Week 17 NFL Predictions

Jimmy brings you his weekly NFL predictions for the final time this NFL season. Use these week 17 NFL predictions to pick the most outright winners in your office pool. You know the drill. Jimmy uses the point spread and the total and uses them to figure the scores that oddsmakers have projected for each matchup. As always, Jimmy takes things a step further with his prediction and explains the oddsmakers reasoning for the line. Make sure you check out Jimmy’s NFL picks to see where the sportsbooks have made critical line mistakes.

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Here are Jimmy’s Week 17 predictions:

Saturday, 12/29/2007

New England Patriots 30
New York Giants 17

With a chance at 16-0 on the line and with the way New York has struggled at home, the books like the Pats by double digits.

Sunday, 12/30/2007

Buffalo Bills 15
Philadelphia Eagles 23

Buffalo’s inability to score on the road has the books taking the Eagles at home.

Carolina Panthers 19
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16

With Tampa Bay having already locked up its playoff spot, oddsmakers feel resting players gives the Panthers the edge--even on the road.

Cincinnati Bengals 24
Miami Dolphins 21

Win number one was hard enough to get for Miami. The books don’t think a win number two is in the cards.

Detroit Lions 17
Green Bay Packers 23

Oddsmakers like the Pack to bounce back after a nightmare in Chicago.

Jacksonville Jaguars 17
Houston Texans 23

With Jacksonville having the luxury of resting key players, oddsmakers like the Texans at home.

New Orleans Saints 21
Chicago Bears 19

Oddsmakers foresee a close one, but with New Orleans still having faint playoff hopes, they feel the Saints will win to give themselves a chance.

Seattle Seahawks 18
Atlanta Falcons 19

The books have the Falcons squeaking one out at home against a Seattle team which will be more worried about staying healthy than winning.

San Francisco 49ers 14
Cleveland Browns 26

This game means nothing to the Browns’ playoff hopes win or lose. It has to do with what other teams do. But after enduring a loss to Cincy which could have jeopardized the Browns’ playoff chances, we like them to bounce back here.

Dallas Cowboys 15
Washington Redskins 24

With Dallas already having locked up home field in the NFC and the Redskins needing a win to get in, oddsmakers like the Skins at home.

Pittsburgh Steelers 19
Baltimore Ravens 16

With Pittsburgh able to gain a #3 seed with a win over Baltimore and a San Diego loss, the Steelers will take care of business.

Minnesota Vikings 22
Denver Broncos 19

Oddsmakers like the Vikes to hold on to their playoff glimmers with a win against the struggling Broncos.

San Diego Chargers 26
Oakland Raiders 16

The Raiders come back with a solid performance at home in JaMarcus Russell’s first career start, but it isn’t enough against a Chargers team seeking the #3 spot in the AFC.

St Louis Rams 21
Arizona Cardinals 27

The Cards close out the season with a home win, to get to 6-2 at home on the season and .500 on the year.

Kansas City Chiefs 14
New York Jets 20

The books like the Jets at home in this battle of lowly teams.

Tennessee Titans 22
Indianapolis Colts 17

Oddsmakers like the Titans to get into the playoffs with a win over Indy, which has already locked up a first round bye.

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