2012 NFL Predictions: Regular Season Week 17

Week 15 was a solid week for me. With two weeks left I’m almost guaranteed to reach 160 wins, but now I’m eyeing 165 or so, which is only 11 correct picks per week, so I’ve got a solid shot.

	Game	Puff’s Pick
Sun., 1:00 pm	Tampa Bay at Atlanta	Atlanta Falcons
	NY Jets at Buffalo	Buffalo Bills
	Baltimore at Cincinnati	Cincinnati Bengals
	Cleveland at Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh Steelers
	Chicago at Detroit	Chicago Bears
	Jacksonville at Tennessee	Tennessee Titans
	Philadelphia at NY Giants	New York Giants
	Carolina at New Orleans	New Orleans Saints
	Houston at Indianapolis	Indianapolis Colts
Sun., 4:25 pm	Green Bay at Minnesota	Green Bay Packers
	St. Louis at Seattle	Seattle Seahawks
	Miami at New England	New England Patriots
	Kansas City at Denver	Denver Broncos
	Oakland at San Diego	Oakland Raiders
	Arizona at San Francisco	San Francisco 49ers
Sun., 8:20 pm	Dallas at Washington	Washington Redskins

	Puff on the NFL
Week 17 Record	12-4
Current Season Record	167-88-1

Games to Watch (Predicted winners in Bold)

Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, 1:00pm – Baltimore Ravens @ Cincinnati Bengals

The Ravens still have a chance to clinch the #3 seed in the AFC with some help and have already clinched the AFC North crown. The Bengals will use this game as a warm-up for the playoffs, and it will be important for them to play hard in order to ensure they are fully prepared, especially since they might have to face the Ravens in the postseason. I’ll write a full preview of this game on Thursday.

Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, 1:00pm – Chicago Bears @ Detroit Lions

I will not be writing a full preview for this game. The Bears are the better team and the Lions will likely make it their priority to get Calvin Johnson up over 2,000 receiving yards.

Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, 4:25pm – Green Bay Packers @ Minnesota Vikings

The Packers have the #2 seed in the NFC to play for, while the Vikings are in a win-and-in situation. If Minnesota loses, it’s very unlikely they will have another game this season. I will write a full preview of this game on Friday.

Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, 8:20pm – Dallas Cowboys @ Washington Redskins

The Cowboys and Redskins are both in win-and-in scenarios. If the Cowboys lose, they’re out. If the Redskins lose, they are most likely out. In either situation, the winner of this game will be the NFC East Champion. It feels like I’m living in an NFL History film, it’s been so long since both of these teams were good at the same time, much less were playing in a playoff game or a game of the same magnitude. I will write a full preview of this game on Saturday.

Stay tuned for recaps of this week’s games. Thanks for reading and enjoy the final week of the regular season!