Week 17 betting - big dogs, divisional odds

The marquee matchup of the final week of the NFL regular season takes us to fabled Lambeau Field where the 11-4 Detroit Lions will square off against the 11-4 Green Bay Packers on Sunday afternoon with the NFC North division title hanging in the balance.

Green Bay has been listed by 5Dimes as a heavy 9-point home favorite and the betting odds for the total have been set at 47.5. The Packers have come out on top in 15 of their last 18 games against their bitter rivals straight up and they are 6-2 against the spread in their last eight home games against the Lions.

The total has stayed UNDER in four of the last five meetings overall.

The Buffalo Bills are out of the playoff picture in the AFC at 8-7 both SU and ATS, but they will be gunning for their first winning season since 2004 this Sunday as prohibitive 11.5-point road underdogs against the 12-3 New England Patriots, per Bovada, the best place to bet NFL underdogs on the web.

The Bills dropped the first game this season against their AFC East rivals 37-22 as 1-point home favorites to fall to 5-10-1 ATS in the last 16 meetings. The NFL betting odds for the total have yet to been set by 5Dimes for this matchup, but it has gone OVER in six of the last seven meetings.

A pair of playoff teams in the NFC last season will be heading to an early offseason this time around after both 9-6 Philadelphia and 6-9 New Orleans were eliminated from contention with a bad loss as a favorite in Week 16.

The Eagles will wrap up their season on the road against the NFC East rival Giants as 2.5-point underdogs, while the Saints will go on the road to face Tampa Bay as 3.5-point favorites.

Philly has gone 10-3 ATS in its last 13 games against New York and New Orleans is 4-2 ATS in its last six games against the Buccaneers.

A top three pick in next year’s NFL Draft could be on the line for the 3-12 Jacksonville Jaguars in their season finale against Houston. The Jaguars come into this AFC South matchup as 10.5-point road underdogs with the total set at 40.5.

They are 4-8 ATS in their last 12 road games against the Texans and 2-6 SU in the last eight trips to Houston.