Preview & Picks For EVERY Week 16 NFL Game!
Pushing the Pile: A CBS Sports NFL Podcast
CBS Sports, Football, NFL
4.2 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2025
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Mike Renner and JP Acosta preview and give their locks for every game of the Week 16 NFL slate.
(00:00) Intro
(00:58) Updated Playoff Picture
(3:53) Packers at Bears
(10:26) Jaguars at Broncos
(19:23) Buccaneers at Panthers
(30:23) Eagles at Commanders
(32:58) Chargers at Cowboys
(42:16) Steelers at Lions
(48:19) Bills at Browns
(52:34) Raiders at Texans
(53:44) Chiefs at Titans
(54:50) Bengals at Dolphins
(58:45) Jets at Saints
(1:01:46) Vikings at Giants
(1:04:07) Falcons at Cardinals
(1:08:47) Patriots at Ravens - SNF
(1:14:48) 49ers at Colts - MNF
(1:18:16) Rams at Seahawks - TNF
(1:22:45) Best Bets Recap
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome into this Thursday edition of Pushing the pile, brought to you by Fandall Sportsbook. Make Every Moment More. |
| 0:22.4 | Mike Ryder, J.P. Acosta, |
| 0:23.4 | going to be rolling through all the week 16. |
| 0:27.1 | Three weeks left in the regular season here, |
| 0:28.6 | Cheap. |
| 0:29.2 | 16 games on today's slate. |
| 0:31.2 | But all season long, |
| 0:31.8 | up to the playoffs, |
| 0:32.5 | Cash App is sponsoring our Locks segment. |
| 0:34.8 | We track how we're doing each episode |
| 0:36.1 | with the winner being presented |
| 0:36.9 | with our Cash app locks trophy at the end of the season. |
| 0:40.4 | Last week was a rough one for the fellows. |
| 0:43.2 | Three and three led the way. |
| 0:45.1 | JP with his seven picks goes two and five. |
| 0:48.1 | Kyle one and two taking up the rear at 39% this season. |
| 0:53.0 | You got to be shooting more shots against it AJP? I'm not going to be shooting quite the volume. It's not going to be seven today. Not going to be small proffer. It's going to be more reserved. We're controlling. We're taking efficient shots with this one. Yeah, efficiency is the name of the game. At this point in the season, we need what we can get. We're going to get to all the games. First, I want to just recap a little bit of the playoff picture. And how we stand right now. And I had a dumb thought this morning that I want to hear your take on. So right now the AFC is the Broncos, have the one seed Patriots, Jags, Steel Steelers are your 234 division leaders, and then your wildcards are the Chargers, Bill's, Texans, with obviously the Colts and Ravens. Bees still in the hunt. In the NFC, we have the Rams as the one seed right now at 11 and 3. Bears, Eagles, Bucks are your 234, and then Seahawks, 49ers, Packers are your current wild cards with obviously the Lions. |
| 1:48.2 | Still very much in contention at eight and six. |
| 1:50.9 | Panthers at seven and seven in contention for the NFC South. |
| 1:54.0 | And my dumb idea was this. |
| 1:56.8 | Is this year, is it better to be the number two seed or the number five seed, the top wildcard? |
| 2:07.6 | And this applies probably more to the Patriots and Bills as we go forward because whoever probably doesn't get that AFC East Crown is likely to be either the five or six |
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