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2011 NFL Week 17 Predictions and Playoff Scenarios

This is it, the final week of the 2011 NFL season and this year has been one wild ride and has had a lot of interesting things happen.

Carolina at New Orleans 1:00 PM FOX
Buffalo at New England 1:00 PM CBS
Chicago at Minnesota 1:00 PM FOX
NY Jets at Miami 1:00 PM CBS
San Francisco at St. Louis 1:00 PM FOX
Detroit at Green Bay 1:00 PM FOX
Washington at Philadelphia 1:00 PM FOX
Indianapolis at Jacksonville 1:00 PM CBS
Tennessee at Houston 1:00 PM CBS
Seattle at Arizona 4:15 PM FOX
Kansas City at Denver 4:15 PM CBS
Tampa Bay at Atlanta 4:15 PM FOX
Baltimore at Cincinnati 4:15 PM CBS
Pittsburgh at Cleveland 4:15 PM CBS
San Diego at Oakland 4:15 PM CBS
Dallas at NY Giants 8:20 PM NBC

Here are the playoff scenarios that should make things this weekend very interesting.
AFC 

CLINCHED: New England Patriots — East Division and a first-round bye. 
Houston Texans — South Division. 
Baltimore Ravens — wild-card spot. 
Pittsburgh Steelers — wild-card spot. 

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 
New England clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs: 
1) NE win or tie 
2) BAL loss or tie + PIT loss or tie 

BALTIMORE RAVENS 
Baltimore clinches AFC North Division and a first-round bye: 
1) BAL win 
2) BAL tie + PIT loss or tie 
3) PIT loss 
Baltimore clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs: 
1) BAL win + NE loss 

PITTSBURGH STEELERS 
Pittsburgh clinches AFC North Division and a first-round bye: 
1) PIT win + BAL loss or tie 
2) PIT tie + BAL loss 
Pittsburgh clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs: 
1) PIT win + BAL loss or tie + NE loss 

DENVER BRONCOS 
Denver clinches AFC West Division: 
1) DEN win 
2) DEN tie + OAK loss or tie 
3) OAK loss 

OAKLAND RAIDERS 
Oakland clinches AFC West Division: 
1) OAK win + DEN loss or tie 
2) OAK tie + DEN loss 
Oakland clinches a wild-card spot: 
1) OAK win + CIN loss + TEN loss or tie 
2) OAK win + CIN loss + NYJ win 

CINCINNATI BENGALS 
Cincinnati clinches a wild-card spot: 
1) CIN win or tie 
2) NYJ loss or tie + OAK loss or tie 
3) NYJ loss or tie + DEN loss or tie 

NEW YORK JETS 
NY Jets clinch a wild-card spot: 
1) NYJ win + CIN loss + TEN loss or tie + OAK loss or tie 
2) NYJ win + CIN loss + TEN loss or tie + DEN loss or tie 

TENNESSEE TITANS 
Tennessee clinches a wild-card spot: 
1) TEN win + CIN loss + NYJ win + OAK loss or tie 
2) TEN win + CIN loss + NYJ win + DEN loss or tie 
3) TEN win + CIN loss + NYJ loss or tie + OAK win + DEN win 

NFC 

CLINCHED: Green Bay Packers — No. 1 seed in NFC 
San Francisco 49ers — West Division 
New Orleans Saints – South Division 
Detroit Lions — wild-card spot 
Atlanta Falcons — wild-card spot 

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS 
San Francisco clinches a first-round bye: 
1) SF win 
2) SF tie + NO loss or tie 
3) NO loss 

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS 
New Orleans clinches a first-round bye: 
1) NO win + SF loss or tie 
2) NO tie + SF loss 

NEW YORK GIANTS 
NY Giants clinch NFC East Division: 
1) NYG win or tie 

DALLAS COWBOYS 
Dallas clinches NFC East Division: 
1) DAL win

And now here the odds and lines from Vegas.com

National Football League
Time   Caesars
Hilton
MGM
Mirage
Stations
Jan. 1 Washington
10 a.m.  at Philadelphia
Favorite PHI PHI PHI  
Point spread -9 -9 -9
Total 46o/u 46o/u 46o/u  
Total money line -110 -110 -110  
Jan. 1 Tampa Bay
1:15 p.m.  at Atlanta
Favorite ATL ATL ATL  
Point spread -13 -13 -13
Total 47o/u 46½o/u 47o/u  
Total money line -110 -110 -110  
Jan. 1 San Francisco
10 a.m.  at St. Louis
Favorite SFO SFO SFO  
Point spread -10½ -10½ -10½
Total 35½o/u 36o/u 35½o/u  
Total money line -110 -110 -110  
Jan. 1 Chicago
10 a.m.  at Minnesota
Favorite CHI CHI CHI  
Point spread -1 -1 -1
Total 41o/u 41o/u 41o/u  
Total money line -110 -110 -110  
Jan. 1 Detroit
10 a.m.  at Green Bay
Favorite DET DET DET  
Point spread -3½ -3½ -3½
Total 46½o/u 46o/u 46½o/u  
Total money line -110 -110 -110  
Jan. 1 Dallas
5:20 p.m.  at N.Y. Giants
Favorite NYG NYG NYG  
Point spread -3 -3 -3
Total 46o/u 46o/u 46½o/u  
Total money line -110 -110 -110  
Jan. 1 Carolina
10 a.m.  at New Orleans
Favorite NOR NOR NOR  
Point spread -9½ -9 -9½
Total 55o/u 54½o/u 55o/u  
Total money line -110 -110 -110  
Jan. 1 Tennessee
10 a.m.  at Houston
Favorite TEN TEN TEN  
Point spread -3 -2½ -2½
Total 40½o/u 40o/u 40½o/u  
Total money line -110 -110 -110  
Jan. 1 Baltimore
1:15 p.m.  at Cincinnati
Favorite BAL BAL BAL  
Point spread -2½ -2½ -2½
Total 38o/u 38½o/u 38o/u  
Total money line -110 -110 -110  
Jan. 1 Pittsburgh
1:15 p.m.  at Cleveland
  Point spreads have not been posted for this contest
Jan. 1 Indianapolis
10 a.m.  at Jacksonville
Favorite JAC JAC JAC  
Point spread -4 -4 -4
Total 37o/u 37o/u 37o/u  
Total money line -110 -110 -110  
Jan. 1 N.Y. Jets
10 a.m.  at Miami
Favorite MIA MIA MIA  
Point spread -1½ -1½ -1½
Total 41½o/u 41½o/u 41½o/u  
Total money line -110 -110 -110  
Jan. 1 Buffalo
10 a.m.  at New England
Favorite NWE NWE NWE  
Point spread -11½ -12 -12
Total 51o/u 51½o/u 51o/u  
Total money line -110 -110 -110  
Jan. 1 San Diego
1:15 p.m.  at Oakland
Favorite OAK OAK OAK  
Point spread -3 -3 -3
Total 49o/u 49o/u 49o/u  
Total money line -110 -110 -110  
Jan. 1 Kansas City
1:15 p.m.  at Denver
Favorite DEN DEN DEN  
Point spread -3 -3½ -3
Total 36½o/u 37o/u 36½o/u  
Total money line -110 -110 -110  
Jan. 1 Seattle
1:15 p.m.  at Arizona
Favorite ARI ARI ARI  
Point spread -3 -3 -3
Total 41o/u 41o/u 41o/u  
Total money line -110 -110 -110

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