NFL Picks Week 17: Advice on Final Regular-Season Vegas Odds and Spreads

December 27, 2016   ·   Steve Silverman   ·   Jump to comments

The New England Patriots will be playing for the top seed in the AFC playoffs when they take on the Miami Dolphins in Week 17. The Dolphins, already a playoff team, seem to have little at stake.
The Dolphins are the No. 6 seed in the AFC playoffs at this point, but they do have a slight chance to move up to No. 5. If they can beat the Patriots at home—something they did a year ago in the regular-season finale—and the Kansas City Chiefs lose their last game on the road against the San Diego Chargers, they would move up to the No. 5 seed.
The difference there is that the fifth seed would get to play the AFC South champion Houston Texans (9-6), while the sixth seed would have to play the explosive Pittsburgh Steelers (10-5), winners of six games in a row and owners of one of the most dangerous offensive attacks in the game. Houston is locked into the fourth seed, and Pittsburgh can't move from the No. 3 seed.
So don't say Miami has nothing to play for, which is ...

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