NFL final week of regular season

[jersey cubs fan]

 

The Giants were partying down the street from me. They are poised to ruin the Eagles pathetic run to the playoffs.

Bears are poised to go like, 1-15 ATS this year.

 

NFL Lines For Week 17 - NFL Football Line Week Seventeen

NFL Line 12/29, 2019

Date & Time Favorite Line Underdog Total

12/29 1:00 ET Tennessee -5 At Houston 48

12/29 1:00 ET Cleveland -2.5 At Cincinnati 46

12/29 1:00 ET At Minnesota -7.5 Chicago 41.5

12/29 1:00 ET Indianapolis -3.5 At Jacksonville 43

12/29 1:00 ET At Tampa Bay -1 Atlanta 50.5

12/29 1:00 ET At Dallas -11 Washington 44

12/29 1:00 ET New Orleans -13 At Carolina 48

12/29 1:00 ET Philadelphia -4.5 At NY Giants 46

12/29 1:00 ET At Baltimore -3 Pittsburgh 41

12/29 1:00 ET At Buffalo -1 NY Jets 37

12/29 1:00 ET At New England -16.5 Miami 43.5

12/29 1:00 ET Green Bay -10 At Detroit 41.5

12/29 1:00 ET At Kansas City -7.5 LA Chargers 48

12/29 4:25 ET At LA Rams -7 Arizona 49

12/29 8:20 ET San Francisco -3 At Seattle 47.5

12/29 4:25 ET At Denver -4 Oakland 42

[NOLA]

Go Seahawks. Vikings win tonight and Seattle next week and Saints get the #1 seed.

[raw]

Half decent chance the Raiders make the playoffs. Steelers get the Ravens. Ravens are resting starters, but the Steelers are starting a terrible QB. Titans get the Texans, who probably don't have anything to play for, but I haven't heard if they are resting anyone. If not, they have a good shot for the win at home. The -5 line to the Titans means someone thinks they are resting starters. Raiders need both those teams to lose and they need to beat the lowly Broncos.

 

For the sake of my nephew and the Bears 2nd round draft pick, Go TITANS!

[soccer10k]

Half decent chance the Raiders make the playoffs. Steelers get the Ravens. Ravens are resting starters, but the Steelers are starting a terrible QB. Titans get the Texans, who probably don't have anything to play for, but I haven't heard if they are resting anyone. If not, they have a good shot for the win at home. The -5 line to the Titans means someone thinks they are resting starters. Raiders need both those teams to lose and they need to beat the lowly Broncos.

 

For the sake of my nephew and the Bears 2nd round draft pick, Go TITANS!

 

Colts also have to win. If it's Raiders-Titans-Steelers, the Titans go because of strength of victory. But if Indy wins, they knock out Tennessee because of a better divisional record. Raiders beat Indy and have strength of victory tiebreaker over Pittsburgh. Raiders also need a win by the Bears, Lions, Chiefs or Pats.

 

The Raiders stink though. They're probably going to lose.

 

Houston hasn't announced either way because they won't know until game time if they have something to play for. If KC wins (home to the Chargers), they get the 3 seed. But if KC loses, Houston gets the 3 seed with a win. KC plays in the early games but Houston plays later. If KC wins, Houston will rest everybody.

[SouthSideRyan]

Half decent chance the Raiders make the playoffs. Steelers get the Ravens. Ravens are resting starters, but the Steelers are starting a terrible QB. Titans get the Texans, who probably don't have anything to play for, but I haven't heard if they are resting anyone. If not, they have a good shot for the win at home. The -5 line to the Titans means someone thinks they are resting starters. Raiders need both those teams to lose and they need to beat the lowly Broncos.

 

For the sake of my nephew and the Bears 2nd round draft pick, Go TITANS!

 

Colts also have to win. If it's Raiders-Titans-Steelers, the Titans go because of strength of victory. But if Indy wins, they knock out Tennessee because of a better divisional record. Raiders beat Indy and have strength of victory tiebreaker over Pittsburgh. Raiders also need a win by the Bears, Lions, Chiefs or Pats.

 

The Raiders stink though. They're probably going to lose.

 

Houston hasn't announced either way because they won't know until game time if they have something to play for. If KC wins (home to the Chargers), they get the 3 seed. But if KC loses, Houston gets the 3 seed with a win. KC plays in the early games but Houston plays later. If KC wins, Houston will rest everybody.

 

Don't they usually arrange the schedule so games that affect each other are at the same time? Or is that only for in-out the playoffs(I see the 4 AFC games and the Eagles-Giants are playing at the same time)

[soccer10k]

Half decent chance the Raiders make the playoffs. Steelers get the Ravens. Ravens are resting starters, but the Steelers are starting a terrible QB. Titans get the Texans, who probably don't have anything to play for, but I haven't heard if they are resting anyone. If not, they have a good shot for the win at home. The -5 line to the Titans means someone thinks they are resting starters. Raiders need both those teams to lose and they need to beat the lowly Broncos.

 

For the sake of my nephew and the Bears 2nd round draft pick, Go TITANS!

 

Colts also have to win. If it's Raiders-Titans-Steelers, the Titans go because of strength of victory. But if Indy wins, they knock out Tennessee because of a better divisional record. Raiders beat Indy and have strength of victory tiebreaker over Pittsburgh. Raiders also need a win by the Bears, Lions, Chiefs or Pats.

 

The Raiders stink though. They're probably going to lose.

 

Houston hasn't announced either way because they won't know until game time if they have something to play for. If KC wins (home to the Chargers), they get the 3 seed. But if KC loses, Houston gets the 3 seed with a win. KC plays in the early games but Houston plays later. If KC wins, Houston will rest everybody.

 

Don't they usually arrange the schedule so games that affect each other are at the same time? Or is that only for in-out the playoffs(I see the 4 AFC games and the Eagles-Giants are playing at the same time)

 

I thought they did. They must not do it for seeding differences that don’t matter as far as whether or not you get a bye or division vs WC. So 3 vs 4 you’re getting a home game but not a bye so that’s not as important.

 

Just looking at the schedule, NE and KC play at the same time as do NO and GB (who wins and loses could affect byes). Dal and Philly are at the same time. Pitt/Ten/Oak are all at the same time.

[soccer10k]

LOL Patriots.

[soccer10k]

The Bucs losing on a Jameis pick 6 is so amazing.

 

He's also the first player with 30 TDs and 30 INTs in a season.

[Soul]

This might be the single most hilarious and bat [expletive] insane article ever written by a sports writer. The anonymous sports news source/s strikes again:

 

https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/jets/ny-adam-gase-jets-fans-20191224-aqdwksbo5nditexjl65gvdb6ye-story.html

 

Adam Gase has a message for every long-suffering Jets fan, who has endured a lifetime of anguish: He doesn’t care about you.

 

The Daily News has learned that the embattled head coach has privately told people for months that Gang Green diehards have never mattered to him.

 

“I’m rich as f--k” has become Gase’s go-to line since taking over 11 months ago, according to sources. Gase has repeatedly said it to anyone that mentions the avalanche of criticism this year. It has become his defense mechanism.

 

“He’s an insecure guy,” a Jets source told the News. It’s a slap in the face to every fan, who has invested their time and money in a poor product for years. The last thing someone supporting this franchise needs to hear is the head coach boasting about his bloated bank account.

 

Gase also has said behind closed doors that his “Give-A-Sh--t meter” is low when it comes to critics since he’s got enough money in the bank now (thanks to Christopher Johnson).

He was never head coach material. Knew it when he left. I think a few others here were scratching their heads too.

[UMFan83]

Damn, would have been nice to see the Patriots AND Packers denied a bye week but at least we got 1

[soccer10k]

Seattle’s in an interesting position. If they win, they get the 3 seed and play Minnesota at home. If they lose, they get the 5 seed and play at Philly/Dallas. So they don’t have a huge incentive to win. They’re playing next weekend regardless and the choices are playing a tougher team at home or a weaker team on the road.

 

The Niners on the other hand have big incentive to win because they get the 1 seed with a win and the 5 with a loss.

[PackLandVA]

Seattle’s in an interesting position. If they win, they get the 3 seed and play Minnesota at home. If they lose, they get the 5 seed and play at Philly/Dallas. So they don’t have a huge incentive to win. They’re playing next weekend regardless and the choices are playing a tougher team at home or a weaker team on the road.

 

The Niners on the other hand have big incentive to win because they get the 1 seed with a win and the 5 with a loss.

 

Doubt Seattle wants to have to travel to the east coast. And being a division winner gives them a small shot at a second home game in the NFC Championship Game. Also, not common for a team to make SB winning three road games.

[Andy]

Christian McCaffrey went 1,000/1,000, 3rd guy ever. Marshall Faulk 99 and Roger Craig in the 80s.

 

Carolina went 5-11 and got their horsefeathers kicked in the entire month of December. Way to go, guys. Please draft Tua.

[Derwood]

Comparing the point differentials to the final records of some of these teams is wild.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

Instead the Pats' defense will end up pantsing Tannehill handily

The Tannehill playing for the Titans isn't the same as the Tannehill playing for Gase. The Pats are only 4.5 point favs at home for a reason.

[Derwood]

Comparing the point differentials to the final records of some of these teams is wild.

 

AFC

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Ravens (+249)

Chiefs (+143)

Patriots (+195)

Texans (-7)

Bills (+55)

Titans (+77)

 

Every non-playoff team had a negative point diff.

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NFC

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49ers (+169)

Saints (+117)

Packers (+63)

Eagles (+31)

Vikings (+104)

Seahawks (+7)

 

In the "WTF happened?" category, the 8-8 Cowboys were +113

 

Two non-playoff teams were positive (Bucs and Rams)

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

The Tannehill playing for the Titans isn't the same as the Tannehill playing for Gase. The Pats are only 4.5 point favs at home for a reason.

 

That's huge for a playoff game I would think, especially since the Pats' D >>> their offense. Do they usually get higher? Anyway, Tannehill put on a prettier dress this year thanks to AJ Brown, Derrick Henry, and avoiding his annual concussion or whatever injury, but the best defense by DVOA in his division was Tenn's 18th ranked entering yesterday and I just don't believe he's got big playoff wins in him until he does it

Playing at home is normally a 3-4 point advantage. The odds makers are basically saying the Titans and the Pats are equally good football teams, at this point...which is crazy to think about.

[jersey cubs fan]

The belief is more people will instinctively put money on the Pats, so the spread is artificially higher in their favor.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

The belief is more people will instinctively put money on the Pats, so the spread is artificially higher in their favor.

Exactly. The odds aren't necessarily set at the closest they can place them to reality. They are set at the point that will make them the most money. The money is going to roll in on the Patriots. ...and I'll take the points.

[WrigleyField 22]

Comparing the point differentials to the final records of some of these teams is wild.

 

AFC

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Ravens (+249)

Chiefs (+143)

Patriots (+195)

Texans (-7)

Bills (+55)

Titans (+77)

 

Every non-playoff team had a negative point diff.

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NFC

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49ers (+169)

Saints (+117)

Packers (+63)

Eagles (+31)

Vikings (+104)

Seahawks (+7)

 

In the "WTF happened?" category, the 8-8 Cowboys were +113

 

Two non-playoff teams were positive (Bucs and Rams)

All those years Jerry stuck with his guy Garrett, and now good chance he's going to dump him based on a fluky down W-L record.

[Derwood]

What on earth

[PackLandVA]

Cowboys were +89 in their six games against that craptastic division. Still pretty good in the other 10 games in which they went 3-7. Lost their games by about 6 points/game.