College Bowls, Ski Bowls & The Eggnog Bowl: The Bird’s Week 17 NFL Picks

You'll forgive me I hope, for posting a Christmas poem last week and for this week's lack of witty sage and detailed game analytics.

You see, The Bird has been doing a bit of skiing, some college bowl watching, and partaking way too heavily in Christmastime desserts and bevvies to get the regular blog done.

Ahhh the Gasparilla Bowl is on!

Time to shred...

It's good. It's good.

Don't mistake any of this for indifference though! The picks have been spot on lately, and here at Bird Droppings, Inc. we've climbed to +14 games above .500 --against the spread!-- and a whopping +60 games above .500 picking straight up winners. Not bad. Not bad at all!

Just think, had you wagered a crisp Benjamin on every game this season with the sagacious advice of The Droppings, you'd be up a cool $1400 and Christmas would already be paid for. Huzzahhh!

They say the best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago, so if you haven't gotten on board yet, it's time to hop on!  Not to mention, my playoff predictions are already taking shape and will make for a heady and wonderfully inspiring read when the regular blog posting returns in two weeks! 

For now however, here are my visions for Week 17:

Miami at Tennessee (-3)  Titans 23  Dolphins 17

Atlanta at Buffalo (-14)  Bills 30  Falcons 14

Las Vegas at Indianapolis (-7.5)  Colts 27  Raiders 17

Jacksonville at New England (-16.5)  Patriots 27  Jags 6

Tampa Bay (-13.5) at New York Jets  Buccaneers 31 Jets 17

Los Angeles Rams (-6.5) at Baltimore  Rams 37  Ravens 17

Philadelphia (-6.5) at Washington  Eagles 23  Washington 10

New York Giants at Chicago (-6.5)  Bears 17  Giants 10

Kansas City at Cincinnati (+4.5) Bengals 38  Chiefs 35

Denver at LA Chargers (-7.5)  Chargers 29  Broncos 20

Houston (+14) at San Francisco  49’ers 24  Texans 17

Arizona (+6.5) at Dallas  Cardinals 30  Cowboys 27

Detroit (+8.5) at Seattle  Seahawks 23  Lions 20

Carolina at New Orleans (-7)   Saints 24  Panthers 16

Minnesota at Green Bay (-12)  Packers 34  Vikings 14

Cleveland (+3) at Pittsburgh (+3.5)  Steelers 23  Browns 17

Skiing is a dance and the mountain always leads. Happy New Year, everyone!

Last Week Straight Up Winners: 13-3

Current Season Total Straight Up Winners: 150-90

Last Week Against the Spread: 10-6

Current Season Total Against Spread:  126-112-2