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1:00 PM EST : Buffalo ( -6 ) at NY Jets ( 6 ) —- T: 44
1:00 PM EST : Houston ( 3 ) at Tennessee ( -3 ) —- T: 40.5
1:00 PM EST : Baltimore ( 0 ) at Cincinnati ( 0 ) —- T: —
1:00 PM EST : Jacksonville ( 6 ) at Indianapolis ( -6 ) —- T: 47
1:00 PM EST : Dallas ( 0 ) at Philadelphia ( 0 ) —- T: —
1:00 PM EST : Chicago ( 5.5 ) at Minnesota ( -5.5 ) —- T: 41
1:00 PM EST : Carolina ( 4 ) at Tampa Bay ( -4 ) —- T: 46.5
1:00 PM EST : NY Giants ( 7.5 ) at Washington ( -7.5 ) —- T: 44
1:00 PM EST : New England ( -7.5 ) at Miami ( 7.5 ) —- T: 44.5
1:00 PM EST : New Orleans ( 7 ) at Atlanta ( -7 ) —- T: 55.5
1:00 PM EST : Cleveland ( 0 ) at Pittsburgh ( 0 ) —- T: —
4:25 PM EST : Arizona ( -6.5 ) at Los Angeles ( 6.5 ) —- T: 40.5
4:25 PM EST : Seattle ( -8.5 ) at San Francisco ( 8.5 ) —- T: 43
4:25 PM EST : Kansas City ( 0 ) at San Diego ( 0 ) —- T: —
4:25 PM EST : Denver ( 0 ) at Oakland ( 0 ) —- T: —
8:30 PM EST : Green Bay ( 0 ) at Detroit ( 0 ) —- T: —

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Okay, so what games matter again?

Only four teams fighting for two playoff spots still are the Packers, Lions, Washington and Tampa Bay. If Detroit wins tomorrow they’re in and the other three teams fight week 17 for the last spot.

WK 17? damn, I was done last week, exhausted all deposit and resources for nothing all season. Nothing left to play for. Already preparing for next season.

Also to a lesser extent, Raiders and Falcons need to win week 17 for a first round bye, Seahawks and Chiefs need a win and a loss from another term for first round bye (Seahawks need a Falcons loss, Chiefs need a Raiders loss). Patriots need to win for guaranteed home field advantage. Oakland needs a win and for the Patriots to lose for home field advantage.

So to summarize the week 17 games that matter:

Falcons v Saints
Patriots v Dolphins
Raiders v Broncos
Chiefs v Chargers
Seahawks v 49ers
Packers v Lions
Washington v Giants
Tampa Bay v Panthers

Seems like the NFC games might carry more weight as in….win or go home.

I’d think so, though Falcons v Saints should be delicious for fantasy.

Both teams eliminated but a Tyrod Clay stack should still be nice

And the Bills will probably still play hard for Rex. And Tyrod wants to show he is getting better. I don’t hate that play, especially against the Jets

I’m all over Doug Baldwin this week.

I think the Colts come to play as well. They had a bad season and had a few close games not go their way early in the year, and then injuries and more injuries. So I think they will want to get one morelse win, to improve their record.

along with 30% of the field

Tonight’s game won’t change a thing for next weekend (except in the event of a tie between Detroit/GB). The Detroit/GB game will determine the division winner regardless of what happens tonight.

But if Detroit wins tonight they are alive for the #2 seed.

oh boy, Big Ben and Bell likely to rest against the Browns..how highly owned will Deangelo Williams be..assuming he will be a go due to a knee issue
gonna be a LOT of situations like that to look at

They’ll play at least half I imagine. I don’t think D’Angelo is any great play

of course Williams isn’t in play if they play a half but I would take “likely to rest” as not playing a half

May be a week late on that one

I am hearing Ben and Bell expected to rest

I do like that I don’t have to consider paying 10k for Bell on DK anymore.

If Rawls and Bell are out. You probably just plug in their backups and go from there

IMHO, that’s not high enough

not paying up for Julio anymore, Ryan has TOO many weapons and a OC that knows how to get it to them..2 TDs last week to players just activated..one who caught his first pass ever in the NFL, which was a TD
no thanks..Jordy is cheaper

DAW dropped 38.1 DK points on the Redskins in Week 1 when Bell was suspended. If he gets a heavy workload against the Browns, he could best that. Gotta believe that Cleveland will revert back to their usual dreadful selves after blowing their wad against the Chargers.

Won everything I lost back and then some this past weekend. So why not try to build off that to end season.