NFL Picks Week 17: Advice on Final Regular-Season Vegas Odds and Spreads

Before you place your bets in NFL Week 17, it may be smart to wait to see what each team plans to do with their starters.

One team to pay close attention to is the Kansas City Chiefs, but we'll get to them later.

We have four double-digit favorites this week: the Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots and Minnesota Vikings—and they're all at home.

Below, we have each game on the Week 17 slate with the spreads and the picks against the spread.

Make some money using this guide this week, but of course, monitor who is and isn't playing.

All odds are courtesy of OddsShark.

Good luck.

Week 17 Point Spreads and Predictions

Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers

Spread: PIT -14.5

Pick: Steelers

Washington Redskins at New York Giants

Spread: WAS -3.5

Pick: Redskins

Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins

Spread: BUF +3

Pick: Dolphins

Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions

Spread: DET -7.5

Pick: Lions

Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons

Spread: ATL -3.5

Pick: Panthers

Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings

Spread: MIN -12.5

Pick: Vikings 

New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Spread: NO -7.5

Pick: Buccaneers

Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles

Spread: NL

Pick: Eagles

New York Jets at New England Patriots

Spread: NE -16.5

Pick: Patriots

Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts

Spread: Even

Pick: Colts

Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens

Spread: BAL -10

Pick: Bengals

Jacksonville Jaguars at Tennessee Titans

Spread: NL

Pick: Jaguars

Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks

Spread: SEA -8

Pick: Seahawks

Oakland Raiders at Los Angeles Chargers

Spread: LAC -7

Pick: Chargers

Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos

Spread: DEN -3

Pick: Chiefs

San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams

Spread: SF -6.5

Pick: Rams

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It comes as no surprise, but the largest favorite on the Week 17 docket is the Patriots hosting the Jets.

With Bryce Petty under center for the Jets now, this offense could be nicknamed Casper—it's a ghost.

It's hard to lay those kind of points because, well, it's three possessions, but in this case, I'd be content with the Patriots -24.

Oakland Raiders at Los Angeles Chargers

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Playing for their playoff lives, you better believe the Chargers are going to give this game all they got, especially at home.

The Raiders, through Week 15, ranked 32nd and 18th in DVOA against the pass and run, respectively.

You get the picture: Their defense stinks.

The Chargers, equipped with myriad offensive weapons, should be able to take out the Raiders.

Rivers and the Chargers will need the Titans to lose to get into the postseason, but the Chargers will do their part with a win—perhaps a narrow one—over the Raiders.

We could see some offensive fireworks here no doubt.

Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos

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This game is unique in that we have no idea who is going to play for the Chiefs now that they've locked up the No. 4 seed in the AFC.

On the road against the Broncos, the Chiefs should have no issue beating the Broncos—just look at these two teams.

The Broncos offense is stagnant, no matter who is under center for them.

However, the Chiefs may throw out the B-team, including rookie quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

Should that happen, the Chiefs are more susceptible for a loss.

Still, the Chiefs backup unit is still good enough for get a win and at least cover the spread.

Bettors may try to make a couple bucks off the Broncos here, but go against the grain and go with the Chiefs.

Be sure to pay attention to reports concerning the status of the Chiefs starters for Week 17.

Statistics courtesy of Football Outsiders.