The games of Week 17 will all be played on Sunday. The regular season will come to a close with referee Bill Vinovich — who closed out last year’s postseason in the Super Bowl — as the Vikings and the Packers battle for the NFC North title. Games are grouped generally by the impact they have on the playoffs. Teams in italics are seeking a playoff berth. Jerome Boger’s crew and, individually, Jeff Triplette are off this week. (Boger and Triplette swapped bye weeks.)

Sunday, Jan. 3

Games with division title implications

Raiders at Chiefs — Tony Corrente

Chargers at Broncos — Ron Torbert

Vikings at Packers NBC — Bill Vinovich

Games for wild card berth

Jets at Bills — Walt Anderson

Steelers at Browns — Pete Morelli

Games for top seed positions

Patriots at Dolphins — Ed Hochuli

Ravens at Bengals — Carl Cheffers

Seahawks at Cardinals — Brad Allen

Buccaneers at Panthers — Jerome Boger (with Jeff Triplette’s crew)

(also includes Broncos)

No playoff implications

Jaguars at Texans* — Terry McAulay

Titans at Colts* — Clete Blakeman

Washington at Cowboys — John Parry

Eagles at Giants — Gene Steratore

Lions at Bears — John Hussey

Saints at Falcons — Craig Wrolstad

Rams at 49ers — Walt Coleman

*-Note: Texans are relatively assured of winning the division, although there are playoff implications for Colts in specific 9-game scenario.

End of the regular season

From Football Zebras editor Ben Austro

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