NFL Week 17 Spreads, Money Lines and Totals
Christmas comes early in 2024, at least by the standards of the NFL. The league will feature two Netflix Christmas Day games that will kick off on the unusual playing day of Wednesday. First, the Kansas City Chiefs will visit the Pittsburgh Steelers. The second game of the Christmas doubleheader is the Baltimore Ravens at the Houston Texans.
Kansas City and Pittsburgh are two legacy franchises of the NFL and are symbols of excellence in the history of the league. The Steelers made their reputation in the 1970s with two back-to-back Super Bowl wins in 1974-75 and then again in 1978-79. The Chiefs were born in the American Football League, which was founded by their late owner, Lamar Hunt. Kansas City is the two-time defending Super Bowl champion and has hoisted the Lombardi trophy three times since 2019.
One of the most painful losses in Chiefs history occurred on Christmas Day, 1971, when they lost the longest game ever played against the Miami Dolphins. It was the close of the original era of glory for the Chiefs, which included berths in Super Bowl I and IV, with a win in the latter affair.
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The Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans will meet in the second half of the Christmas Day doubleheader. The Ravens and Texans could be a playoff preview, as both clubs are coming off 2023 postseason bids. Lamar Jackson and CJ Stroud make for a compelling QB matchup.
Prime Video gets its regular Thursday night broadcast matchup as the Chicago Bears host the Seattle Seahawks. The weather almost certainly will be cold, perhaps bitterly, with a shot at a White day after Christmas, too. By this time, fans and gamblers will be able to evaluate the effectiveness of rookie QB Caleb Willaims, whom the Bears drafted first overall in the 2024 NFL Draft.
Mike Macdonald is trying to get Seattle back in the postseason in his rookie season as head coach. QB Geno Smith is looking for a rebound campaign after taking a step back in 2023.
On the Sunday afternoon late window, the Philadelphia Eagles will host the Dallas Cowboys in what is expected to be one of the biggest games of the regular season. The NFC East should be on the line, at least it better be, as far as hot seat coaches Mike McCarthy of Dallas and Nick Sirianni are concerned.
As Dallas owner Jerry Jones is in his early 80s, he is more desperate than ever for a final Super Bowl championship. But the Cowboys have never been able to put together a complete team since Jimmy Johnson had to bail on Jones after winning a second consecutive Super Bowl in the 1993-94 season. Jones fancies himself as a football man, but it is his business acumen that put him in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
NBC Sunday Night Football offers a matchup of two teams who made the 2023 NFL Playoffs. The Cleveland Browns will host the Miami Dolphins in another cold weather venue that could have a dramatic effect on the game and the betting activity. Gamblers have not forgotten the putrid performance of the Dolphins in their playoff loss at the Kansas City Chiefs last year, which was played in the bitter cold. The Dolphins clearly did not want to be there, and it showed. Cleveland offers the likelihood of a miserable experience as well.
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