NFL Week 17 (It All Comes Down to This)

The playoff picture is more clear after week 16. This week is the week it all comes down to....week 17. The bottom four teams played overtime against each other last week, The Eagles now control the NFC East. The Packers locked up the NFC North. The Raiders needed a 10 piece puzzle to make playoffs. The first five happened last week. They are still alive. Oh, and one more thing BEAST MODE is back in Seattle. Marshawn Lynch will play this weekend

Playoff Picture

Clinched

AFC: Baltimore (home-field advantage), New England (AFC East), Kansas City (AFC North), Houston Texans (AFC South), Buffalo (wild-card)

NFC: Green Bay (NFC North), New Orleans (NFC South), Seattle (playoffs), San Francisco (playoffs), Minnesota (wild-card)

Scenarios

AFC

Tennessee: clinch with a win or Pittsburgh and Indianapolis loss.

Pittsburgh: clinch with a win and Tennessee loss or Tennessee+Oakland loss+Indianapolis win

Oakland: clinch with a win and Pittsburgh, Tennessee, and Jacksonville loss and a win by one of the following (Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles Chargers, New England)

New England: clinch BYE with win or Kansas City loss

Kansas City: clinch BYE with win and New England loss

NFC

Philadelphia: clinch NFC East with win or Dallas loss

Dallas: clinch NFC East with win and Philadelphia loss San Francisco vs Seattle winner: clinches NFC West

San Francisco: clinches home-field advantage with win

Green Bay: clinches home-field with win win and San Francisco loss

New Orleans: clinches home field with win and Green Bay and San Francisco loss

Seattle: clinches home field with win and Green Bay and New Orleans loss

Week 17 Picks

Green Bay Packers vs Detroit Lions 12:00 FOX (Pick: Green Bay)

Los Angeles Chargers vs Kansas City Chiefs 12:00 CBS (Pick: Kansas City)

Miami Dolphins vs New England Patriots 12:00 CBS (Pick: New England) New Orleans Saints vs Carolina Panthers 12:00 FOX (Pick: New Orleans)

Washington vs Dallas Cowboys 3:25 FOX (Pick: Dallas)

Oakland Raiders vs Denver Broncos 3:25 CBS (Pick: Oakland)

Philadelphia Eagles vs New York Giants 3:25 FOX (Pick: Philadelphia)

Indianapolis Colts vs Jacksonville Jaguars 3:25 CBS (Pick: Indianapolis)

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Baltimore Ravens 3:25 CBS (Pick: Baltimore)

Tennessee Titans vs Houston Texans 3:25 CBS (Pick: Tennessee)

San Francisco 49ers vs Seattle Seahawks 7:20 NBC (Pick: San Francisco)

What to Watch For

Pay attention to the Kansas City game. Kansas City win would lock Houston into the four seed. If this happens then it could mean that Houston benches some players for rest. This could be huge for the Oakland scenario or Tennessee. If Houston has a chance to clinch the three seed then they will not bench players. The New Orleans and Green Bay games will set up Sunday Night football. Oakland needs a lot of help, they need a win in the early games by one of four teams. The safest bet will be the Patriots. Marshawn Lynch will play his first game for Seattle in over a year in game 256 of the season, which is also the final game of the season. It is going to be fun and next week we talk PLAYOFFS!

Have a magical day and we will SEE YA! real soon.