Welcome to Week 17 of the NFL Season!
The favorite is marked with the spread in parenthesis next to the team name. For example, Patriots (-6.5). The best bet is the team that I feel is most likely to win and cover the spread this week. The spreads are from the ESPN Pigskin Pick’em Challenge and may be slightly different than the spread available when you are reading this.
Without further adieu, here are my picks:
Week 17 BYE WEEKS: None
Best Bet: Browns (-6.5) – Loss
Week 17 Recap: 8-8-0, 0-1 Best Bet, 2-0 Survivor pool
Sunday Early Games:
- Falcons at Bucs (-6.5)
- The pick: Bucs (-6.5) – WIN
- The pick: Bucs (-6.5) – WIN
- Dolphins at Bills (-4.5)
- The pick: Bills (-4.5) – WIN
- The pick: Bills (-4.5) – WIN
- Ravens (-11.5) at Bengals
- The pick: Bengals (+11.5) – LOSS
- The pick: Bengals (+11.5) – LOSS
- Steelers at Browns (-6.5)
- The pick: Browns (-6.5) – BEST BET – LOSS
- The pick: Browns (-6.5) – BEST BET – LOSS
- Cowboys (-2.5) at Giants
- The pick: Cowboys (-2.5) – LOSS
- The pick: Cowboys (-2.5) – LOSS
- Vikings (-7.5) at Lions
- The pick: Lions (+7.5) – WIN
- The pick: Lions (+7.5) – WIN
- Jets at Patriots (-3.5)
- The pick: Jets (+3.5) – LOSS
- The pick: Jets (+3.5) – LOSS
Sunday Late Games:
- Packers (-5.5) at Bears
- The pick: Bears (+5.5) – LOSS
- The pick: Bears (+5.5) – LOSS
- Raiders (-2.5) at Broncos
- The pick: Broncos (+2.5) – WIN
- The pick: Broncos (+2.5) – WIN
- Titans (-7.5) at Texans
- The pick: Titans (-7.5) – LOSS
- The pick: Titans (-7.5) – LOSS
- Jaguars at Colts (-14.5)
- The pick: Jaguars (+14.5) – WIN
- The pick: Jaguars (+14.5) – WIN
- Chargers (-3.5) at Chiefs
- The pick: Chargers (-3.5) – WIN
- The pick: Chargers (-3.5) – WIN
- Cards at Rams (-1.5)
- The pick: Cards (+1.5) – LOSS
- The pick: Cards (+1.5) – LOSS
- Saints (-6.5) at Panthers
- The pick: Saints (-6.5) – WIN
- The pick: Saints (-6.5) – WIN
- Seahawks (-5.5) at 49ers
- The pick: 49ers (+5.5) – WIN
- The pick: 49ers (+5.5) – WIN
Sunday Night Football:
- Football Team (-1.5) at Eagles
- The pick: Eagles (+1.5) – LOSS
- The pick: Eagles (+1.5) – LOSS
Previous Week’s Record: 8-8-0
Regular Season Record: 129-111-0 (53.75%)
Postseason Record: N/A
Best Bet Record: 9-7
Click here for my Historical Pick Records
King of the Hill aka Lock of the Week aka Survivor Pool Picks:
In this section, I will post my pick for a survivor pool. Once a team is used, I can’t use them again for the rest of the season. The team selected only has to win the game, not cover the spread. Pick One and Pick Two are independent of each other. If I use a team with Picks One, I can use them later with Pick Two.
| Week | Pick One | Pick Two |
| Week 1 | Colts – loss | Bills – win |
| Week 2 | Cards – win | Steelers – win |
| Week 3 | Browns – win | Colts – win |
| Week 4 | Packers – win | Rams – win |
| Week 5 | Steelers – win | Ravens – win |
| Week 6 | Patriots – loss | Dolphins – win |
| Week 7 | Chargers – win | Saints – win |
| Week 8 | Bucs – win | Chiefs – win |
| Week 9 | Titans – win | Texans – win |
| Week 10 | Saints – win | Packers – win |
| Week 11 | Vikings – loss | Chargers – win |
| Week 12 | Texans – win | Giants – win |
| Week 13 | Seahawks – loss | Vikings – win |
| Week 14 | Chiefs – win | Seahawks – win |
| Week 15 | Rams – loss | Titans – win |
| Week 16 | Ravens – win | Browns – loss |
| Week 17 | Bills – win | Bucs – win |
| Total | 12-5 | 16-1 |
