Three of the 16 games on the Week 17 schedule have already been played as the Kansas City Chiefs soundly beat the Pittsburgh Steelers on Christmas Day to clinch the AFC lead and a first-round bye while Baltimore Ravens defense shut down the Houston Texans to take the lead in the AFC North.

Below are my nine favorite bets for the upcoming weekend of NFL action, with a same-game parlay to boot. All odds current as of publication time and courtesy of ESPN BET. Maybe I am falling for an unbelievable trap set by the books.

Santa Claus decided NFL fans have been good this year, so he's giving football lovers a stacked schedule for Christmas with games on five days in the penultimate week of the regular season. The Week 17 slate kicks off on Christmas Day with the Pittsburgh Steelers hosting the Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans playing the Baltimore Ravens in the Netflix-exclusive games.

NFL schedule featuring games like Cowboys vs. Eagles (-7, 38) and Packers vs. Vikings (-1, 48.5), why would anyone outside of Tennessee or Central Florida get excited about placing Week 17 NFL bets on Titans vs.