07-08 NFL Week 17 Pick Results

posted on 01/01/08 at 10:24:15 pm by Joel Ross

The final regular season game has been played - this season is done! This week was a tough one to pick - so many teams played meaningless games that it was tough to figure out who would be competitive. Yeah, it was obvious that Washington and Tennessee would ramp up their play while Dallas and Indy would rest their key players, but explain Green Bay over Detroit or Cincinnati over Miami while at the same time explaining Atlanta over Seattle and Baltimore over Pittsburgh? It's not a good week to lay down cash on games!

In "Lock Solid" picks, I (again) went 3-1, but in a shift, I came out ahead by $4.75. That means for the season, I'm 48-20, but down by $42.32. As an FYI, that would be $680 in bets on these. That's a loss of about 6%.

As for the market comparison, betting would be up by $76.15. Not much of a difference really, when you consider you'd be betting (or investing) $7,680 for the season.

  • New England 38 (-14.5), New York Giants 35 (44 O/U) [P: $0.77, S: ($10.00), O/U: $9.09, T: ($0.14)]: Congrats to the Patriots on a perfect regular season. Can they get through the playoffs unscathed? We'll see. I certainly don't expect to see 10+ spreads for them anymore.
  • Cincinnati 38 (-2.5), Miami 25 (45.5 O/U) [P: $6.90, S: $10.00, O/U: ($10.00), T: $6.90]: I thought we'd finally be through seeing the '72 Dolfins, but almost immediately, the talk changed from a perfect season to going 17-0 - getting through the playoffs. If the Patriots lose, we'll still have to hear from the old men, I'm sure.
  • Seattle 41, Atlanta 44 (-2.5) (38 O/U) [P: ($10.00), S: ($10.00), O/U: $9.09, T: ($10.91)]
  • New Orleans 25 (-1), Chicago 33 (40 O/U) [P: $11.50, S: $10.00, O/U: ($10.00), T: $11.50]: Chicago wants Grossman back? Really?
  • Buffalo 9, Philadelphia 17 (-9) (36.5 O/U) [P: $2.86, S: ($10.00), O/U: ($10.00), T: ($17.14)]
  • Carolina 31 (-2.5), Tampa Bay 23 (36 O/U) [P: ($10.00), S: ($10.00), O/U: ($10.00), T: ($30.00)]
  • Dallas* 6, Washington 27 (-9) (39.5 O/U) [P: $2.17, S: ($10.00), O/U: ($10.00), T: ($17.83)]
  • Tennessee 16 (-6.5), Indianapolis 10 (39 O/U) [P: $3.45, S: ($10.00), O/U: ($10.00), T: ($16.55)]: How well will Tennessee do in the playoffs if they can barely beat the Colts with Jim "Career Backup" Sorgi at the helm? In fairness, though, Young was out as well.
  • Detroit 13, Green Bay 34 (-3) (39 O/U) [P: $5.00, S: $10.00, O/U: ($10.00), T: $5.00]
  • Pittsburgh 21 (-4), Baltimore 27 (35.5 O/U) [P: ($10.00), S: ($10.00), O/U: $9.09, T: ($10.91)]
  • San Francisco 7, Cleveland 20 (-11) (40 O/U) [P: $1.82, S: $10.00, O/U: ($10.00), T: $1.82]
  • Jacksonville 28, Houston 42 (-7) (41 O/U) [P: ($10.00), S: ($10.00), O/U: ($10.00), T: ($30.00)]
  • St. Louis 19, Arizona 48 (-6) (47.5 O/U) [P: $3.70, S: $10.00, O/U: ($10.00), T: $3.70]
  • Minnesota 19 (-3), Denver 22 (41 O/U) [P: ($10.00), S: ($10.00), O/U: $0.00, T: ($20.00)]
  • San Diego 30 (-7.5), Oakland 17 (43 O/U) [P: $2.67, S: $10.00, O/U: ($10.00), T: $2.67]: LT leads the league in rushing again. He's done that for a while now. He's pretty good. And apparently, pretty durable.
  • Kansas City 10, New York Jets 13 (-6.5) (34 O/U) [P: $3.57, S: ($10.00), O/U: ($10.00), T: ($16.43)]

Results Summary

  • Picks (this week): 11 - 5 (68.75%) - Winnings: ($5.59)
  • Picks (season): 166 - 90 (64.84%) - Winnings: ($137.74)
  • Spread (this week): 6 - 10 (37.50%) - Winnings: ($40.00)
  • Spread (season): 125 - 118 (51.44%) - Winnings: $70.00
  • Over/Under (this week): 3 - 12 (20.00%) - Winnings: ($92.73)
  • Over/Under (season): 122 - 127 (49.00%) - Winnings: ($160.91)
  • Total Weekly Winnings: ($138.32)
  • Total Overall Winnings: ($228.65)

Playoff picks will be coming soon!

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