{"id":187,"date":"2007-12-29T23:50:24","date_gmt":"2007-12-30T04:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2007\/12\/29\/nfl-week-17\/"},"modified":"2007-12-29T23:50:24","modified_gmt":"2007-12-30T04:50:24","slug":"nfl-week-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2007\/12\/nfl-week-17\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Again, gotta be quick. I\u2019ll do a standings update and another round of bowls tomorrow&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday 1:00<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Bills @ Philly(-7.5)<\/em><br \/>\nTwo mediocre teams in a meaningless game. I don\u2019t see the Eagles as being that much better, but the Bills look kind of done. I guess I\u2019ll give the points.<\/p>\n<p><em>Panthers @ Tampa(+2.5)<\/em><br \/>\nHmm, apparently the Bucs are going to be resting everyone, that\u2019s the only reason for a spread like that here. The Panthers appear to be trying to save Fox\u2019s job, I think they\u2019ll actually play this game and even cover.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bengals @ Miami(+2.5)<\/em><br \/>\nAwful, awful, awful. I\u2019ll take Cinci, I guess.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lions @ Green Bay(-5)<\/em><br \/>\nThat\u2019s pathetic. The Packers have nothing to play for and they\u2019re still big favorites over the Lions. Well, the Lions ache on the road and the Packers probably don\u2019t want to look like they\u2019re limping into the playoffs, so I\u2019ll give the points.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jaguars @ Houston(-6.5)<\/em><br \/>\nEven with Taylor and Jones-Drew resting, why would people think the Texans are a full TD better? What\u2019s in it for them? Sage Rosenfels? Meh, I\u2019ll take the Jags and the points.<\/p>\n<p><em>Seahawks @ Atlanta(-1)<\/em><br \/>\nAgain, obviously the Seabags are resting guys. Atlanta doesn\u2019t care, either, do they? Seahawks, though, I guess.<\/p>\n<p><em>Niners @ Cleveland(-11.5)<\/em><br \/>\nThe Browns actually need this game to still have a shot at the playoffs, don\u2019t they? I\u2019ll give the points.<\/p>\n<p><em>Saints @ Chicago(+1.5)<\/em><br \/>\nI think the Saints will actually try to win this game, just to end the season on a positive note going into next year, where maybe they can come back and contend in a weak division. The Bears, on the other hand, have nothing to play for at all. I\u2019ll give the 1.5.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, 4:15<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Cowboys @ Washington(-9)<\/em><br \/>\nWill Dallas play anyone here? I know I wouldn\u2019t. Redskins.<\/p>\n<p><em>Steelers @ Baltimore(+3)<\/em><br \/>\nPossibly one of the better games this week, since these teams seem to legitimately not like each other. I like Pittsburgh here.<\/p>\n<p><em>Vikings @ Denver(+3)<\/em><br \/>\nI don\u2019t see why the Vikings are favored. They screwed their chances last week (and looked horrible doing it, or so I\u2019m told) and Jackson has regressed. Why would they be up for a road game in a tough place to paly? Denver.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chargers @ Oakland(+8)<\/em><br \/>\nThe Raiders have basically mailed it in for the season, right? Give the points.<\/p>\n<p><em>Rams @ Arizona(-6)<\/em><br \/>\nCardinals, I guess. No idea.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chefs @ New Jersey Meadowlands(-5.5)<\/em><br \/>\nI\u2019m going to have to go with the Jets here, because KC is just vile.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday NBC<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Titans @ Indy(+5)<\/em><br \/>\nI\u2019ll actually be really rooting for the Colts here because I\u2019d much rather see the Browns in the playoffs than the Titans. Because of that, the Titans will win, of course. Indy will rest everybody, as usual, so I don\u2019t see this as being all that close. Titans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Again, gotta be quick. I\u2019ll do a standings update and another round of bowls tomorrow&#8230; Sunday 1:00 Bills @ Philly(-7.5) Two mediocre teams in a meaningless game. I don\u2019t see the Eagles as being that much better, but the Bills look kind of done. I guess I\u2019ll give the points. Panthers @ Tampa(+2.5) Hmm, apparently &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/2007\/12\/nfl-week-17\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NFL Week 17<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}