Erik Siegrist

After losing consecutive home games to NFC North opponents, the Seahawks might actually be looking forward to a trip to Chicago in late December. The losses have them second in the NFC West, one game back of the Rams, and Seattle really kind of needs them to lose to the Cards this week the way the tiebreakers fall. The Hawks also have no chance at wild card, so the division title is their only route.

Indianapolis at New York Giants (+7.5), o/u 40.5 Sunday, 1 p.m. EST

The Lions head into Monday in the pole position for the top seed in the NFC, although the Vikings loom in Week 18. After that wild, costly loss to Buffalo in Week 15, Detroit got back up and put up 34 points and 475 yards against Chicago last week. Jared Goff looked like he was playing indoors, throwing for 336 yards and three TDs, while

Cleveland (+17.5) at Baltimore, o/u 41.5 Saturday, 4:30 p.m. EST

Nothing encapsulated the Panthers' season quite like, "Quack quack... and Hekker has it blocked!" It's not exactly "a drive into deep left field by Castellanos" in terms of memeability of course, but few things are. Carolina whiffed badly on its chance to play spoiler against Tampa Bay last week, but Week 18 brings one more small chance to potentially make an impact on the playoff race.

L.A. Chargers at Houston (+2.5), o/u 42.5 Saturday, 4:30 p.m. EST

The Broncos head into the playoffs having routed Kansas City's backups 38-0 in Week 18, but it seems safe to wave that one off as not particularly helpful or informative. Denver went 1-5 prior to that against teams that made the postseason, with the one win coming in Week 3 against the Bucs. Bo Nix

Minnesota vs. Los Angeles Rams (+1), o/u 47.5 Monday, 8 p.m. EST

Last week I said the Texans' best chance of winning would come if C.J. Stroud turned back the clock to 2023. It didn't actually require that much time travel; instead, the defense just turned back the clock to November, racking up four sacks and four takeaways to put down Justin Herbert

And we officially have a Cinderella. The Commanders' win over the Lions last week was as much about Detroit's injuries and what they did wrong, but Washington still had to do an awful lot right to be in position to take advantage. Jayden Daniels