Betting during the last week of the NFL season isn’t for the novice football bettor. Week 17 of the NFL brings chaos for many bettors every year. This is because the NFL teams in contention to make playoffs or they are already in the playoffs with their home filed locked up causing some serious situations to arise in which there is no motivation to win the game.

That being said, the teams who have the home field locked up and have nothing to gain will almost always sit their starters for the whole game or half of the game at minimum. An example would be week 17 of the 2005/2006 season in which the Seattle Seahawks opened as a minus 2 favorite at Lambeau field vs. The Green Bay Packers. Quickly the line dropped and started going in Green Bay’s favor with a whopping 7