NFL Week 17 Picks (Note: Saturday games)

[Figrin D'an]

Saturday

Buffalo at New England
Seattle at San Francisco
Philadelphia at Washington


Sunday, Early

Tampa Bay at Tennessee
Chicago at Kansas City
NY Jets at Miami
Dallas at New Orleans
Indianapolis at Houston
Jacksonville at Atlanta
Cleveland at Cincinnati
St. Louis at Detroit


Sunday, Late

Carolina at NY Giants
Minnesota at Arizona
Oakland at San Diego
Denver at Green Bay


Sunday Night

Pittsburgh at Baltimore



Final week of the regular season. We'll crown our regular season champ after the last game on Sunday night (no Monday Night game this week). Still a lot of important games, with the AFC and NFC North titles up for grabs, plus playoff positioning to consider.

Picks must be in by 1:30 PM ET on Saturday.

[Ryan Pode]

Saturday

Buffalo at New England Win
Seattle at San Francisco Win
Philadelphia Win at Washington


Sunday, Early

Tampa Bay Win at Tennessee
Chicago at Kansas City Win
NY Jets at Miami Win
Dallas Win at New Orleans
Indianapolis Win at Houston
Jacksonville at Atlanta Win
Cleveland Win at Cincinnati
St. Louis Win at Detroit


Sunday, Late

Carolina Win at NY Giants
Minnesota Winat Arizona
Oakland Win at San Diego
Denver Win at Green Bay


Sunday Night

Pittsburgh at Baltimore Win

[Jedieb]

WEEK 17
Saturday, Dec. 27
Buffalo at New England WIN
Seattle at San Francisco WIN
WIN Philadelphia at Washington
Sunday, Dec. 28
Chicago at Kansas City WIN
Cleveland at Cincinnati WIN
WIN Dallas at New Orleans,
WIN Indianapolis at Houston
Jacksonville at Atlanta WIN
N.Y. Jets at Miami WIN
WIN St. Louis at Detroit
Tampa Bay at Tennessee WIN
WIN Carolina at N.Y. Giants
WIN Minnesota at Arizona
Denver at Green Bay WIN
Oakland at San Diego WIN
Pittsburgh at Baltimore WIN

[Taylor Millard]

Saturday

New England
San Francisco
Philadelphia


Sunday, Early

Tennessee
Chicago
Miami
Dallas
Indianapolis
Atlanta
Cincinnati
St. Louis


Sunday, Late

Carolina
Minnesota
Oakland
Green Bay


Sunday Night

Baltimore

[Syo]

New England
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Tennessee
Kansas City
Miami
New Orleans
Indianapolis
Atlanta
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Carolina
Minnesota
San Diego
Denver
Baltimore

[Nathanial K'cansce]

Saturday

New England
Seattle
Philadelphia


Sunday, Early

Tennessee
Kansas City
Miami
Dallas
Indianapolis
Atlanta
Cincinnati
St. Louis


Sunday, Late

Carolina
Minnesota
San Diego
Green Bay


Sunday Night

Baltimore

[jjwr]

Buffalo at New England(W)
Seattle at San Francisco(W)
Philadelphia(W) at Washington
Tampa Bay at Tennessee(W)
Chicago at Kansas City(W)
NY Jets at Miami(W)
Dallas at New Orleans(W)
Indianapolis(W) at Houston
Jacksonville at Atlanta(W)
Cleveland at Cincinnati(W)
St. Louis(W) at Detroit
Carolina(W) at NY Giants
Minnesota(W) at Arizona
Oakland at San Diego(W)
Denver at Green Bay(W)
Pittsburgh at Baltimore(W)

[Daiquiri Van-Derveld]

Patriots
49ers
Eagles
Titans
Chiefs
Dolphins
Saints
Colts
Jaguars
Bengals
Lions
Panthers
Vikings
Raiders
Packers
Ravens

[Figrin D'an]

Saturday

Buffalo at New England (W)
Seattle at San Francisco (W)
Philadelphia (W) at Washington


Sunday, Early

Tampa Bay at Tennessee (W)
Chicago at Kansas City (W)
NY Jets (W) at Miami
Dallas (W) at New Orleans
Indianapolis (W) at Houston
Jacksonville at Atlanta (W)
Cleveland at Cincinnati (W)
St. Louis (W) at Detroit


Sunday, Late

Carolina (W) at NY Giants
Minnesota at Arizona (W)
Oakland at San Diego (W)
Denver at Green Bay (W)


Sunday Night

Pittsburgh (W) at Baltimore

[ReaperFett]

New England
San Francisco
Philadelphia

Tennessee
Kansas City
Miami
New Orleans
Indianapolis
Atlanta
Cincinnati
St. Louis

Carolina
Minnesota
San Diego
Green Bay

Baltimore

[Jedi Master Carr]

Buffalo at New England W
Seattle at San Francisco W
W Philadelphia at Washington


Sunday, Early

Tampa Bay at Tennessee W
Chicago at Kansas City W
NY Jets at Miami W
W Dallas at New Orleans
W Indianapolis at Houston
Jacksonville at Atlanta W
Cleveland at Cincinnati W
W St. Louis at Detroit


Sunday, Late

W Carolina at NY Giants
Minnesota at Arizona W
W Oakland at San Diego
Denver at Green Bay W


Sunday Night

Pittsburgh at Baltimore W

[Master Yoghurt]

Saturday

Buffalo at New England (W)
Seattle at San Francisco (W)
Philadelphia (W) at Washington


Sunday, Early

Tampa Bay at Tennessee (W)
Chicago at Kansas City (W)
NY Jets at Miami (W)
Dallas (W) at New Orleans
Indianapolis (W) at Houston
Jacksonville (W) at Atlanta
Cleveland at Cincinnati (W)
St. Louis (W) at Detroit


Sunday, Late

Carolina (W) at NY Giants
Minnesota (W) at Arizona
Oakland at San Diego (W)
Denver at Green Bay (W)


Sunday Night

Pittsburgh at Baltimore (W)

[JMK]

Saturday

Buffalo at New England (w)
Seattle at San Francisco (w)
Philadelphia (w) at Washington


Sunday, Early

Tampa Bay at Tennessee (w)
Chicago at Kansas City (w)
NY Jets at Miami (w)
Dallas at New Orleans (w)
Indianapolis at Houston (w)
Jacksonville at Atlanta (w)
Cleveland at Cincinnati (w)
St. Louis at Detroit (w)


Sunday, Late

Carolina at NY Giants (w)
Minnesota (w) at Arizona
Oakland at San Diego (w)
Denver at Green Bay (w)


Sunday Night

Pittsburgh at Baltimore (w)

[Ryan Pode]

YES!!!


OMG!!! YES! YES! YES! Browns win! BROWNS WIN!!! HECK YEAH!!! WE'RE GOING TO THE PLAY OFFS!!! W00T!!!!

[JMK]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=1695273
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
:verymad :cry

[Ryan Pode]

Don't be a Dolphins fan then.

[Figrin D'an]

Originally posted by Ryan Pode
Don't be a Dolphins fan then.

:rolleyes

Right... don't even bother to poke your head out of the peanut gallery next time.



On a different note... what a finish to the regular season for the NFC. Arizona scores two TD's in about 4 minutes, the second one as time expired, to shock Minnesota, dropping them out of the playoffs and giving the NFC North title to Green Bay, who thumped the Broncos 31-3.

Wow.


Wild Card matchups:

AFC:

(6) Denver
(3) Indianapolis

(5) Tennessee
(4) Baltimore


NFC:

(6) Dallas
(3) Carolina

(5) Seattle
(4) Green Bay

[JMK]

Don't be a Dolphins fan then.
What an absolutely brilliant idea! Thanks! You've opened my eyes If you disagree with a decision...just abandon ship. Unbelievably novel, best Christmas gift I've gotten yet! :headbash

And yeah, what a monumental collapse for the Vikings. It was right there for the taking. All they had to do was not give up 2 TD's in the last 4 minutes to the CARDINALS and they're in.

Nope, can't do it.

[Syo]

yea well i am not worried about the broncos getting beaten so bad because they were basically playing their second and third string team so i don't know if i would call it a thumping (heck they sat plummer, rod smith, shannon sharpe, and even benched al wilson in the 2nd quarter) this game was like having a bye week for them to get healthy for the playoffs which indy did not get to have

Next weeks rematch of that colts/denver game should be highly exciting

[Syo]

Its funny for the first time in a long time Miami was actually really good in December winning 3 games out of 4 yet because they lost that game to Philly the #1 seed of the NFC they get bounced from the playoffs even though they had 10 wins, kind of ironic

and the best thing they could have done was to fire wandstedt with all that talent he has he deserves to be fired if he can't make the playoffs, yet they decided to keep him

[Figrin D'an]

Miami needs a big game quarterback in the worst way. Jay Fiedler may be "efficient," and he may even have brief stints of great play, but he's not a big time QB. They rely on Ricky Williams and the defense far too much. When the running game is ineffective, they need a QB that can actually win a game for them. With the kind of receiving talent the Fins have, they can't afford to not have a QB that will get the ball to them for big plays.

The best thing Miami can do is dump Griese, keep Fiedler, and go after a free agent, like Kurt Warner. Open up the QB spot in training camp, and let the guys compete for it.

[Jedi Master Carr]

Thats good idea, there might be a few more QBs out there so they will have options. Man what a wild weekend. Minnesota just can't win on the road for nothing. They look like one of the best teams at home but they look like one of the worst on the road. My Chiefs finally looked good overall nearly shuting out the Bears 31-3. Holmes got his record scoring two td's giving him the rushing record and the overall TD's record. Man and those Wild Card games are going to be insane. I can't see Seattle though winning in GB they will get killed with the way they play on the road. Dallas could surprise Carolina. In the AFC. I still be wary of the Titans with Mcnair they could still get to the Championship game or maybe Super Bowl. Denver/ Indy I don't know it will depends on how the Colts play they have such great talent I just can't understand why they look so inconsisent on offense.

[Syo]

I think the colts can command that game if they can jumpon denver early

because Denver benched the majority of their starters they are going to be a little rusty and denver does not play well from behing (they are a running team and play best with a lead or the game close)

if indy can jump to a lead and force denver to air it out they will most likely win

I thought Mike Shanahan should have played the starters for the first quarter or half to keep them primed

[Jedi Master Carr]

I know the Chiefs played their starters for about 3 quarters to try to get some momentium I think it is smarter to do that. It will be interesting to watch that Denver-Indy game, Manning has never won a playoff game.

[JMK]

I'd love to see a new QB in Miami, lose Griese and Fiedler and completely retool the offensive line. They were just awful this season. Fiedler's mind is far above his ability and that's also a problem. If you're going to rely on totally on defense and running the ball (a.k.a. controlling the clock), then good for you. But what are you going to do when everyone realises that all you CAN do is run? They put 8, 9 guys in the box force your defense back out on the field after one or 2 sets of downs. They need a QB that can hit a receiver in stride, not make him stop and reach behind for the ball.

Go figure, it's a meaningless game for the Dolphins and Fiedler throws for a season high 328 yards. But more than ANYTHING they need some players with a big case of red <smallfont color={hovercolor}>-Censored-</smallfont>, who despise the thought of losing and fear failure. That's been lacking for a long time now.

[Figrin D'an]

Week 17 Results:

Ryan Pode: 9-7
Jedieb: 11-5
Taylor Millard: 9-7
Syo: 11-5
Nathanial K'cansce: 11-5
jjwr: 12-4
Daiquiri: 11-5
Figrin: 10-6
ReaperFett: 12-4
Jedi Master Carr: 11-5
Master Yoghurt: 10-6
JMK: 11-5


Regular Season Totals - Final (winning % in parenthesis)

jjwr: 177-79 (0.691)
Jedi Master Carr: 170-86 (0.664)
Jedieb: 168-88 (0.656)
ReaperFett: 165-91 (0.645)
Taylor Millard: 159-97 (0.621)
Nathanial K'cansce: 157-99 (0.613)
Figrin: 156-100 (0.609)
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Master Yoghurt: 173-80 (0.684)
JMK: 163-91 (0.642)
Daiquiri: 151-88 (0.632)
Ryan Pode: 144-111 (0.565)
Lilaena De'Ville: 103-74 (0.582)
Syo: 97-43 (0.693)
Sene Unty: 71-29 (0.710)
Morgan Evanar: 30-16 (0.652)
Ace McCloud: 16-12 (0.571)
Blade Ice: 9-7 (0.563)
Kale: 7-9 (0.483)


Congrats to the Regular Season Picks Champ, jjwr. 177 wins, and a winning percentage of 0.691. :)


We'll still being making picks for the playoffs, and declaring a playoff winner, so remember to keep submitting picks in the coming weeks.

[Syo]

darn I had the second best winning percentage too bad i didn't play all season

[Ryan Pode]

Ravens won. Yay. I am happy with the season. 2nd best is good enough for me as there is always next year.

[jjwr]

Great Season! I won all 3 of these I got in on, definetly a good year for picking :)

As a Pats fan the Bronco's are the one team I'm most worrieda bout, they can easily go into Foxboro and run the ball down the Pats throats.

[Daiquiri Van-Derveld]

If only I hadnt missed two weeks of picks! Nevertheless, Im quite pleased with my end results :)

[Jedi Master Carr]

I don't think the Broncos can win at NE myself. Actually they still have to beat the Colts again which won't be easy, this will be really their third straight road game.

[jjwr]

Contrats on the Fantasy Win JMC.

I do have to ask though, how the flock did you manage to get Manning, Harrison, Holmes, James & Gonzalez? Incredibly lucky drafting? :)

[Jedi Master Carr]

Thanks. Luck I guess. I had Holmes and Manning and then Harrison my top three picks (that I made on that auto) thing. And I got all three some how. I also had Gonzalez like 6th or something. I am sure if I drafted again I wouldn't get that lucky.