NFL Week 17

Here’s the picks:

Away Home Winner Vegas Line O/U Bets
Indianapolis Buffalo 24 18 IND BUF 8 33 IND Over
New Orleans Carolina 22 21 NO CAR 7 41 NO Over
Jacksonville Cleveland 19 22 CLE CLE 1.5 36 CLE Over
Philadelphia Dallas 21 23 DAL DAL 3 47 PHI Under
Chicago Detroit 22 19 CHI CHI 3 44.5 DET Under
New England Houston 24 23 NE HOU 7 46 NE Over
Pittsburgh Miami 23 20 PIT PIT 3 45.5 PIT Under
NY Giants Minnesota 21 23 MIN MIN 8 48 NYG Under
Cincinnati NY Jets 17 21 NYJ NYJ 9.5 34 CIN Over
San Francisco St. Louis 22 20 SF SF 7 40 STL Over
Atlanta Tampa Bay 21 22 TB ATL 2 41.5 TB Over
Green Bay Arizona 25 26 AZ AZ 3 44 GB Over
Kansas City Denver 17 22 DEN DEN 10 38 KC Over
Baltimore Oakland 21 17 BAL BAL 10.5 39 OAK Under
Washington San Diego 17 25 SD SD 3 39 SD Over
Tennessee Seattle 17 22 SEA TEN 6 45 SEA Under

There are two good bets this week if you think like the computer. One is that Indy will cover the spread. Considering last week, they made it clear that they don’t plan to win any more regular season games, I’ll be surprised if this bet is still good after the game.

The other good bet is that Seattle will beat Tennessee thus, covering the spread. I like this bet.

As a result of the decision by Indy to lose the final two games of their regular season, it’s interesting that they could face the Jets again in the playoffs. The computer says they will. Maybe the Jets beating their starters would make the Indy fans fill a little less gypped. Here’s how the playoffs look to me:

Wild Cards AFC Baltimore New England 17 24 New England
NY Jets Cincinnati 19 18 NY Jets
NFC Green Bay Arizona 26 26 Green Bay
Philadelphia Dallas 21 22 Dallas
Division AFC NY Jets Indianapolis 18 22 Indianapolis
New England San Diego 23 25 San Diego
NFC Green Bay New Orleans 25 27 New Orleans
Dallas Minnesota 18 24 Minnesota
Conference AFC San Diego Indianapolis 20 22 Indianapolis
NFC Minnesota New Orleans 23 27 New Orleans
Superbowl Indianapolis New Orleans 24 25 New Orleans
New Orleans Indianapolis 22 22 Indianapolis

E.W.

Think coach Belichick saw what coach Ryan did and said, “And you thought going for it on 4th down was bad…”