Here are the Week 18 underdogs

We find ourselves in the last week of the regular season for the Big Daddies of American pro football. As always in the final week, for some of the teams the contests are meaningless; for some, the entire season is on the line; and for the rest, a win or a loss might give them better playoff seeding or a better position in the upcoming rookie draft. Like the man says, go figure! It's a lot for the gamblers to be processing. Not to mention the officiating, which sometimes gets weird at this time of year.

Our charity underdog game isn't over after this round of games. We play through the first three weeks of the playoffs. But the spreads get smaller and the choices fewer as the rest of the drama rolls on.

Here's the last big slate of games for the year, with the underdogs, as always, in caps:

17.5  CLEVELAND at Baltimore (Saturday, 1:30 p.m. PST)

13.5  NEW ORLEANS at Tampa Bay

10  KANSAS CITY at Denver

9.5  CHICAGO at Green Bay

8.5  CAROLINA at Atlanta

5.5  LAS VEGAS vs. Los Angeles Chargers

5.5  LOS ANGELES RAMS vs. Seattle

4.5  DALLAS vs. Washington

4.5  JACKSONVILLE at Indianapolis

4  SAN FRANCISCO at Arizona

3.5  NEW YORK GIANTS at Philadelphia

3  NEW ENGLAND vs. Buffalo

2.5  MINNESOTA at Detroit

1.5  NEW YORK JETS vs. Miami

1  PITTSBURGH vs. Cincinnati (Saturday, 5:00 p.m. PST)

1  TENNESSEE vs. Houston

Players, if you want a Saturday game as your main or backup pick, all your picks for the week are due by the kickoff time of your earliest game. All other picks are due at 10:00 a.m. PST Sunday. All picks must be sent to dogpdx24@gmail.com.

Our latest standings are here. Good luck to all the 'dognosticators!