Week 17 NFL Picks: Predictions and Advice for Season-Finale Vegas Odds

December 29, 2016   ·   Steve Silverman   ·   Jump to comments

The Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions will be on center stage when they take the field Sunday night.
Nearly all NFL regular-season questions will have been answered by the time the two teams begin their battle at Ford Field in Detroit. 
The winner of the NFC North will be determined by this game, and it's also possible that the NFC's second wild-card team will emerge here as well.
With the Green Bay Packers streaking right now, the expectation is that their five-game winning streak will become six games. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers and his receivers are in sync, and the defense has straightened itself out after a brutal run midway through the season.
On the opposite side, the Lions have lost two games in a row, to the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys, after a very strong season that saw them build a 9-4 record earlier in December. The tendency is to say that these are the same old Lions and that they will blow it with the season on the line.
But look...

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