Week 16 was another great week for favorites, with 13 out of 16 winning. Maybe the most shocking result was the way the 49ers scored 44 points against Jacksonville's top-ranked defense. That game didn't even qualify as a comeback opportunity since San Francisco answered with a touchdown both times the Jaguars pulled to within one score in the fourth quarter.
We still had seven games feature a comeback opportunity this week. We had been stuck with Pittsburgh for the Game of the Week in this space for the last month, but not this time. Instead of one of their usually close road games, the Steelers instead easily dispatched of a road scrub in a 34-6 win in Houston on Christmas Day.