Week 17 NFL Picks

    Week 17 is more about what a team is playing for as opposed to it's talent level. Here's our analysis that will invariably prove to be incorrect.

Panthers (-6.5) over FALCONS
            Carolina needs a win to lock up a #2 seed, and Atlanta needs a loss to secure a top-5 draft pick.

TITANS (-7) over Texans

            For nothing else, Tennessee has played hard all year. Houston needs to lose to clinch the first pick in THE 2014 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE DRAFT.

STEELERS (-7) over Browns

            Cleveland is another club that needs to lose to lock up a top-5 pick (along with the Colts’ first round pick, which will more than likely be in the early twenties), and Pittsburgh has a remote shot at making the playoffs if three other teams lose.

GIANTS (-3.5) over Redskins

            Washington is the only horrendous team that actually will want to win (their first round pick is going to St. Louis as the final piece of the RGIII trade, which currently would be the second overall pick in the draft), but unfortunately for them they will be too inept to do it.

Ravens (+6.5) over BENGALS

            Baltimore is in the driver’s seat for the sixth seed, but will need a strong effort to beat a Bengals squad looking to grab the third spot.

Jaguars (+11) over COLTS

            Indianapolis has played up or down to their competition all year, and Gus Bradley’s Jaguars have played solid football the last half of the season.

DOLPHINS (-5.5) over Jets

            It will only be fitting that Rex Ryan’s final game as Jets’ Head Coach will be a humiliating defeat.

VIKINGS (-2.5) over Lions

            The Grim Reaper might be standing behind Jim Schwarz on the sidelines for the entire game.

Packers (-3) over BEARS

            “GOOD GOD, THAT’S AARON RODGERS MUSIC!!! DISCOUNT DOUBLE CHECK!”

PATRIOTS (-9) over Bills

            Remember when Buffalo almost beat the Patriots in Week 1? Me neither, I had to look it up.

SAINTS (-13) over Buccaneers

            New Orleans has to go all out to secure a playoff spot. If they lose and Arizona defeats the 49ers, the Saints are out of the playoffs.

Broncos (-12.5) over RAIDERS

            There are some funky news reports floating out of Oakland in regards to Terrelle Pryor, which isn’t a good thing when you’re facing a team that needs to win to lock up the top seed in the AFC.

CARDINALS (+1) over 49ers

            No Credentials conspiracy theory in regards to Seattle throwing the game against Arizona last week came to fruition, so here’s another conspiracy regarding the Cardinals. San Francisco already has a playoff spot secured. It’s unlikely that Seattle loses to St. Louis, so they are staring at either a #5 seed. In a vacuum, would you rather play the Philadelphia Eagles or the Green Bay Packers? If San Francisco loses, they’ll end up at the sixth seed if New Orleans wins. If San Francisco loses and Tampa Bay wins, then the Saints are eliminated from playoff contention. Unless St. Louis was miraculously able to win in Seattle, there’s no reason San Francisco should try in this game.

Chiefs (+9.5) over CHARGERS

            It’s assumed that Kansas City won’t try that hard (they are locked in as the #5 seed), but San Diego won’t have anything to play for if either Baltimore or Miami wins earlier in the day.

SEAHAWKS (-11.5) over Rams

            I smell a 24-0 shutout.

Eagles (-7) over COWBOYS

            Hopefully, Tony Romo’s absence won’t give Jason Garrett a free pass after Philadelphia destroys them Sunday night.

Week 16 = 7-9
Season = 116-115-9