2022-23 NFL

MDS has opened up a narrow one-game lead, through 11 weeks. In the eleventh week of the regular season, MDS hit on two of our three disagreements. I went 9-6, and he went 10-5. For the year, I’m now at 101-63-1. MDS is now 102-62-1. For the third straight week, we disagree on three games. For all our picks, keep scrolling. Bears (-3.5) at Lions MDS’s take: It appears that the Bears will turn to Andy Dalton with Justin Fields injured, and Dalton’s steady hand probably gives them a better chance of winning against a bad Lions team. MDS’s pick: Bears 24, Lions 17. Florio’s take: When the Bears and Lions play, who’ll win? No one who actually watches the game, that’s for sure. Florio’s pick: Bears 27, Lions 20. Raiders (+7) at Cowboys MDS’s take: The Cowboys will shake off a disappointing performance on Sunday and win against a Raiders team that is circling the drain. MDS’s pick: Cowboys 27, Raiders 14. Florio’s take: The Cowboys aren’t as good as they think they are. The Raiders are worse

  A long day in the film room is on tap for the Jets defense . The Colts offensive line brutalized the Jets' front seven, ripping open cavernous holes for the running game. Play after play, Jonathan Taylor and Nyheim Hines got to the second level of the defense barely touched, if touched at all, as the Jets defensive linemen offered all the resistance of a practice sled. The Colts posted the highest single-game rushing total in the NFL this season (260), and the offensive line made that largely easy work. Wentz looks great, but who wouldn’t? Carson Wentz played his best game as a Colt, carving up the Jets secondary for three touchdowns on 22-of-30 passing. It was a praise-worthy performance, to be sure, but the Jets’ horrific defensive showing demands a lowered ceiling on Wentz acclaim. He had the benefit of the aforementioned dominant running game and strong pass protection to go with it, most notably on a deep 31-yard completion to Zach Pascal on which Wentz rolled out to his ri