It’s Week 17! Ten teams have already punched their tickets to the postseason, but seven out of eight divisions are still up for grabs. Six teams will play on Christmas Day and four more on Saturday, here in the penultimate week of the regular season. Matt Verderame wrote about Travis Kelce likely playing his final game at Arrowhead, Conor Orr says the Ravens need to draft a top-tier quarterback and Greg Bishop wrote about the evolution of NFL player gift giving. Let’s dive into the games.
Our group of game pickers is unanimous on Christmas, taking all favorites in every game across a slate that looked more exciting this summer. But we are split down the middle on Saturday’s Chargers-Texans game that has massive AFC playoff ramifications. The Packers and Ravens are both looking to rebound from prime-time losses last week, but Conor Orr is our only picker who has the Ravens getting a win in Lambeau. Finally, the Bears and 49ers are both hot right now, and they’ll meet Sunday night in Santa Clara. Only Gilberto Manzano has Chicago coming away with a road win.
