NFL Spread Picks - Week 17 2020

By Andy Troiano · December 31, 2020

This post is going to be a weekly re-occurring post where we will provide AI-generated spread picks. The analysis will be light. These are coming from an experimental model. #### HouseKeeping! ##### Subscription To Our Site If you like this content and also play fantasy football, our site provides weekly game projections. We provide weekly projections and stats for $5 a month during the regular season. When the season is over, we do not bill. With the MVP subscription: - You can customize scoring - Save players to your roster - Download all the predictions into a CSV file - Download raw player data to do your analysis/modeling You can make a free account to get a preview! [Register Here](https://gridironai.com/football/user/register) [We also have a How-To article you can review to give you a taste of what is available.](https://gridironai.com/football/blog/article/how_to_projections/32) ##### Current Limitations Below is a list of the current known limitations in our model: - The model does not know about significant roster changes that occur before the recent game. ##### Backtested Performance Week 6 to 21 From 2019 [**I deep dived into the backtesting here, I highly recommend you read this**](https://gridironai.com/football/blog/article/nfl_spread_prediction_backtest/81) ##### YTD Performance Below you’ll see some performance measures for the model YTD. - The week one post was using the V1 model - The week two probabilities are using our V2 model - V2 was rerun on week 1 predictions, and the results are posted below
week games correct pct\_correct model\_id
1 16 8 0.50 V1
2 16 8 0.50 V2
3 16 9 0.56 V2
4 15 11 0.73 V2
5 14 8 0.57 V2
6 14 6 0.43 V2
7 14 10 0.71 V2
8 14 6 0.43 V2
9 14 7 0.50 V2
10 14 9 0.64 V2
11 14 6 0.43 V2
12 16 9 0.56 V2
13 15 8 0.53 V2
15 30 19 0.63 V2
16 16 9 0.56 V2
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HomeTeam AwayTeam Line BinScore Bet HomeTeamCoverProb AwayTeamCoverProb Time
Cincinnati Bengals Baltimore Ravens 11.5 .5 Cincinnati Bengals 0.58 0.42 2021-01-03 13:00:00 EST
Buffalo Bills Miami Dolphins NA .5 Miami Dolphins 0.43 0.57 2021-01-03 13:00:00 EST
Cleveland Browns Pittsburgh Steelers NA .5 Pittsburgh Steelers 0.46 0.54 2021-01-03 13:00:00 EST
Detroit Lions Minnesota Vikings NA .8 Minnesota Vikings 0.15 0.85 2021-01-03 13:00:00 EST
New England Patriots New York Jets NA .5 New York Jets 0.48 0.52 2021-01-03 13:00:00 EST
New York Giants Dallas Cowboys 2.5 .9 Dallas Cowboys 0.02 0.98 2021-01-03 13:00:00 EST
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Atlanta Falcons -6.0 .6 Atlanta Falcons 0.38 0.62 2021-01-03 13:00:00 EST
Indianapolis Colts Jacksonville Jaguars -14.0 .7 Indianapolis Colts 0.74 0.26 2021-01-03 16:25:00 EST
Kansas City Chiefs Los Angeles Chargers NA .7 Kansas City Chiefs 0.78 0.22 2021-01-03 16:25:00 EST
Denver Broncos Las Vegas Raiders 2.5 .6 Denver Broncos 0.69 0.31 2021-01-03 16:25:00 EST
Carolina Panthers New Orleans Saints 6.5 .5 New Orleans Saints 0.47 0.53 2021-01-03 16:25:00 EST
Chicago Bears Green Bay Packers 5.5 .7 Green Bay Packers 0.23 0.77 2021-01-03 16:25:00 EST
Houston Texans Tennessee Titans 7.5 .9 Tennessee Titans 0.07 0.93 2021-01-03 16:25:00 EST
Los Angeles Rams Arizona Cardinals NA .8 Arizona Cardinals 0.19 0.81 2021-01-03 16:25:00 EST
San Francisco 49ers Seattle Seahawks 4.5 .7 Seattle Seahawks 0.27 0.73 2021-01-03 16:25:00 EST
Philadelphia Eagles Washington Football Team 2.0 .7 Washington Football Team 0.21 0.79 2021-01-03 20:20:00 EST
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