The 17th and final week of the National Football League season closes out the regular season and is the last game before the NFL Playoffs begin. Often during NFL Week 17, teams who have solidified their position in the playoffs will pull their starters and take a loss to stay healthy for the post season, while other teams who are on the bubble will give all they have to get the win and qualify for the playoffs.
Each of the NFL teams play during the last week of the NFL Schedule, with a full slate of 16 games. Typically, all games are played on Sunday, with no games on Thursday Night Football or Monday Night Football. In the 2010 NFL Season, the final week will be made up of only divisional match-ups. The full schedule will be announced on April 20, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. EST.
Week 17 2008
Because the league operates an odd number of weeks, and to increase the probability of exposing the country to the biggest pool of important games, doubleheaders were run on both CBS and FOX. Among the post-Christmas holiday games that provided intrigue and playoff implications were the annual "T.O. Bowl" between the Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles, New Orleans hosting Carolina, and Tennessee traveling to Indianapolis. There was no Monday Night Football game this week.
2010 NFL Week 17
2009 NFL Week 17 Schedule
| Week Seventeen | |||||||
| Sunday | January 3 | 1:00 p.m. | Indianapolis | Buffalo | BUF 30, IND 7 | ||
| Sunday | January 3 | 1:00 p.m. | New Orleans | Carolina | CAR 23, NO 10 | ||
| Sunday | January 3 | 1:00 p.m. | Jacksonville | Cleveland | CLE 23, JAC 17 | ||
| Sunday | January 3 | 1:00 p.m. | Chicago | Detroit | CHI 37, DET 23 | ||
| Sunday | January 3 | 1:00 p.m. | New England | Houston | HOU 34, NE 27 | ||
| Sunday | January 3 | 1:00 p.m. | Pittsburgh | Miami | PIT 30, MIA 24 | ||
| Sunday | January 3 | 1:00 p.m. | NY Giants | Minnesota | MIN 44, NYG 7 | ||
| Sunday | January 3 | 1:00 p.m. | San Francisco | St. Louis | SF 28, STL 6 | ||
| Sunday | January 3 | 1:00 p.m. | Atlanta | Tampa Bay | ATL 20, TB 10 | ||
| Sunday | January 3 | 4:15 p.m. | Green Bay | Arizona | GB 33, ARI 7 | ||
| Sunday | January 3 | 4:15 p.m. | Kansas City | Denver | KC 44, DEN 24 | ||
| Sunday | January 3 | 4:15 p.m. | Baltimore | Oakland | BAL 21, OAK 13 | ||
| Sunday | January 3 | 4:15 p.m. | Washington | San Diego | SD 23, WAS 20 | ||
| Sunday | January 3 | 4:15 p.m. | Philadelphia | Dallas | DAL 24, PHI 0 | ||
| Sunday | January 3 | 4:15 p.m. | Tennessee | Seattle | TEN 17, SEA 13 | ||
| Sunday | January 3 | 8:20 p.m. | Cincinnati | NY Jets | NYJ 37, CIN 0 | ||
