGALS
WASHINGTON-COWBOYS  WASHINGTON
SAINTS-FALCONS  FALCONS
LIONS-BEARS  LIONS
EAGLES-GIANTS  GIANTS
RAMS-49ERS  RAMS
BUCCANEERS-PANTHERS  PANTHERS
RAIDERS-CHIEFS  RAIDERS
CHARGERS-BRONCOS  BRONCOS
SEAHAWKS-CARDINALS  CARDINALS
PACKERS-VIKINGS  VIKINGS

 

 GAMES JERALD HOOVER
JAGUARS-TEXANS  JAGUARS
STEELERS-BROWNS  STEELERS
JETS-BILLS  JETS
PATRIOTS-DOLPHINS  DOLPHINS
TITANS-COLTS  TITANS
RAVENS-BENGALS  BENGALS
WASHINGTON-COWBOYS  COWBOYS
SAINTS-FALCONS  FALCONS
LIONS-BEARS  BEARS
EAGLES-GIANTS  GIANTS
RAMS-49ERS  RAMS
BUCCANEERS-PANTHERS  PANTHERS
RAIDERS-CHIEFS  CHIEFS
CHARGERS-BRONCOS  BRONCOS
SEAHAWKS-CARDINALS  CARDINALS
PACKERS-VIKINGS  VIKINGS

 

 GAMES  MIKE DENNIS
JAGUARS-TEXANS  TEXANS
STEELERS-BROWNS  STEELERS
JETS-BILLS  JETS
PATRIOTS-DOLPHINS  PATRIOTS
TITANS-COLTS  COLTS
RAVENS-BENGALS  BENGALS
WASHINGTON-COWBOYS  WASHINGTON
SAINTS-FALCONS  FALCONS
LIONS-BEARS  LIONS
EAGLES-GIANTS  GIANTS
RAMS-49ERS  49ERS
BUCCANEERS-PANTHERS  PANTHERS
RAIDERS-CHIEFS  CHIEFS
CHARGERS-BRONCOS  BRONCOS
SEAHAWKS-CARDINALS  SEAHAWKS
PACKERS-VIKINGS  PACKERS

 

 GAMES  VINCENT DAVIS
JAGUARS-TEXANS  TEXANS
STEELERS-BROWNS  STEELERS
JETS-BILLS  JETS
PATRIOTS-DOLPHINS  PATRIOTS
TITANS-COLTS  COLTS
RAVENS-BENGALS  BENGALS
WASHINGTON-COWBOYS  WASHINGTON
SAINTS-FALCONS  FALCONS
LIONS-BEARS  LIONS
EAGLES-GIANTS  GIANTS
RAMS-49ERS  RAMS
BUCCANEERS-PANTHERS  PANTHERS
RAIDERS-CHIEFS  CHIEFS
CHARGERS-BRONCOS  BRONCOS
SEAHAWKS-CARDINALS  SEAHAWKS
PACKERS-VIKINGS  VIKINGS

 

Professor Clifford Benton can be reached at @cliffordbenton.

By Vernon McKenzie

Graduate of New Institute Of Technology with a BA in Communications with a focus on Television Radio. Owner and Executive Producer of PureSportsNY

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