Overall picks to win: 8-8 in Week 17 (173-82-1 for the season) Picks to win with 1-5 confidence: 4-7 (103-64-1) Picks to win with 6-10 confidence: 4-1 (70-18) Overall to cover the spread: 9-6-1 (130-117-9) Cover-the-spread picks with 1-5 confidence: 8-4-1 (107-93-8) Cover-the-spread picks with 6-10 confidence: 1-2 (23-23-1)

Picking the entire NFL slate in the final two weeks of the season is really challenging. Who is playing? Where's the motivation? Which players have their minds on Cancun and Aruba?  Those are my excuses for having a terrible Week 17.

Week 17 in the NFL already has five games in the books from three Christmas Day games and two on Saturday. The Sunday schedule starts with seven games kicking off at 1 p.m. ET. That gives you seven shots at making a little money on the outcome of those contests.

The Week 16 slate in the NFL is loaded, starting with a must-see Thursday Night Football matchup between the Seahawks and the Rams in the NFC West. Other highlights this weekend include two division matchups on Saturday (Eagles-Commanders and Bears-Packers),

The Los Angeles Rams look to stay in the race for the NFC West championship when they battle the Atlanta Falcons in a key NFC matchup on 'Monday Night Football.' Los Angeles is coming off a 38-37 overtime loss to the Seattle Seahawks in Week 16,

In Sporting News' Week 18 picks against the spread, San Francisco, Carolina and Baltimore win de facto division championship games while New York ends up on a high note with Las Vegas taking the top draft pick.