Here we are at Week 17 and after numerous parlays hit last Sunday, the standings were shaken up before the final slate of the regular season. Some guys have to go all out with crazy parlays in Week 17 while others are making strategic teasers to keep themselves in the game.
If you’re new to our weekly contest, here are the dirty details: Six members of our Covers Team are going head-to-head-to-head-to-head-to-to-head-to-head this season, providing their favorite “accumulator” for the weekly NFL odds. Picks must give at least a three-game parlay or three-game teasers (standard 6-point wiggle) for full-game spreads and totals this football season. Odds used will be our Covers Line (the ultimate industry consensus odds) at the time of publish.
A case of beer and bragging rights are waiting for the winner, but until then the battle continues for one last week. On with the NFL Week 17 teaser/parlay picks!
ANDREW CALEY, SENIOR PUBLISHING EDITOR (+2.8 UNITS)
THREE-TEAM TEASER (+160)
KANSAS CITY -3
ATLANTA-TAMPA BAY OVER 42
PITTSBURGH-BALTIMORE UNDER 43
BOOM! That's what I'm talkin' about! Hit 4 of the 5 with a push in last week's parlay and now sitting in first heading into Week 17. So to put the pressure on, I’m going back to a teaser to close out the season. Chiefs still have something to play for. Jameis is an enigma, but has been money for Over bettors. And Duck vs RG3? Sign me up for an Under! I want that beer!
LAST WEEK:
HOUSTON -3??
INDIANAPOLIS -6.5?
CINCINNATI-MIAMI OVER 46?
KANSAS CITY -6?
GREEN BAY +5.5?
ROB HANSEN, ALERTS/SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR (-3.8 UNITS)
FOUR-TEAM PARLAY (+1,000)
CHICAGO -3
NY JETS-BUFFALO UNDER 36.5
CAROLINA +13
SEATTLE +3.5
My "Hail Mary" parlay for Week 17 will feature four games. It's Week 17 so any in-depth analysis is useless. I'm a Bears fan, I like Unders, 13 points is too many for a home team vs. a divisional opponent, and I like the Seattle crowd in primetime.
LAST WEEK:
BUFFLO +6.5?
N.Y. GIANTS +2?
DALLAS -2?
BRANDON DUBREUIL, HOST OF PROP SHOP PODCAST (-10.8 UNITS)
SEVEN-TEAM PARLAY (+7,500)
KANSAS CITY -9
NEW ENGLAND -16.5
ATLANTA +1
DALLAS -12
HOUSTON-TENNESSEE OVER 44.5
GREEN BAY -13
SAN FRANCISCO -3.5
Simply throwing darts here as I look for a monster hit to jump up the standings, though I will say that I will have a unit on most of the above as individual bets.
LAST WEEK:
HOUSTON -3??
NEW ENGLAND-BUFFALO BILLS OVER 37?
SAN FRANCISCO -6.5?
CAROLINA-INDIANAPOLIS OVER 46.5?
PHILADELPHIA +2?
MINNESOTA -5.5?
JASON LOGAN, SENIOR INDUSTRY ANALYST (+2.5 UNITS)
FOUR-TEAM TEASER (+250)
KANSAS CITY -3
L.A. RAMS +1
BALTIMORE +8
CLEVELAND +3
After getting knocked off the No. 1 spot last week, we have to take a big swing in case we hit it.
LAST WEEK:
BALTIMORE -4?
CAROLINA +12.5?
NEW ORLEANS-TENNESSEE UNDER 56.5?
ROHIT PONNAIYA, PUBLISHING EDITOR (+1.6 UNITS)
THREE-TEAM PARLAY (+600)
CLEVELAND -3
PHILADELPHIA -4
SAN FRANCISCO -3.5
The Browns might be the biggest disappointment in the league this season but they're still way more talented than the 1-14 Bengals. For my other picks I'm going with two teams that still have something to play for. The Eagles need to win to clinch a playoff spot and should be able to run up the score against the Giants and their awful pass defense. The 49ers will look to secure home-field advantage throughout the playoffs in a revenge game against the Seahawks who are down to their fourth-string running back and just signed Marshawn Lynch off the street.
LAST WEEK:
HOUSTON -3??
BALTIMORE -10?
ARIZONA +10?
PATRICK EVERSON, SENIOR WRITER LAS VEGAS (-5.4 UNITS)
THREE-TEAM PARLAY (+600)
KANSAS CITY -9
SEATTLE +3.5
DENVER -3
There’s almost no chance for Kansas City to move up to the No. 2 seed in the AFC, but I’ll take Chiefs -9 vs. visiting Chargers anyway. I love my Broncos, laying 3 at home, to give the Raiders a big “L” to finish the season. And even with injuries and such, Seattle catching 3.5 at home is worth taking against the 49ers.
LAST WEEK:
HOUSTON -3??
NEW ORLEANS -2.5?
GREEN BAY +5.5?
