Week 17 NFL predictions thread

BC Magazine ^ | 01/01/2011 | RJ Elliott

[rob88888]

Tampa Bay 9-6 at New Orleans 11-4 1:00 PM [Line: SAINTS BY 8]

If the Saints lose, they are the NFC's #5 seed. If the Saints win and Atlanta wins, they are still the NFC's #5 seed. If the Saints win and Atlanta loses, they win the NFC South and get a playoff bye. If the Saints win and both Atlanta and Chicago lose, they win the NFC South, get a playoff bye, and secure homefield advantage throughout the playoffs. Tampa Bay's only route to the postseason is with a win here and losses by both Green Bay and the Giants.

RJ's Pick: New Orleans by 3

Chicago 11-4 at Green Bay 9-6 4:15 PM [Line: PACKERS BY 9.5]

The Bears are guaranteed at least the #2 seed in the NFC. They would capture homefield advantage throughout the playoffs with a win here and losses by both Atlanta and New Orleans. The Packers can earn the #6 seed with a win.

RJ's Pick: Green Bay by 6

ZOMG GAME OF THE YEAR: Saint Louis 7-8 at Seattle 6-9 8:20 PM [Line: RAMS BY 3]

Will the NFC West be won by a .500 team, or a below .500 team? Will it be the Rams or the Seahawks who have the honor of getting humiliated in front of their home crowd and a national television audience in the Wild Card Round of the playoffs? Those questions, and many more, will be answered on Sunday night.

RJ's Pick: Saint Louis by 8

[Charles Henrickson]

Saint Louis 7-8 at Seattle 6-9

My prediction: Both teams will lose.

I kid. Here is St. Louis, everyone is pulling for a Rams victory.

[allmost]

Tough week to call all around.

[Ingtar]

You have one slight issue on your playoff scenarios. New Orleans holds the tie breaker over Chicago. If the Saints win and the Falcons lose, the Bears would lose the number 1 seed to New Orleans.

[SamAdams76]

This is probably going to be the worst week of NFL football of the season. Many of the playoff teams have nothing much to play for as they are going to rest their starters and not really try all that hard. Exception will be the New England Patriots because they are full-throttle all the time.

I just want the New York Jets and the New York Giants to lose. Bring on the playoffs.

[VeniVidiVici]

[NohSpinZone]

Prediction? Paaaaaaaain.

[Lazlo in PA]

Go Jets.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Yeah, that’s back in the day when they were a force to be reckoned with, now they’re just a farce with a clown for a coach.

[dfwgator]

Looking forward to the Lions ending on a four-game winning streak.

[Lazlo in PA]

You gotta believe.

[EQAndyBuzz]

The Giants should have packed it up after the Philly game.

Right now Green Bay is nuts. A 5 mile cab ride is 25 bucks. A cab to the stadium is 50 a head.

The bar by my place in Green Bay is opening at 10:00am. They are saying you need to be seated by 11 if you want to watch the game.

[Lazlo in PA]

The Giants? Oye vay.

[RonF]

Chicago fans will not be pleased if they lay it down against Green Bay. First, it's Green Bay. Second, it knocks Green Bay out of the playoffs. Finally, for those who say they have no shot at first, remember how they got a lock on the #2 spot to begin with. Did you have the Vikings over the Eagles? Sure, it probably won't happen. But it might. They'd look pretty stupid having that happen and having lost to Green Bay.

[Plumberman27]

Look for Tommy Brady to get bounced again in the first round. It will be playoff football where he can be touched by the defense. We have all seen the preferential treatment he gets when it comes to keeping him from getting hit. In the playoff that will go by the wayside and he will be set upon by defensive swarms that will not penalized for simply breathing on him. Look for another early exit for the patriots.

[kingpins10]

I just gotta say, what in the world were the Redskins thinking when they picked up McNabb? Why in the world do you think the Eagles got rid of him? lol.

When I heard they signed Vick in 2009, I immediately knew McChoke’s days in Philly were numbered.

[Vinnie]

Living in Miami most of my life I was a Dolfan. The Jets were their nemesis.
But I’ve always admired Joe Namath. One of the toughest players ever.

If he threw and interception he was likely to be a tackler. Played with wrapped knees.

I remember when he was drafted, his salary $400k. A break the bank sum back then. No other player was making anything close.

Oh, my prediction.. Panthers will have first pick in the Draft. Hope it’s a QB.

[BenLurkin]

Last week the despicable Ravens didn't even break a sweat as they handily trounced the noble Browns.

This week the noble Browns will be humiliated by Pennsylvania's perennial imitation of a Soviet tank division.

[campaignPete R-CT]

"The Jets will be the AFC's #6 seed unless they win here and either the Steelers or the Ravens lose, in which case they will be the #5 seed"

amazing. The blogger is a whiz-kid at picking winners. But he cannot get the tiebreakers right. A tiebreaker dolt.

He has the Jets wrong too. If the Ravens lose, the Jets get locked into #6, due to head-to-head loss to Ravens.

AFC TIEBREAKERS
PITT over BALT (division record)
NYJ over PITT (head to head)
BALT over NYJ (head to head)

JAX over IND (division record)
IND over KC (head to head)

[SamAdams76]

Don’t be so sure of that. Brady knows how to take a hit and he’s been to the Super Bowl four out of the past nine years. He’s due to go back there again. The Pats are almost unbeatable at home in the playoffs. Yes, the Ravens got them last year but that was their first home playoff loss in the Brady era. Don’t expect that to happen again anytime soon.