Our writers and editors pick winners in all 16 games, including a full Christmas Day slate and a Saturday doubleheader.

Making NFL picks always carries a bit more excitement when there's something on the line, and that's the case with the Week 17 NFL schedule. No less than half a dozen matchups carry postseason implications for both teams,

Christmas brings playoff gifts for multiple teams as Week 17 gets ready begin. Here are USA TODAY Sports' playoff predictions.

It’s Christmas Day, and the NFL is filling our stocking with useless crap. By useless crap, I’m of course referring to the three absolutely meaningless, no-stakes, unfettered garbage that is keeping football players from making memories with their kids — so we can see the playoff eliminated Cowboys face the playoff eliminated Commanders.

Happy Holidays to you and yours, and welcome to Week 17 of the NFL season. It's one of the weirdest weeks of the year, as we get three games on Christmas, including the Denver Broncos at the Kansas City Chiefs, and two on Saturday, including the Baltimore Ravens at the Green Bay Packers .