It’s been a fun week basking in the glory of the first Patriots playoff win since Super Bowl LIII, but now it’s time to focus on the next opponent, the Houston Texans. What better way to break it all down, than a Dan Shaughnessy style look at how each team’s respective home town matches up with the other.
A football cat
Houston has the Johnson Space Center. Foxborough has the Gillette Stadium Lighthouse. Advantage:Patriots
The landlocked lighthouse is much more impressive
Well there you have it, bet your kid’s college tuition on the home team and thank us later
Saturday Dinner Time Bills at Broncos (-1.5) Buffalo sauces Nix
Buffalo are right at home in Denver
Saturday Prowl Time 49ers at Seahawks (-7) Fake Seabirds rain on Purrrdy’s parade
Someone left the cat out in the rain
Sunday Early Dinner Time Texans at Patriots (-3) As that great Patriot, Patrick Star once opined: “The stars at night are dull and dim whenever they have to be over dumb old stupid Texas! “
SpongeBob had it fisrt
Sunday Late Dinner Time Rams (-3.5) at Bears Horny sheep bang da’ Bears
This is why all Bears fans support two teams
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
Congratulations for surviving “Black Monday” and “Mixed Thursday”. If there’s one thing the sports media knows it’s that coaches losing their jobs is hilarious! Ha ha ha!
I don’t think we’re supposed to be talking about this
But while you’re convulsing in laughter please remember to offer thoughts and prayers to all the hardworking people affected by the imminent closing of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and the shuttering of Horse & Buggy Whip, LLC. They will be missed.
Saturday Dinner Time Rams (-10.5) at Panthers Black cats’ luck runs out against horny sheep
Don’t blame me, assholes
Saturday Prowl Time Packers (-1.5) at Bears Meat Men send Bears into hibernation
At least no one is getting ground up this time
Sunday Lunch Time Bills at Jags (-1.5) Guys, guys… don’t waste your money on an Esty witch. Hairy cows trample spotted cats.
The upside is more beach time for the spotty cats
Sunday Dinner Time 49ers at Eagles (-5.5) American Birds pluck Purrrrdy’s prospectors
Sunday Prowl Time Chargers at Patriots (-3.5) The Patriots get their first playoff win since Super Bowl LIII
Do you feel lucky, punk?
Monday Prowl Time Texans (-3) at Steelers Men of Steel give Houston too many problems
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
239 games picked, 158 wins, 81 losses. Not bad. Just a cat hair away from picking correctly two out of three times!
Everybody needs money. That’s why it’s called ‘money.’
Despite those gaudy numbers, Football Cat was inexplicably Beat in 2025 by Andy, Murph, and multiple time winners Vin and Warren’s Aunt! Congratulations again!
Thanks to all who read, participated, or just cheered from the cheap seats. Football Cat will Return.
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
Oh, yes, for those who have been wondering, the healthy gal in the cheetah patterned two-piece is Australian model, influencer, blogger, designer, and businesswoman Natalie Roser. You’re welcome.
Can YOU pick more winners than our own Football Cat? If so, you become eligible to win prizes!
Another season of picks almost done. Need to stretch into the New Year.
How to play? Simply pick who you think will win this weekend’s games. (No Monday game this go around, only Saturday and Sunday) Pick more winners than FC, and you can win your choice of either a The15 Inside Joke Prize Pack, a $25 Amazon Gift Card, or a $25 Supermarket Gift Card! Your choice as to Market Basket, Big Y, Shaw’s, or Stop & Shop! (Or another, if you are outside the New England Area)
Prizes to be won!
(One winner per week. In the event of a tie, a winner will be chosen at random.)
Here are this weekend’s NFL matchups:
Seahawks at 49ers
Saints at Falcons
Browns at Bengals
Colts at Texans
Titans at Jaguars
Packers at Vikings
Cowboys at Giants
Jets at Bills
Lions at Bears
Chargers at Broncos
Cardinals at Rams
Chiefs at Raiders
Dolphins at Patriots
Commanders at Eagles
Ravens at Steelers (Tiebreaker – total points scored)
Email your picks to bjbsjournalintern@gmail.com (prior to kickoff of the first listed game) or, if that isn’t your bag, post them on the Twitter and our raring to go squad of interns will make sure your entry is added to this week’s pool of contestants!
Good luck one last time this NFL season to all our contestants!
From the home office in Nashua New Hampshire, the Top 10 Cat New Year’s resolutions for 2026…
10. Stop knocking things off the table… before making eye contact. 9. Learn what “no” means — and continue to ignore it. 8. Sit on warm laptops instead of freshly folded laundry. (Maybe) 7. Eat food more slowly so humans stop accusing me of “inhaling.” 6. Meow at 3 a.m. with a clearer sense of purpose. 5. Fit into boxes without questioning physics. 4. Respect personal space — primarily my own. 3. Pretend to be grateful when receiving gifts I absolutely hate. 2. Reduce judgmental staring to under 14 hours a day. 1. Finally reveal why I do anything… just kidding!
Saturday Dinner Time Panthers at Buccaneers (-2.5) Black cats sink Bucs
Never too early to mark those calendars
Saturday Prowl Time Seahawks (-1.5) at 49ers Purrrrrdy swallows fake Sea Birds
Sunday Lunch Time Saints at Falcons (-3) Falcons excommunicate Saints
St.Gertrude of Nivelles, patron saint of cats
Browns at Bengals (-7.5) Stripey Cats eat elves
Colts at Texans (-10.5) Houston’s practice squad has no problem with Indy’s practice squad
Titans at Jaguars (-12.5) Jags top Tits
Did someone say “Jags tit top”?
Packers at Vikings (-6.5) Vikings win by default
Cowboys (-3.5) at Giants Dart defeats Dallas
Darts is (are?) the sport of the future
Jets at Bills (-7) Bills ground Jets
Visual flight rules are in affect
Lions at Bears (-3) Bears send Jungle Kings into hibernation
Chargers at Broncos (-12.5) Is this the long awaited Trey Lance breakout game? Sorry Patriot fans, it is not.
Cardinals at Rams (-7.5) Rams rough up Red Birds
Chiefs (-5.5) at Raiders Raiders are dozing for Mendoza
It’s not tanking, it’s napping
Dolphins at Patriots (-10.5) Patriots drop Coach Drip
Commanders at Eagles (-7) American Birds crush Commies
The good old days when Russia were the bad guys
Sunday Prowl Time Ravens (-3.5) at Steelers Team X lives! Black birds get to prove that they aren’t afraid to lose on Wild Card Weekend.
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
After going an impressive 13-2 in Week 16 and not being bested by any of you primates, Football Cat has decided to spend this between-the-holidays weekend maxing and relaxing at the Fortress of Fortitude. Football Cat will return for the final week of the NFL season.
As it turns out, Football Cat was making rather merry yesterday, and is in no condition to make picks this week. But fear not! Other the15net.com adjacent animals have graciously stepped up to fill the void. Football Cat will be back next week, tanned and rested, and ready to ring in the New Year.
A poor excuse for picking a dog’s pocket every twenty fifth of December!
Saturday Dinner Time Texans at Chargers (-1.5) After a thorough review of each team’s sleep scores and rain gauges, Frank says take the Texans
My diet consists entirely of discarded egg yolks
Saturday Prowl Time Ravens at Packers (-3) Jocko doesn’t like the Black Birds
Sunday Lunch Time Seahawks (-7) at Panthers Jocko doesn’t like the Black Cats
Jocko is set in his ways
Cardinals at Bengals (-7.5) Warren Dull’s second stepfather’s neighbor’s nephew’s grandmother once had a budgie that got eaten by her bridge partner’s cat. The stripey cats do the same to the pretty red birds.
Trouble brewing
Steelers (-3) at Browns The Cleveland Pig will be drowning her sorrows at the feeding trough
The Ozempic has done wonders for her
Jaguars (-6.5) at Colts Kenny the pet bee thinks the Jags swarm the Colts. Indy better have extra epee pens on hand.
She suffers from rosacea you inconsiderate jerks!
Buccaneers (-5.5) at Dolphins Jasper loves the Bucs inside and out.
Keep shining! People notice!
Patriots (-13.5) at Jets Loki is waiting to see a jet crash and burn
Think lovely thoughts
Saints (-2.5) at Titans Millie says to lay it all on the Tits
Pay attention to Millie!
Sunday Dinner Time Giants (-1.5) at Raiders The Teddy the doodle is a fan of Pete the poodle
He’s hypoallergenic and machine washable
Eagles at Bills (-1.5) Packo loves Buffalo, especially their wings with a nice coating of Rub Smoke Love BEEF CAKE premium all-natural beef rub and seasoning.
It was a very popular stocking stuffer
Sunday Prowl Time Bears at 49ers (-3) Marv thinks that Bears will lay low and then suddenly snap and go for the 49ers jugular.
Hi Marv!
Monday Prowl Time Rams (-7.5) at Falcons Cocaine bear loves LA
* loud grunting noises *
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
Can YOU pick more winners than our own Football Cat? If so, you become eligible to win prizes!
Presents? For me? Aw, you shouldn’t have!
Congratulations to Vinny for winning a second time!
How to play? Simply pick who you think will win this weekend’s games. (Saturday, Sunday and Monday only, Football Cat negotiated no non-holiday Thursdays) Pick more winners than FC, and you can win your choice of either a The15 Inside Joke Prize Pack, a $25 Amazon Gift Card, or a $25 Supermarket Gift Card! Your choice as to Market Basket, Big Y, Shaw’s, or Stop & Shop! (Or another, if you are outside the New England Area)
Fun!
(One winner per week. In the event of a tie, a winner will be chosen at random. Winners remail eligible to also win in future weeks.)
Here are this weekend’s NFL matchups:
Eagles at Commanders
Packers at Bears
Buccaneers at Panthers
Bills at Browns
Chargers at Cowboys
Jets at Saints
Vikings at Giants
Chiefs at Titans
Bengals at Dolphins Falcons at Cardinals
Jaguars at Broncos
Steelers at Lions
Raiders at Texans Patriots at Ravens
49ers at Colts (Tiebreaker – total points scored)
Email your picks to bjbsjournalintern@gmail.com (prior to kickoff of the first listed game) or, if that isn’t your bag, post them on the Twitter and our holly jolly band of interns will make sure your entry is added to this week’s pool of contestants!
Do you like football? Of course you do or you wouldn’t be here. Do you like the color and pageantry of college athletics? We can see you rockin’ and reelin’, and hanging from the ceiling, so that’s a “yes”. And most importantly, do you like showtunes? *Squeals with delight!* Well Mr./Mrs./Ms./Dr. First Nighter do we have a fabulous quiz for you!
You know what would be fun?
Each of the four games in this weekend’s college football playoff involves at least one team associated with a Tony Award winning Broadway musical!
Can you name the show for each matchup? (click to reveal the answer)
Alabama at Oklahoma
“Oklahoma” (Duh!)
Miami at Texas A&M
“The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”
Tulane at Ole Miss
“Show Boat”
James Madison at Oregon
“Hamilton”
Now these are musical cats!
Saturday Dinner Time Eagles (-6.5) at Commanders American Birds crush the Commies
Saturday Prowl Time Packers at Bears (-1.5) Northwest Indiana Bears grind the Meatmen
This is not in the holiday spirit
Sunday Lunch Time Buccaneers (-3) at Panthers Someone has to win this game, may as well be the Black Cats
Bills (-10.5) at Browns What can Brown do for you, Patriots fans? Nothing. Bills cruise
I’d prefer to a lump of coal
Chargers at Cowboys (-2.5) Fun fact: In Weeks 12 and 13, the Cowboys defeated the Eagles and Chiefs. In Weeks 14 and 15, the Chargers defeated the Eagles and Chiefs. That was the first time that two different teams defeated the previous season’s Super Bowl teams in consecutive weeks. Bolts shock Boys
Jets at Saints (-5.5) Saints cook Jets
Thanks to the cooking Saints at the Nashua Soup Kitchen!
Vikings (-3) at Giants Vikings sink tanking G-Men
Chiefs (-3) at Titans Tits motorboat Mahomes-less Chiefs
Ahoy, polloi!
Bengals (-4.5) at Dolphins Stripey cats win vs Quinn the Fin
Sunday Dinner Time Falcons (-3) at Cardinals Raptors raid pretty red birds nest
Jaguars at Broncos (-3) Spotty cats can’t handle the (atmospheric) pressure
Spotty cats prefer being at sea level
Steelers at Lions (-7) Jungle Kings can’t be caged by Steel Men
Raiders at Texans (-14.5) Texans toast Vegas
Sunday Prowl Time Patriots at Ravens (-3) Road warriors roll Ravens
Glad tidings to all the Drake-A-Maniacs!
Monday Prowl Time 49ers (-6) at Colts Purrrrdy pops Ponies
Meowy Christmas
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
Can YOU pick more winners than our own Football Cat? If so, you become eligible to win prizes!
Congratulations once again to Warren Dull’s aunt for beating Football Cat in Week 14! She should play the Powerball tonight!
How to play? Simply pick who you think will win this weekend’s games. (Sunday and Monday only, Football Cat negotiated no non-holiday Thursdays) Pick more winners than FC, and you can win either a The15 Inside Joke Prize Pack or a $25 Supermarket Gift Card! Your choice as to Market Basket, Big Y, Shaw’s, or Stop & Shop! (Or another, if you are outside the New England Area)
Maybe play some KENO?
(One winner per week. In the event of a tie, a winner will be chosen at random. Winners remail eligible to also win in future weeks.)
Here are this weekend’s NFL matchups:
Browns at Bears
Ravens at Bengals
Cardinals at Texans
Jets at Jaguars
Chargers at Chiefs
Bills at Patriots
Commanders at Giants
Raiders at Eagles
Packers at Broncos
Lions at Rams
Panthers at Saints
Colts at Seahawks
Titans at 49ers
Vikings at Cowboys
Dolphins at Steelers (Tiebreaker – total points scored)
Email your picks to bjbsjournalintern@gmail.com (prior to kickoff of the first listed game) or, if that isn’t your bag, post them on the Twitter and our merry band of interns will make sure your entry is added to this week’s pool of contestants!
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