Marc Calnan kept his overall lead after 12 weeks in the Eastern Maine Sports NFL picks contest. Calnan, who is trying to dethrone back to back champion Jeff Hoak, went 9-5 and increased his overall lead to four games. Cassidy Lessner is second after an 8-6 Week 12. Hoak (9-5) sits in third just one game behind Lessner and five behind Calnan. Anthony DelMonaco is right in the mix as well. DelMonaco had a 9-5 week and is just two games back of second place. Chris Lessner continues a rough season going 8-6 and is 10 off of Calnans pace. After a big helping of three Turkey Day games, this weeks big feature matchup takes place in Baltimore between the 10-1 San Francisco 49ers and 9-2 Ravens on Sunday afternoon. Other notable games include a battle for first in the AFC West in Kansas City between the Chiefs and Oakland Raiders, and the Patriots try to stay one game ahead of Baltimore for the top AFC seed when they head to Houston to battle the Texans. Here are the records from last week/season standings and then our predictions for Week 13-
Marc 9-5/114-61
Cassidy 8-6/110-65/-4
Jeff 9-5/109-66/-5
Anthony 9-5/108-67/-6
Chris 8-6/104-71/-10
Week 13
Thurs 11/28
Chicago at Detroit
Bears- Cassidy, Jeff, Chris
Lions- Marc, Anthony
Buffalo at Dallas
All staff picks Cowboys
New Orleans at Atlanta
Saints- Cassidy, Jeff, Anthony, Chris
Falcons- Marc
Sunday 12/1
Tennessee at Indianapolis
Titans- Jeff, Chris
Colts- Marc, Anthony, Cassidy
NY Jets at Cincinnati
All staff picks Jets
Washington at Carolina
All staff picks Panthers
San Francisco at Baltimore
49ers- Jeff
Ravens- Marc, Cassidy, Anthony, Chris
Tampa Bay at Jacksonville
Buccaneers- Marc, Jeff, Anthony, Chris
Jaguars- Cassidy
Cleveland at Pittsburgh
Browns- Jeff, Anthony
Steelers- Marc, Cassidy, Chris
Green Bay at NY Giants
All staff picks Packers
Philadelphia at Miami
All staff picks Eagles
LA Rams at Arizona
Rams- Cassidy, Chris
Cardinals- Marc, Jeff, Anthony
LA Chargers at Denver
Chargers- Cassidy, Jeff
Broncos- Marc, Anthony, Chris
Oakland at Kansas City
All staff picks Chiefs
New England at Houston
Patriots- Cassidy, Jeff, Anthony, Chris
Texans- Marc
Monday 12/2
Minnesota at Seattle
All staff picks Seahawks