2025 NFL Week 7: Hart’s Picks

The seventh week of the NFL regular season has arrived. My Week 6 picks were an improvement over Week 5, but 9-6 wasn’t the outcome I was hoping for. Through six weeks I’m sitting at 61-32 with predictions—just a shade over 65-percent accuracy. This week, there will be fifteen games with the Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Ravens having their bye weeks.

Thursday Night Football — Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals

Winner: Steelers

The AFC North seems prime for the Steelers to take with ease. After starting off 4-1, they have a clear and comfortable lead over the rest of the division. Every week has had its fair share of upsets thus far, but I don’t believe the Bengals are going to be able to topple Pittsburgh at home. I’ll take the Steelers.

Sunday Football (Early Game) — Los Angeles Rams and Jacksonville Jaguars (London)

Winner: Rams

The Rams and the Jaguars go head-to-head at Wembley Stadium across the pond in London. Both these teams are 4-2 and have had pretty good starts to the year. Star receiver Puka Nacua will likely be out for this game due to an ankle injury suffered against the Ravens. That’s a concern, but I still like the Rams in this one.

Sunday Football (Early Game) — New England Patriots at Tennessee Titans

Winner: Patriots

The Patriots sit atop the AFC East with an impressive 4-2 record to begin the season. Meanwhile, the Titans just fired their head coach and are struggling at 1-5. I’ll take Drake Maye and his teammates on the road to notch their fifth win of the season.

Sunday Football (Early Game) — New Orleans Saints and Chicago Bears

Winner: Bears

Caleb Williams and the Bears were able to come up with a big win against the Commanders on Monday Night Football. The Saints have just one win and have a long way to go before they will ever be a competitive football team. I’ve got the Bears coming out and earning a big home victory.

Sunday Football (Early Game) — Carolina Panthers at New York Jets

Winner: Panthers

After falling just short against the Broncos, the Jets remain the only winless team in the National Football League. The Panthers are 3-3 and coming off two consecutive wins. I think they will take care of business and make it three in a row on the road against the Jets.

Sunday Football (Early Game) — Las Vegas Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs

Winner: Chiefs

The Raiders head on the road to Arrowhead Stadium to take on the Chiefs in an AFC West rivalry game. I expect the Chiefs defense to handle the Raiders offense quite easily. Geno Smith has been bad and leads the league with 10 interceptions. It’s hard to win games turnover over the ball that much.

Sunday Football (Early Game) — Miami Dolphins at Cleveland Browns

Winner: Browns

This might be the afternoon snoozer of the week. Both the Dolphins and Browns are off to disastrous 1-5 starts to...