NFL picks Week Seventeen

By Rick Morris

In addition to posting my weekly picks, I will post those from other members of The FDH Lounge Dignitaries' Football Challenge Contest. Each week, we will single out our three strongest plays.

DAVE ADAMS (1-2 last week, 23-25 overall)
Tennessee -6 over Seattle
Chicago -3 over Detroit
San Francisco -8 over St. Louis

STEVE CIRVELLO (1-2 last week, 23-25 overall)
Baltimore -10 1/2 over Oakland
Pittsburgh -3 over Miami
Denver -10 over Kansas City

RYAN ISLEY (0-2-1 last week, 21-26-1 overall)
Jacksonville +1 over Cleveland
Philadelphia +3 over Dallas
Baltimore -10 1/2 over Oakland

RICK MORRIS
(1-2 last week, 1-0 with my best pick, 21-27 overall, 8-8 on best picks)
Atlanta -1 1/2 over Tampa Bay (my 1,000-Star, Gold-Plated Lock of the Millennium for this week)
San Francisco -8 over St. Louis
Chicago -3 over Detroit

SEAN TRENCH (1-2 last week, 18-28-2 overall)
Philadelphia +3 over Dallas
Chicago -3 over Detroit
Kansas City +10 over Denver

My remaining picks (7-7-2 last week, 119-117-3 overall) -- SIDE NOTE: It is the mark of a very strange season when my record of picking every game - while certainly not stellar this year - is better than my record in terms of isolating my three best picks and even my best pick overall. Weird with a beard.

Indianapolis +8 over Buffalo
Carolina -7 over New Orleans
Jacksonville +1 over Cleveland
Philadelphia +3 over Dallas
Houston -7 over New England
Pittsburgh -3 over Miami
Minnesota -7 1/2 over NY Giants
NY Jets -9 1/2 over Cincinnati
Arizona -3 over Green Bay
Kansas City +10 over Denver
Baltimore -10 1/2 over Oakland
San Diego -3 over Washington
Tennessee -6 over Seattle