Former Bears WR Tom Waddle was perfect during wild-card weekend, going 4-0 against the pointspread and narrowing the gap between him and season-to-date leader Hub Arkush to two games among the panelists on the "Pro Football Weekly on TV" show. Waddle and Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Hampton hit on their lock of the week, and Hampton continues to hold a comfortable lead in the season-to-date locks with a 12-4-2 record.
These picks will be posted each Friday. No Thursday games will be included. Pushes are dropped from each panelist's record, except for locks.
| Thursday Las Vegas line | Tom Waddle | Dan Hampton | Hub Arkush |
| New Orleans -3½ vs. SAN FRANCISCO |
New Orleans |
New Orleans |
New Orleans |
| NEW ENGLAND -13½ vs. Denver |
Denver |
New England |
New England |
| BALTIMORE -7½ vs. Houston |
Houston |
Baltimore |
Houston |
| GREEN BAY -8 vs. N.Y. Giants |
N.Y. Giants |
N.Y. Giants |
Green Bay |
| Tom Waddle | Dan Hampton | Hub Arkush | |
| Lock of the week | New Orleans |
New England |
New England |
| Last week vs. spread | 4-0 |
3-1 |
2-2 |
| Season to date vs. spread | 130-112 | 112-130 |
132-110 |
| Last week's locks | 1-0 |
1-0 |
0-1 |
| Season-to-date locks | 11-7 |
12-4-2 | 10-7-1 |