NFL GAME DAY DISCUSSION 2024 Week 17 NFL Games

[jmt57]

The mid-week holiday has resulted in an extremely short week, with two NFL games being played on Wednesday, as well as the usual Thursday night game.
In addition NFL fans are treated to three games on Saturday, thanks to the college regular season having concluded two weeks ago. That works out well as the college football playoffs are bumped up a few days to next Tuesday and Wednesday for their traditional New Years timeframe.

All four teams playing on Wednesday do have the typical four-day turnaround (they all played Saturday), so nobody has a huge disadvantage in that department. Interesting to note that the road team is favored in both of these games, as well as the Thursday night game.

Both Wednesday games will stream exclusively on Netflix, and Thursday's game will be on Amazon Prime video.

Dallas once again gets near-nationwide broadcast coverage, because apparently Jerry Jones wrote that into the NFL rulebook. Jones stepped down from the NFL's media committee in September; does that mean we won't get the Cowboys jammed down our throats every week next year? I doubt it. . .


Best Games/Playoff Implications: Chiefs at Steelers; Ravens at Texans; Packers at Vikings; Atlanta at Washington
Worst Games/Draft Order Implications: Titans at Jaguars, Raiders at Saints
Potential Blowouts: Jets at Bills, Cowboys at Eagles

506 Sports - NFL Maps: Week 17, 2024

National Broadcasts
Christmas 1:00 ET: 14-1 Kansas City [-2½] @ 10-5 Pittsburgh (Netflix; Ian Eagle, Nate Burleson, J.J. Watt; Melanie Collins, Stacey Dales)
Christmas 4:30 ET: 10-5 Baltimore [-5½] @ 9-6 Houston (Netflix; Noah Eagle, Greg Olsen; Jamie Erdahl, Steve Wyche)
Thursday Night: 8-7 Seattle [-3½] @ 4-11 Chicago (Amazon; Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreet; Kaylee Hartung)
Saturday 1:00 ET: 9-6 LA Chargers [-4] @ 3-12 New England (NFLN; Chris Rose, Ross Tucker; Steve Wyche)
Saturday 4:30 ET: 9-6 Denver @ 7-8 Cincinnati [-3] (NFLN; Kevin Harlan, Trent Green; Melanie Collins)
Saturday 8:00 ET: 7-8 Arizona @ 9-6 LA Rams [-6½] (NFLN; Rich Eisen, Kurt Warner; Jamie Erdahl)
Sunday 4:30 ET: 11-4 Green Bay @ 13-2 Minnesota [-1] (Fox; Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady; Erin Andrews, Tom Rinaldi)
Sunday Night: 8-7 Atlanta @ 10-5 Washington [-4] (NBC; Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth; Melissa Stark)
Monday Night: 13-2 Detroit [-4] @ 6-9 San Francisco (ESPN/ABC; Joe Buck, Troy Aikman; Lisa Salters)
* All the above are also broadcast on a local chanel in those teams markets


CBS Single Game

? 4-11 NY Jets @ 12-3 Buffalo [-10½] - Jim Nantz, Tony Romo; Tracy Wolfson
? 4-11 Carolina @ 8-7 Tampa Bay [-8] - Ian Eagle, Charles Davis; Evan Washburn
? 3-12 Tennessee @ 3-12 Jacksonville [-1] - Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta; Aditi Kinkhabwala
? 7-8 Miami [-6½] @ 3-12 Cleveland (LATE) - Andrew Catalon, Tiki Barber, Jason McCourty; AJ Ross


Fox Early Game

? 7-8 Dallas @ 12-3 Philadelphia [-9½] - Joe Davis, Greg Olsen; Pam Oliver
? 7-8 Indianapolis [-8] @ 2-13 NY Giants - Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma; Megan Olivi
? 3-12 Las Vegas [-1] @ 5-10 New Orleans - Adam Amin, Mark Sanchez; Kristina Pink


Fox Late Game - nationally televised
11-4 Green Bay @ 13-2 Minnesota [-1] - Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady; Tom Rinaldi, Erin Andrews

 

[FortressX]

Chiefs @ Steelers OTA would have got huge ratings I think.

Saturday @ 1PM sucks even more today .

What once looked like a very good MNF matchup is now just blah

 

[h0c2000]

Patriots are on channel 5 WCVB for those in Boston TV viewing area.

 

[jmt57]

Week 17 Clinching & Elimination Scenarios - AFC

Kansas City Chiefs - have already clinched at worst the #2 seed
- Clinch the #1 seed with a win over Pittsburgh
- Clinch the #1 seed with a Buffalo loss to the Jete

Buffalo Bills - have already clinched at worst the #3 seed
- Clinch the #2 seed with a win over the Jete
- Clinch the #2 seed with a Ravens loss to Houston

Pittsburgh Steelers - have already clinched a playoff spot
- Clinch at least the #5 seed with a win over KC
- Eliminated from #3 seed with either a loss, or a Buffalo win

Houston Texans - have won AFCS; locked into either #3 or #4 seed
- Eliminated from #3 seed with a loss to Baltimore

Baltimore Ravens - have already clinched a playoff spot
- Clinch at worst the #5 seed with a win over Houston
- Clinch at worst the #5 seed with losses by both the Broncos and Chargers
- Clinch at worst the #6 seed with losses by either the Broncos or Chargers
- Eliminated from #2 seed with either a loss, or a Buffalo win

Los Angeles Chargers - have not yet clinched anything
- Clinch at worst the #6 seed with a win over the Pats, plus Broncos loss to Cincy
- Clinch a playoff spot with a win
- Clinch a playoff spot with losses by both Miami and Indy

Denver Broncos - have not yet clinched anything
- Clinch a playoff spot with a win
- Eliminated from #5 seed with a loss
- Eliminated from #5 seed if both Baltimore and Pittsburgh win
- Can finish no higher than #7 with both a loss to Cincy, plus Chargers beat the Pats

Indianapolis Colts - need to win twice, plus Chargers or Broncos lose twice
- Eliminated from #6 seed if either the Chargers or the Broncos win
- Eliminated from playoffs with a loss to Giants
- Eliminated from playoffs if both the Chargers and the Broncos win

Miami Dolphins - need to win twice, plus Chargers or Broncos lose twice
- Eliminated from #6 seed if either the Chargers or the Broncos win
- Eliminated from the playoffs with a loss to Cleveland
- Eliminated from playoffs if both the Chargers and the Broncos win

Cincinnati Bengals - need to win twice, plus Chargers or Broncos lose twice
- Eliminated from the playoffs with a loss to Denver

 

[jmt57]

Week 17 Clinching & Elimination Scenarios - NFC


Detroit Lions - have already clinched a playoff spot
- Clinch the NFCN and the #1 seed with a win over SF, plus Vikings loss to Packers

Philadelphia Eagles - have already clinched a playoff spot
- Clinch the NFCE and at least the #2 seed with a win over Dallas, plus Washington loss to Atlanta
- Clinch at worst the #6 seed with a loss, plus Packers loss to Vikings
- Eliminated from #1 seed with loss
- Eliminated from #1 seed with Detroit win
- Eliminated from #1 seed with Vikings win over Packers

Los Angeles Rams - can only finish as #3 seed or #4 seed, or no playoffs
- Clinch NFCW and #3 seed with win, plus Falcons, Seahawks and Bucs all lose
- Clinch NFCW and #3 seed with win, plus Falcons, Bucs, Packers, Lions and Broncos all lose
- Clinch NFCW and #3 seed with win, plus Falcons, Bucs, Packers, Lions and Jets all lose
- Plenty of other 6-way parlay scenarios for #3 seed, too many to list here
- Clinch NFCW and at least #4 seed with win over Arizona, plus Seahawks loss to Bears

Atlanta Falcons - can only finish as #3 seed, #4 seed, or no playoffs
- Clinch NFCS and at least #4 seed with win over Washington, plus Tampa loss to Carolina
- Eliminated from #3 seed with loss to washington

Minnesota Vikings - have already clinched playoff berth
- Clinch at worst the #5 seed with win over Green Bay

Green Bay Packers - have already clinched playoff berth
- Clinch at worst the #6 seed with win over Vikings, plus Washington loss to Atlanta

Washington Commanders - have not yet clinched playoff berth
- Clinch playoff spot with either a win over Atlanta, or a Tampa loss to Carolina

Tampa Bay Buccaneers - can only finish as #3 seed, #4 seed, or no playoffs
- Eliminated from #3 seed with loss to Carolina, plus Rams beat Arizona
- Eliminated from #3 seed with loss to Carolina, plus Seattle beats Chicago
- Eliminated from playoffs with loss to Carolina, plus Atlanta wins

Seattle Seahawks - can only finish as #3 seed, #4 seed, or no playoffs
- Eliminated from #3 seed in numerous five-game parlay scenarios that all start with a Rams win
- Eliminated from playoffs with loss to Chicago, plus Rams beat Arizona
- Eliminated from playoffs in numerous five-game parlay scenarios that all start with a Rams win

 

[IcyPatriot]

Going to be 2 great games ... go Steelers

 

[sb1]

Romo and Collinsworth

 

[PatriotSpy]

Unstoppable.

 

[IcyPatriot]

Steelers suck on defense ... how the hell are they 10-5

 

[Brick27]

This scoreboard graphic placement and design is horrendous

 

[IcyPatriot]

Chiefs steam rolling the Steelers.

 

[NE_Zealot]

Steelers just not in the same class as KC. Trip to blowout city for Xmas

 

[ScottishPatriots]

If Mahomes is going to start playing at his best, they're going to win it again.

Buffalo can't stop a nosebleed on defense, Detroit is now beat up and then you've got playoff Lamar and Sam Darnold waiting to turn back into a pumpkin, the only complete team outside of KC is Philadelphia.

Mahomes has been playing C- football and they're 14-1 if he starts playing at a high level with that defense they're gonna be brutally hard to beat.

 

[Scotty]

Just looks too easy ?....can Watt get through later in the game.

 

[ScottishPatriots]

Never buy into these teams with the rehabbed QBs, Wilson, Goff and Darnold are all going to fall apart when it really matters.

 

[Scotty]

WTF from the sublime to the ridiculous

 

[Triumph]

Wilson is a shell of his former self.

 

[KCSVEN]

Wilson stinks

 

[IcyPatriot]

LOL Wilson .... gags when the pressure is too much.

 

[Triumph]

If the Steelers had Maye they would be dangerous.