{"id":47218,"date":"2012-01-03T08:07:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T16:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=47218"},"modified":"2012-01-03T08:07:51","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T16:07:51","slug":"week-17-capsule-summaries-3112","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nfl\/week-17-capsule-summaries-3112\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Game Capsules &#8211; Week 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>NFL Game Summaries &#8211; Week 17 Capsule Matchups<\/h2>\n<p>Week 17 in the NFL is in the books. The Weisguy takes over for Matt and offers up these recaps for your NFL viewing pleasure. <!--more--> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Green Bay 45 &#8211; Detroit 41<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Packers may have been resting some people but they still won one of the most exciting games of the year. \u00a0QBs \u00a0Matt Stafford and Matt Flynn put on masterful aerial performances.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jacksonville 19 &#8211; Indianapolis 13<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Jags used another huge game by MoJo Drew to assure that the Colts would have the top spot in the draft. \u00a0What will they do with it?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Miami 19 &#8211; New York Jets 17<\/strong><br \/>\nMark Sanchez and the Jets just couldn\u2019t get the job done. \u00a0It was an embarrassing game in which they lost despite gaining 164 more yards than the Dolphins. \u00a0This team might need to be broken up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Orleans 45 &#8211; Carolina 17<\/strong><br \/>\nDrew Brees put a little extra mileage on the single season yardage record with another stellar day. \u00a0I am not sure it was enough to snag the MVP but enough to make the Saints the hottest team coming into the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chicago 17 &#8211; Minnesota 13<\/strong><br \/>\nA real ugmo of a game with twice as many turnovers as touchdowns. \u00a0Not sure what the Vikings are doing. \u00a0Do they really want to find out that Joe Webb is better than first rounder Christian Ponder?<\/p>\n<p><strong>New England 49 &#8211; Buffalo 21<\/strong><br \/>\nA fitting end to both team\u2019s seasons. \u00a0Buffalo was up 21-0 before the Pats roared back with 49 unanswered points. \u00a0The best TE tandem in the game did serious damage, Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski were both over 100 yards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tennessee 23 &#8211; Houston 22<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Titans got the win they needed but they didn\u2019t have the tiebreaker advantage to hop over the Bengals. \u00a0Houston really isn\u2019t looking good heading into the playoffs. \u00a0Do they even have a chance?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Philadelphia 34 &#8211; Washington 10<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Eagles finish strong, especially with three TDs in the final quarter of the season. \u00a0If only they had figured things out a little sooner. \u00a0This team should be among top contenders next year. [soliloquy id=&#8221;82219&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>San Francisco 34 &#8211; St. Louis 27<\/strong><br \/>\nSan Fran needed to win to stay locked into the #2 spot in the NFC. \u00a0This was wasn\u2019t as close as it appears as the Rams scored two late TDs to make the score respectable for their home fans in the finale.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Atlanta 45 &#8211; Tampa Bay 24<\/strong><br \/>\nI thought I was seeing an error when the ticker showed the Falcons up 42-0 in the second quarter. \u00a0After that the Falcons took their foot off the gas. \u00a0Tampa just lost their heart midway through this season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arizona 23 &#8211; Seattle 20<\/strong><br \/>\nBoth teams were strong in the second half and it was fitting that this game went to overtime to decide who is the second best team in the NFC West. \u00a0Super even game as both teams ran the exact same number of plays. \u00a0How often does that happen?<\/p>\n<p><strong>San Diego 38 &#8211; Oakland 26<\/strong><br \/>\nAnother tease of a performance by the Chargers. \u00a0Phillip Rivers has shown down the stretch that he can still be elite. \u00a0Oakland looked horrible at home in game that could have put them into the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kansas City 7 &#8211; Denver 3<\/strong><br \/>\nKudos to KC for sticking it to their rivals&#8230;but Denver made it in anyway thanks to the Raiders simultaneous failure. \u00a0Everyone has bad games but nobody has bad games like Tebow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pittsburgh 13 &#8211; Cleveland 9<\/strong><br \/>\nBig Ben did play and the Steelers took care of business. \u00a0It wasn\u2019t exciting action but at least Cleveland put forth a good effort in a game that didn\u2019t matter a lick to them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Baltimore 24 &#8211; Cincinnati 16<\/strong><br \/>\nIt turned out that the Ravens needed the win with the Steelers also winning. \u00a0Lucky for the Bengals things broke their way even with the loss. \u00a0I am happy for Cincy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New York Giants 31 &#8211; Dallas 14<\/strong><br \/>\nIt was no surprise to me that the Giants made the plays and the Cowboys didn\u2019t. \u00a0If you didn\u2019t know who Victor Cruz was before you do now&#8230;and now he has a chance build his rep in the playoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our NFL betting expert The Wiesguy looks at the NFL Week 17 Game Capsules and give you some perspective in his Week 17 Gambling online review\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":26690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[154,2662,66494,2358,802,2663,834,2363,2361,1143,1168,2659,7010,42064,2660],"class_list":["post-47218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-bet-on-nfl","tag-capsules","tag-fantasy-football","tag-football-odds","tag-nfl-betting","tag-nfl-capsules","tag-nfl-lines","tag-nfl-weekly-review","tag-point-spread-review","tag-sports-betting","tag-sportsbook","tag-summaries","tag-week-17","tag-week-17-recap","tag-weekly-nfl-capsules"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47218"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47248,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47218\/revisions\/47248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}