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Merry Christmas, and are you ready for some football? We kickoff the holiday week with three not-so-festive games on Christmas Day—Dallas Cowboys at Washington Commanders, Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings, and Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs—where four of the six teams are eliminated from the playoffs. Still, we get more pro football to wager on, so let’s dive into the ClutchPoints 2025 NFL Week 17 picks, predictions, and odds column.
Last weekend, we got a handful of amazing games between playoff contenders, and several, like the Seattle Seahawks vs. Los Angeles Rams matchup on Thursday, the Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers on Sunday, and the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Detroit Lions on Sunday, did not disappoint.
This week… we have Christmas!
Enjoy your family. Reconnect with old friends. Maybe check in on the NBA. Did you know the season started already? The good news is that if you are looking for meaningful games between good teams, you don’t really have to check in until the Philadelphia Eagles and Buffalo Bills face off at 4:25 pm ET on Sunday.
All that said, when there is NFL football on, it means we can bet on games, so the NFL Week 17 picks, predictions, and odds column has you covered for all your holiday wagering needs.
The Christmas week schedule is quite spread out, with three Thursday games on Christmas Day (1:00 pm, 4:30 pm, 8:15 pm ET). After that, we go with two Saturday showdowns kicking at 4:30 pm and 8:00 pm ET, seven 1:00 p.m. ET games, just two late window tilts, a Sunday night affair, and a Monday nighter.
We finally got back on track in Week 16, crushing it both straight up (13-3) and against the spread (10-5-1). This killer week keeps us cruising at 145-95 when just picking winners and helps us improve to 109-126-5 ATS on the season.
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So, with that, let’s get right into the NFL Week 17 picks, predictions, and odds.
Courtesy of DraftKings, here are the NFL odds.
The Commanders have been playing hard of late, and it’s easy to see that if they had a healthy Jayden Daniels this season, they would be right back in the playoff picture. However, they don’t have a healthy Daniels or a healthy Mariota right now, so this game is tenuous at best.
While the Commanders keep overperforming, the Cowboys are doing the opposite lately, losing three straight. This seems to add up to a Commanders cover or even win, but the injury pendulum may have swung too far in Washington, and it’s time for Dallas to pull out one more big game on national TV to remind everyone what they could...
