NFL Football WK 17 2008 Picks

This is it – the last week of regular season football.  We can weep after the Broncos – Chargers game Sunday night.  I think there will be a lot of shake-ups as teams make their last gasp to get into the play-offs, and there are a lot of competitive divisional games, too.  Ought to be some really great football today.  I think the Titans – Colts will be a good match-up, and the Dolphins – Jets will probably be a fight to the death.  Probably some fireworks at the Cowboys – Eagles game, and the Broncos – Chargers as well.  Rumor has it Cutler and Rivers don’t get along very well.  *cough* 

The Lions – what can anyone say about the Lions?  Personally, I think they ought to go for the 0-16 record.  I mean, why not?  At least have a record in something, right?  I’ve read that the Lions owner has been instrumental in keeping the team in the dumps, and if I were a Lions fan, I’d probably be screaming that something be done, pronto.  Look what Parcells has done for the Dolphins in just a single season – last year 1-15, this year, in the play-off hunt, so there’s proof it can be done.  Not sure if Parcells could be lured away from Miami, but if I was the Lions owner, I’d be doing everything in my power to get Parcells up to Detroit.  My sympathies to Lions fans, I know it hurts. 

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• There are no longer any teams with only a single win or loss.
• The Lions remain the only winless team, going into WK 17. 

NCF division leaders in blue; AFC division leaders in red.

Byes this week: None

12-28-08	@		±	TIME (EST)	NETWORK
Rams	Falcons	Falcons		1 PM	FOX
Patriots	Bills	Patriots		1 PM	CBS
Chiefs	Bengals	Bengals		1 PM	CBS
Bears	Texans	Texans		1 PM	FOX
Giants	Vikings	Giants		1 PM	FOX
Panthers	Saints	Panthers		1 PM	FOX
Browns	Steelers	Steelers		1 PM	CBS
Raiders	Buccaneers	Buccaneers		1 PM	CBS
Titans	Colts	Colts		1 PM	CBS
Lions	Packers	Packers		1 PM	FOX
Jaguars	Ravens	Ravens		4:15 PM	CBS
Seahawks	Cardinals	Cardinals		4:15 PM	FOX
Redskins	49ers	Redskins		4:15 PM	FOX
Dolphins	Jets	Dolphins		4:15 PM	CBS
Cowboys	Eagles	Cowboys		4:15 PM	FOX
Broncos	Chargers	Broncos		8:15 PM	NBC