NFL Week 15 picks: Our predictions for every game on the slate

We had a three-way tie for first place in Week 14, as Dieter, Lynch and Schrager all went 11-5. WhatIf was just behind them at 10-6, and Chase and Smiley brought up the rear at 9-7. That means Lynch's lead is still a whopping eight games with just three weeks and playoffs to go. But there is a very fierce battle for second.

And now we move on to Week 15, which features the return of Saturday Night Football and a few very intriguing cross-divisional games in Lions-Giants, Patriots-Broncos and Buccaneers-Cowboys.

Locks of the Week: The Seahawks, Ravens and Falcons at home against inferior NFC opponents all received the panel-wide vote of confidence slash kiss of death, as did the resurgent Packers on the road against division rival Chicago.

Bold Choice of the Week: Buffalo certainly isn't the toughest game on any schedule, but picking the Browns to win anything at this point is making Chase a glutton for punishment.

Surprise of the Week: Two panelists -- Dieter and Schrager -- foresee a peak in the Buccaneers hype, picking Tampa to go into Dallas on Sunday Night Football and pull out a win that would make them the talk of the next week.

Let's get to the picks. (Mobile users flip to landscape mode to view.)

Records will be updated each night after games. Check back every Thursday morning during the season for the new week's picks. (Note: Ties will not be counted in the weekly or overall records.)

Participating this year:

-- Chris Chase, Dieter Kurtenbach, Andrew Lynch and Brett Smiley, FOX Sports writers;

-- €” Peter Schrager, FOX Sports NFL insider;

-- ” And WhatIfSports, FOX Sports' simulation engine for computer-generated picks.

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