HAPPY NEW YEAR! May your bets in 2021 be better than 2020. Here’s to hoping all your teams make the playoffs and these 3 Week 17 bets to cash in!
Las Vegas Raiders @ Denver Broncos 4:25 PM
The Raiders are the number one team to bet the Over, as it has cashed in at 11-3-1 this season. A big reason for that is that they allow 29.6 ppg which ranks 29th in the league. That number has climbed in the last few weeks as they have allowed 34.3 ppg over their last 6 games overall. Denver’s defense has not performed all that well either, aside from holding the Chargers to 19 points last week. In their previous 8 games, they had allowed 31.7 ppg. Maybe the Broncos defense has turned it around, or maybe that was just a fluke. I’ll side with the points.
Final Score Prediction: Raiders 31 Broncos 24
Bet: Over 50
Seattle Seahawks @ San Francisco 49ers 4:25 PM
Turns out that Seahawks defense is pretty good. They have held their last 7 opponents to 15 ppg and the Under has cashed in all 7 games by an average margin of 12.6 ppg. The odds makers have yet to adjust the totals, and with Beathard in at quarterback for the Niners, I expect that Seahawks defense to show up once again and cash in on another Under.
Final Score Prediction: Seahawks 23 49ers 13
Bet: Under 46
Seattle Seahawks @ San Francisco 49ers 4:25 PM
Tennessee Titans @ Houston Texans 4:25 PM
I’m going right back to the Seahawks for my teaser this week. I just don’t see Beathard and the Niners pulling off the upset here with how well this defense has played. As much as I would love to see the Texans upset their rivals to knock them off the AFC South throne, I just don’t see that happening. Houston’s defense is awful. It ranks 31st in rush yards allowed per game and dead last in yards per carry. King Henry feast day, until play action comes through and Tannehill gets to pass against the 26th ranked pass defense despite being thrown on just 55% of the time, 7th lowest in the league. The Texans have only beaten three teams this year: Jacksonville, New England and Detroit. Against all others they are 0-11 SU and 2-9 ATS.
Final Score Prediction: Titans 37 Texans 23
Bet: SEA -0.5/TEN -1
Jonny the Macedonian 