NFL odds, lines, picks, spreads, best bets, predictions for Week 17, 2021: Model high on Cardinals, Steelers
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Winners of eight straight, the Kansas City Chiefs can clinch the AFC’s top overall seed on Sunday. Kansas City needs to knock off the Bengals and is a five-point favorite to do so according to the NFL odds Caesars Sportsbook. Also, the Titans would need to lose to Miami for the Chiefs to earn an elusive first-round bye. The Dolphins own the league’s second-longest winning streak at seven games, but Tennessee is still a 3.5-point favorite in the latest Week 17 NFL spreads.
If the two lengthy win streaks of the Chiefs and Dolphins continue, then Kansas City will have the top overall seed in the NFL playoff picture by Sunday. All of the Week 17 NFL lines are listed below and SportsLine’s advanced computer model has all the NFL betting advice and predictions you need to make the best Week 17 NFL picks now.
The model, which simulates every NFL game 10,000 times, is up over $7,100 for $100 players on top-rated NFL picks since its inception six-plus years ago. The model enters Week 17 of the 2021 season on an incredible 134-96 run on top-rated NFL picks that dates back to the 2017 season.
The model also ranked in the top 10 on NFLPickWatch four of the past five years on straight-up NFL picks and beat more than 94 percent of CBS Sports Football Pick’em players four times during that span. Anyone who has followed it is way up.
Now, it has turned its attention to the latest Week 17 NFL odds and locked in picks for every NFL matchup. Head here to see every pick.
Top Week 17 NFL predictions
One of the model’s strongest Week 17 NFL picks is that the Cardinals (+5.5) cover the spread against the Cowboys. Dallas has won four straight, but all of those were against teams currently with losing records. Arizona’s three-game losing streak doesn’t inspire confidence, but the team fares much better on the road than at home. The Cards have won seven of eight away games, while Dallas has split its last four home contests.
With Kyler Murray, Chase Edmonds and a returning James Conner, Arizona has a multi-dimensional rushing attack that can exploit Dallas’ weakness. The Cowboys allow 4.5 yards per rush, which ranks among the bottom 10, and the model sees the three Cards having success on Sunday. Arizona should be able to stick with Dallas throughout and the model has the Cardinals (+5.5) staying within the spread in almost 60 percent of simulations.
Another one of its Week 17 NFL predictions: The Steelers (+3) cover against the Browns on Monday Night Football. Baker Mayfield is coming off arguably the worst game of his career, as he threw a career-high four interceptions while also being sacked five times. Now, he faces a Steelers defense that ranks fourth with 43 sacks and has the NFL’s leading sack artist, T.J. Watt, who has 17.5 QB takedowns.
Mayfield has been sacked at least four times in his last four regular season games against the Steelers. Most of those games came with healthy offensive lines, but the Browns were missing three O-line starters in Week 16, including both tackles. The model has the Steelers (+3) winning straight-up and covering almost 60 percent of the time. It also says to back the Over (40.5) since the teams are projected to combine for 42 total points.
How to make Week 17 NFL picks
The model has also made the call on who wins and covers in every other game on the Week 17 NFL schedule, and it’s calling for a Super Bowl contender to go down hard. You can only get every pick for every game at SportsLine.
So which NFL picks can you make with confidence, and which Super Bowl contender goes down hard? Check out the latest NFL odds below, then visit SportsLine to see which teams win and cover the spread, all from a proven computer model that has returned over $7,100 since its inception, and find out.
Week 17 NFL odds, spreads, lines
Sunday, Jan. 2
Featured Game | Indianapolis Colts vs. Las Vegas Raiders
Featured Game | Chicago Bears vs. New York Giants
Buccaneers at Jets (+13, 45.5)
Featured Game | New York Jets vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Featured Game | Buffalo Bills vs. Atlanta Falcons
Eagles at Washington (+3, 44.5)
Featured Game | Washington Football Team vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Featured Game | Cincinnati Bengals vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Jaguars at Patriots (-15.5, 41.5)
Featured Game | New England Patriots vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Featured Game | Tennessee Titans vs. Miami Dolphins
Featured Game | Baltimore Ravens vs. Los Angeles Rams
Broncos at Chargers (-6.5, 46)
Featured Game | Los Angeles Chargers vs. Denver Broncos
Featured Game | San Francisco 49ers vs. Houston Texans
Cardinals at Cowboys (-5.5, 51)
Featured Game | Dallas Cowboys vs. Arizona Cardinals
Featured Game | New Orleans Saints vs. Carolina Panthers
Lions at Seahawks (-6.5, 42.5)
Featured Game | Seattle Seahawks vs. Detroit Lions
Featured Game | Green Bay Packers vs. Minnesota Vikings
Monday, Jan. 3
Browns at Steelers (+3, 41)
Featured Game | Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Cleveland Browns
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