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Week 17 breakdown

The week, game by game. Everything here is open to all: the spots, the line moves, where the markets split, the suggested slider. Sign up for The System's number on every game, the reasoning behind our lock and bold call, and the weekly note.

Our picks

Picks freeze before the week's first kickoff, once at least half the games have a market line.

Line movement so far

No consensus line has moved 3 points or more.

Where the markets disagree with each other

The books, Kalshi and Polymarket are within 4 points of each other on every game.

Every game, with a suggested slider

The suggestion is the blend, which is also The System. The Game plan turns it into a week: which games to press, which to keep near 50, and how hard to lean given your place on the leaderboard. Adjust for what you know that the models don't.

GameSuggestedWhy
BAL at CIN
Thu 8:15 PM ET
CIN 70%No market line yet.
LAR at TB
Sun 12:00 AM ET
LAR 50%No market line yet.
DEN at NE
Sun 12:00 AM ET
NE 54%No market line yet.
KC at LAC
Sun 12:00 AM ET
KC 68%No market line yet.
WSH at JAX
Sun 12:00 AM ET
JAX 76%No market line yet.
NYG at DAL
Sun 1:00 PM ET
DAL 63%No market line yet.
PIT at TEN
Sun 1:00 PM ET
PIT 74%No market line yet.
BUF at MIA
Sun 1:00 PM ET
BUF 68%No market line yet.
NO at ATL
Sun 1:00 PM ET
ATL 64%No market line yet.
MIN at NYJ
Sun 1:00 PM ET
MIN 79%No market line yet.
SEA at CAR
Sun 1:00 PM ET
SEA 69%No market line yet.
IND at CLE
Sun 1:00 PM ET
CLE 64%No market line yet.
LV at ARI
Sun 4:05 PM ET
LV 62%No market line yet.
DET at CHI
Sun 4:25 PM ET
CHI 62%No market line yet.
PHI at SF
Sun 8:20 PM ET
SF 82%No market line yet.
HOU at GB
Mon 8:15 PM ET
GB 62%No market line yet.

Week 7 in review

Week leader: Kalm with +19.6.
Cautious (baba) +33.8 · The blend +32.8 · Strong (baba) +32.8 · Maybe (Kalm) +32.0 · Pure market (baba) +30.9 · Sportsbooks +30.3 · Polymarket +30.3 · Closing spread +30.0 · The System +29.6 · Kalshi +28.9 · Bold (baba) +28.9 · The bot crowd +27.5 · The crowd +14.6 · The sharp crowd +13.8 · Elo (the model) +6.4 · Pure Elo (baba) +6.4
Bold call of the week: LV missed (LAR 35, LV 21).
Lock of the week: HOU missed (NYG 27, HOU 21).
Biggest upset: NYG won at 24%.