Week 17 NFL Picks: Biggest Blowouts To End the Regular Season

Getting blown out is not a fun feeling.

Ask any pathetic team in the National Football League.

While a loss is a loss, getting thoroughly embarrassed shows you aren't progressing as a team, and that's about as disheartening as it can get for a bad team trying to rise from the doldrums.

Here are the three biggest blowouts to end the regular season.

3. San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis Rams

Usually, when there is a lot of talk about your head coach getting fired during the season, that's a bad sign.

That's what's happened to the Rams this season behind a 2-13 record.

Quarterback Sam Bradford's offensive line has fallen apart this season and he doesn't have much to work with on offense, but he's also to blame in my opinion. He's made some poor decisions throwing the football this season.

As for the 49ers, they are the biggest riser in the NFL this season, going a remarkable 12-3 after scuffling to a 6-10 record last season.

They have perhaps the best defense in football, giving up just 13.5 points per game, and their offense has been much better than in 2010.

This could get ugly with the 49ers determined to claim the NFC's No. 2 seed before the playoffs.

2. Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns

The Steelers always have a way of getting better as the season progresses.

They've done that again this season, winning nine of their last 11 games after starting 2-2. Their only losses have come against the 49ers and Baltimore Ravens.

The Browns, on the other hand, should be ashamed of themselves. They've gone 4-11 this season and have lost eight of their last nine games, including to the St. Louis Rams and Arizona Cardinals.

They've also averaged 13.9 points per game, third-worst in the NFL. Given the Steelers have allowed just 14.5 points per game, this won't be pretty, folks.

1. Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots

The Bills got off to a surprising start this season behind a rolling offense, but that offense hasn't been as good for most of the second half of the season and the defense is bad.

Yes, the Bills beat the Denver Broncos, 40-14,  in Week 16, but the Broncos have a mediocre offense and a defense that can be exposed.

The Patriots, on the other hand, have an excellent offense that should put up big points on the Bills.

Oh yeah, this game is also being played in Foxborough and the Patriots are going for home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.