The NFL’s holiday week schedule is upon us and that brings four days of football. It results in a lighter Sunday schedule, but we do get some great matchups to make up for the lump of coal we get on Christmas.
Full list of Week 17 straight-up picks with confidence levels
We make picks for all 16 NFL games with levels of confidence ahead of Week 17.
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It’s hard to call out a highlight on Christmas Day. We get Cowboys-Commanders, Lions-Vikings, and Broncos-Chiefs. Detroit and Denver both have something to play for, but the other four teams do not. We get a big Saturday to follow, which is also the first weekend of Saturday NFL action this year. The Texans and Chargers square off in LA, while the Ravens and Packers face off at Lambeau Field. Houston and LA are both in the playoff field, while Baltimore and Green Bay have some work to do.
The Sunday slate only includes ten games, but we get some big ones. Seahawks-Panthers, Eagles-Bills, and Bears-49ers are huge, but even Giants-Raiders in the 4 p.m. window is a big one for the draft picture.
I’m back for another week of straight-up picks with confidence levels. Last week I went 9-7 overall, including 2-0 on high confidence picks, 4-3 on medium confidence picks, and 3-4 on low confidence picks.
On to my Week 17 picks!
High confidence
Broncos over Chiefs
Patriots over Jets
Lions over Vikings
Rams over Falcons
Medium confidence
Cowboys over Commanders
Seahawks over Panthers
49ers over Bears
Packers over Ravens
Steelers over Browns
Bills over Eagles
Giants over Raiders
Low confidence
Texans over Chargers***
Bengals over Cardinals
Titans over Saints***
Dolphins over Buccaneers***
Colts over Jaguars***
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