The Kansas City Chiefs have taken another meaningful step toward achieving the first three-peat in modern NFL history. After defeating the Pittsburgh

Christmas Day games had major playoff implications around the NFL, thanks to all four of the teams playing holding a spot in the AFC playoffs. The Kansas City Chiefs needed just one victory to lock up home-field advantage in the AFC,

Netflix’s NFL debut broke the record for a U.S. streaming audience for an NFL game, as an average of more than 24 million domestic viewers tuned in to the Kansas City Chiefs’ win over the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens’ win over the Houston Texans on Christmas Day.

Netflix released its Christmas streaming viewership numbers on Thursday, saying that the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens

Netflix’s NFL debut set a new streaming record for the league, with an average audience of more than 24 million people in the U.S. watching each of the two Christmas Day games, according to preliminary Nielsen data.

NFL Week 17 continues and we asked USA TODAY Sports' staff for their top bets for the entire NFL slate. Here are their picks and predictions.

We're already two games into Week 17, and bettors who like taking favorites are happy. The Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens were favored on the road and both won and covered the spread easily.

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.