2012-01-01: 2011 NFL Season Week 17

The last week of the regular season games is here. Week 17 traditionally exhibits greater statistical dispersion than the other weeks. Teams that have locked in playoff spots will be resting the starting players and teams that do not have a chance at the playoffs may be looking for a better draft pick for next year.

Our algorithms once again have picked Green Bay to win but most likely they will rest Aaron Rodgers and most of the starters and Detroit will win the game. Green Bay is an enigma this year, they are 14-1 so far and they have given up more yards than they have gained over the year which invites some interesting analysis.

Favorite	Spread	Underdog	Discrete	Pagerank
At PHI	10	WAS	PHI	PHI
At ATL	14	TB	ATL	ATL
SF	5	At STL	SF	SF
At MIN	6	CHI	CHI	CHI
At GB	8	DET	GB	GB
At NYG	4	DAL	NYG	NYG
At NO	4	CAR	NO	NO
At HOU	5	TEN	TEN	TEN
BAL	2	At CIN	BAL	BAL
PIT	7	CLE	PIT	PIT
At JAX	3	IND	JAX	JAX
At MIA	3	NYJ	MIA	NYJ
At NE	11	BUF	NE	NE
At OAK	3	SD	OAK	SD
At DEN	3	KC	DEN	KC
At ARI	3	SEA	ARI	SEA

-- Greg Szalkowski