Week 13 was horrific with a 1-4 record on my best bets. It was a bad move taking two teams in the Panthers and Jets who have clearly given up on the season -- rookie mistake by yours truly to ignore the obvious situation in favor of a good-looking line. Let's get back on the horse and secure some quality wins mostly using better teams in good situations.

Arizona Cardinals +1 at Miami Dolphins: This is a clear-cut issue where the Cardinals are just better. The fear here is that they're traveling a long way east and just maxed out against the Redskins at home. But Bruce Arians is a guy who won't let his team lay down, especially when there's an opportunity to run the table and make the playoffs.

Green Bay Packers +3 vs. Seattle Seahawks: Seattle is a better team ... probably. But the Packers offense has come alive with Aaron Rodgers playing great football recently, looking like his vintage self. The loss of Earl Thomas hurts Seattle in a big way and Rodgers can exploit the secondary enough to keep this close and potentially win outright.

Tennessee Titans -1 vs. Denver Broncos: The Titans are coming off a bye and are in a very-badly-need-to-win situation with the Texans and Colts both now 6-6. If they needed Marcus Mariota to win it would be bad news bears, but because they can hammer the ball with DeMarco Murray and Derrick Henry we can see Tennessee control this game. I really like this if Paxton Lynch is under center.

Chicago Bears +7.5 at Detroit Lions: Detroit is definitely a better team than Chicago but the Bears have a defense playing well and a frisky Matt Barkley playing well late in games. Detroit has 12 games played but only one that didn't involve trailing in the fourth quarter or winning by less than one score.

Washington Redskins pick 'em vs. Philadelphia Eagles: Sunday saw an awful effort from Washington against Arizona and a division game on the road without getting points isn't ideal. But the Redskins are just better -- they can control the clock with Rob Kelley against a fading Eagles defense, force Carson Wentz into mistakes and don't sleep on a DeSean Jackson spite game because he just does that against Philly.

Last Week Best Bets: 1-4

Last Week Overall: 9-6

Best Bets Season: 29-30

Season Overall: 95-88-9