NFL Playoff Scenarios 2017: Latest Bracket Picture, Vegas Odds and Predictions

With only one more week remaining in the 2016 regular season, the NFL playoff picture is largely complete.

Only one of the 12 postseason spots remains up for grabs in Week 17. The Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers clash with the NFC North title on the line, and the loser could slip out of the playoffs altogether depending on how the week shakes out.

Here’s a look at the AFC and NFC standings:

According to OddsShark, the New England Patriots are the favorites to win Super Bowl LI:

Looking ahead to Week 17, below are two predictions for how the remaining division races will end up.

Predictions Derek Carr’s Injury Won’t Cost Oakland Raiders AFC West Title

The Oakland Raiders’ Super Bowl hopes likely evaporated when Derek Carr suffered a fractured fibula in Saturday’s win over the Indianapolis Colts. In the short term, though, the sky may not be falling on Oakland.

Carr’s replacement, Matt McGloin, has little doubt he can make a seamless transition into the starting role, per ESPN.com’s Paul Gutierrez:

I’m ready to go. I feel great, and it has been great working with [Carr] the past few years and working together and seeing what he has done on the field trying to learn from that. I’m ready to go.

I know this team, these guys around me, this staff. This organization will do a great job of helping me out and embracing me, just making sure we continue to move in the right direction.

Taking over for Carr is difficult enough on its own. Further complicating McGloin’s job is the fact the Raiders play the Denver Broncos to close out the regular season.

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