NFL Week 17 Picks: The Falcons and Panthers Keep Southlandia Weird

December 27, 2014   ·   Mike Tanier   ·   Jump to comments

Riffs, rants, observations and dissenting opinions from the voices in my head: Here's a warped and dented take on this weekend's games, with "season reviews" for the meaningless games in which both teams are eliminated from the playoffs. I know it's cheesy, but given the choice between extra Christmas activities with young children or previewing a Saints-Buccaneers game, which would you choose? 
Note: All times listed are Eastern, lines are via Odds Shark and game capsules are listed in the order you should read them.
 
Panthers at Falcons
Sunday, 4:25 p.m.
Line: Falcons -3.5
NFC Southlandia is pro football's hippest division. Its teams have rejected western civilization's hierarchical, parochial models of success, with all of the winning and standings and overemphasis on achievement.
NFC Southlandia is a lifestyle, man. It's an aesthetic. It's the crackle and hiss of a vinyl record on a turntable, the locally grown-only menu that won't...

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