NFL Picks: 2020 Week 17

By Kevin Schroeder
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Updated: January 3, 2021

Last week: 9-7 straight up, 8-8 against the spread, 1-2 best bets, 1-0 lock of the week
Season: 153-84-1 straight up, 111-120-7 against the spread, 22-27-3 best bets, 8-7-1 lock of the week

Lines for this week’s NFL games come from DraftKings, except for lines marked with an asterisk, which are consensus lines because the game is not on the board at DraftKings at the time of writing. Bold indicates a best bet. Bold and italic indicates the lock of the week.

Away	Line	Home	Straight Up	Against the Spread
Washington	-3.5	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
Jacksonville	+14	Indianapolis	Indianapolis	Indianapolis
Green Bay	-4.5	Chicago	Green Bay	Green Bay
Dallas	-2	New York Giants	New York Giants	New York Giants
Pittsburgh	+9.5	Cleveland	Cleveland	Cleveland
Tennessee	-7.5	Houston	Tennessee	Tennessee
New Orleans	-6.5	Carolina	New Orleans	New Orleans
New York Jets	+3*	New England	New England	New England
Minnesota	-6.5	Detroit	Minnesota	Minnesota
Atlanta	+6.5	Tampa Bay	Tampa Bay	Tampa Bay
Baltimore	-12.5	Cincinnati	Baltimore	Baltimore
Miami	+3	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo
Los Angeles Chargers	+3.5	Kansas City	Los Angeles Chargers	Los Angeles Chargers
Seattle	-6.5	San Francisco	Seattle	Seattle
Las Vegas	-3	Denver	Las Vegas	Las Vegas
Arizona	-3	Los Angeles Rams	Arizona	Arizona

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Best bets this week are simply the six games I like best as I make a last-ditch effort to get over .500 on the year. Is that the best way to pick games? No. But it’s not like they could get worse than they’ve been lately.

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