NFL Week 17

1 p.m. ET
Miami Dolphins at Buffalo Bills (-3.5)
Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers (-7.5)
Oakland Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs (-13.5)
New York Jets at New England Patriots (-13.5)
Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints (-9)
Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants (-7)
Atlanta Falcons (-2.5) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens (-6)
Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans (-7.5)

4:25 p.m. ET
Los Angeles Chargers (-6.5) at Denver Broncos
San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams (-10)
Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks (-14.5)
Philadelphia Eagles (-7.5) at Washington Redskins
Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens (-6)
Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings (-6.5)
Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers (-16.5)

8:20 p.m. ET
Indianapolis Colts (-2.5) at Tennessee Titans

(Edited to fix games moved to 4:25 P.M.)

 

That schedule is not right. Eight, count 'em, eight 4:25 games.
NFL 2018 Regular Season Week 17 Schedule - NFL.com

 

Eagles at Redskins, Bengals at Steelers, Browns at Ravens, Raiders at Chiefs and Bears at Vikings were all pushed back from 1 p.m. to 4:25 p.m.

I was a little surprised that they moved all the games that will decide playoff berths. I think the only one of the early games that matters at all are the Patriots and Texans jockeying for seeding in the AFC.

Sunday night should be fun. The winner of Colts-Titans gers the sixth seed. The loser goes home. The Ravens are ahead of both, but either they win and take the North or lose and go home. Technically, a tie in either Browns-Ravens or Colts-Titans could allow both the Steelers and Ravens to get in, but I can't imagine that happening.

 

I can't believe I'm expressing confidence in the Cleveland Browns, but I don't think they should be a six-point dog to the Baltimore Ravens right now.

 

It seems about right to me. The Ravens looked great in beating the Chargers. They won four of their last five, and the loss took some serious Mahomes magic. The Browns are also going to be without Denzel Ward, who made the Pro Bowl as a rookie this season. He was diagnosed with a concussion after last week's game. That is is second concussion in less than a month, so it would make no sense to play him even if he was somehow cleared in time.

 

The Titans will be missing Mariota, yes...but the loss of one Jurrell Casey, the most underrated defensive player in football, is a killer for their playoff hopes.

 

The Giants will win this one. The Cowboys are resting their starters and with four quarters of meaningless garbage time, Manning will shine.

 

And maybe more. If Texans lose (a long shot), Colts win division if they beat Titans. Titans would need a couple more things to happen to win division.

 

The Giants are 6 point favorites #stayaway

 

I feel like an idiot for not knowing this, but how would the 11-5 Patriots be the No. 2 seed over the 12-4 Chargers? Is it because the top two seeds can’t come from the same vidision?

 

Chargers theoretically will be wild cards. Wild cards can't get top four seeds.