Week 17 NFL Picks: Season-Finale Betting Odds, Vegas Spreads and Projections

If the end of Week 16 is any sign, Week 17 could be quite the fruitful farewell for bettors. 

In a Monday Night Football showdown between the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys, many might have been hesitant to run with the latter over the former since the line was mostly a full touchdown.

The Cowboys won 42-21.

With many playoff berths set and a clear divide between the best and the worst of the league, it doesn’t look like Week 17 will be the place for many notable upsets. Here is a look at the entire slate.

NFL Week 17 Odds

Carolina at Tampa Bay (-6.5) 

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Someone viewing the schedule at the start of the season probably had a different idea as to where these two teams would stand in Week 17. 

It is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, not the Carolina Panthers, sitting on a winning record. The Panthers let cornerback Josh Norman walk over the offseason and never found a rhythm on offense. They have failed to put together a winning streak of more than two games on the way to a 6-9 record.

Tampa Bay has shown plenty of growth to get to 8-7, putting together a five-game streak at one point featuring wins over the Kansas City Chiefs and Seattle Seahawks.

These NFC South foes met in Week 5, a 17-14 win for the Buccaneers, who picked off Derek Anderson twice. The rematch will feature Cam Newton but goes down in Tampa. Newton hasn’t been himself this year with 18 touchdowns against 11 interceptions, including one of the former and two of the latter in a 33-16 drubbing at the hands of the Atlanta Falcons in Week 16.

The Buccaneers have lost two in a row, but going down on the road against the Cowboys and New Orleans Saints by no more than seven points isn’t the biggest red flag in the betting realm. At home, Jameis Winston and the Buccaneers should once …

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