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Happy New Year everyone!Actually, I'm kind of jumping the gun here because it's not quite New Year's yet, but it will be on Sunday when Week 17 kicks off. With New Year's Eve right around the corner, I feel like now is a good time to talk about resolutions and I'd like you guys to know that my resolution for 2023 is to get all my picks right. Sure, that's a horrible resolution and it has a zero percent chance of happening, but that basically describes all of my resolutions for the past 12 years, so this is nothing new.Anyway, if Chris Owings Jersey your New Year's resolution is to read more of the things that I write, you can do that by signing up for our daily newsletter here at CBSSports.com. I'm in charge of it and if you want it in your inbox every weekday morning, all you . On the other hand, if your resolution is to listen to more podcasts featuring me, then you're in luck because I'll be podcasting a lot over the next six weeks. From now until the , I'll be joining Will Brinson and Ryan Wilson on the Pick Six podcast multiple days per week to talk football and anything else we can think of. Earlier this week, Brinson and I decided to ditch Wilson to do a podcast where he covered our best bets for Week 17.If you . In related news, my other resolution is to stop asking you to subscribe to things every week. Alright, let's get to the picks.Thursday, 8:15 p.m. ET (Amazon Prime) Featured Game | Tenne see Titans vs. Dallas Cowboys Moneyline Spread Total TEN DAL I'm not sure what the rule is on forfeits in the NFL, but if I owned the , I'd at least call the league office this week and try to find out If I'm allowed to wave the white flag and just give the the win.In one of the most bizarre situations of the year, the Titans can literally forfeit this game and it wouldn't have any impact on whether they can win the AFC South. If the Titans lose to Dallas on Thursday night, they'll still have a chance to win the AFC South in Week 18 with a win over Jacksonville and that will be the case whether the win or lose in Week 17 against the . If the Titans somehow win on Thursday night, it won't help them at all when it comes to clinching the AFC South.What I'm trying to say here is that the Titans-Jaguars game in Week 18 will be for the division title no matter what happens this week. The upside for the Titans Jake Lamb Jersey is that it means they can rest their starters on Thursday night and let me just say, there is no team in the NFL that needs to rest its starters more than the Titans. If you want to know how badly this team needs rest, just look at their injury report. Injury Report for Monday vs on on Thursday night. *estimation, walkthrough held. Jim Wyatt (@jwyattsports) There are 12 players on that report, which is more than 20% of their 53-man roster. There is no reason for Mike Vrabel to play any of those players. Just think about it: If Mike Vrabel decides to play on Thursday in a meaningle s game and Henry gets injured, it will kill any chance they have of beating Jacksonville in Week 18 and Vrabel will be run out of Nashville.If the Titans are smart, they'll hold a pregame raffle this week where the prize is that the winning fans get to play offense for them against the Cowboys. Sure, letting fans play would probably break every rule in the collective bargaining agreement, but it would definitely make this game more watchable, because as things currently stand, I don't think Eduardo Escobar Jersey this one is going to be too much fun to watch unle s you like blowouts. The pick: Cowboys 31-13 over Titans1 p.m. ET (CBS) Featured Game | New England Patriots vs. Miami Dolphins Moneyline Spread Total NE MIA I can't say this for sure, but I have to think that no one is more excited to see the month of December come to an end than the and . These two teams are probably thrilled that this game is being played in January because they both had an ugly December. On the Patriots' end, their December ended with them losing two straight games in the most improbable fashion po sible: In Week 15, they lost to Las Vegas because a Patriots player decided to lateral the ball to a player on the final play of the game. In Week 16, the Patriots were five yards away from beating the , but then fumbled the ball away.If the Patriots win either one of those games, they Caleb Joseph Jersey would be on the cusp of a playoff berth right now, but instead, their postseason hopes are done if they lose this week to Miami. The good news for the Patriots is that if there's one team you want to be facing right now, it's definitely the Dolphins, who are playing their worst football of the year.If you want a recap of how December went for the Dolphins, here's a quick one: They lost every game they played and their quarterback might have suffered another concu sion. The Dolphins went 0-4 in December, which I'm only pointing out because NO TEAM in NFL history has EVER made the playoffs after going 0-4 or 0-5 in December. Eighty-seven teams have done it and none of those 87 made the postseason.I don't think Tua will play Sunday, but if he does, I'm not sure how effective he's going to be. During Miami's four-game losing streak, Tua is completing just 53% of his pa ses, which is the second-lowest number among qualified quarterbacks in that span, ahead of just . Think about that: Tua is playing Trace McSorley-level football right now.One common thing for the Dolphins during this losing streak is that all four teams Miami lost to did a good job of putting pre sure on Tua. The Dolphins are 3-4 this year when Tua gets sacked multiple times in a game, and now, they have to go up against a Patriots defense that ranks second in the NFL in sacks. If Tua can't play this week -- and I don't think he will -- that means that will get the start. Bridgewater has never faced a Bill Belichick defense A. J. Pollock Jersey before and for the most part, things don't usually go so well for quarterbacks who are facing Belichick for the first time.The Dolphins haven't won a road game since Week 9 and I don't think that streak is going to end this week.The pick: Patriots 23-20 over Dolphins.1 p.m. ET (Fox) Featured Game | Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Carolina Panthers Moneyline Spread Total TB CAR If you would have asked me before the season who I was going pick in this game, I would have taken the by two touchdowns, but after watching over the past three weeks, I'm not even sure the Buccaneers are going to be able to score two touchdowns in this game. Since Week 14, Brady has thrown six interceptions compared to just five touchdowns and the Bucs have gone 1-2 in those games. Although Brady struggled when these two teams played back in Week 7, a 21-3 win, it wouldn't be surprising to see him go off on Sunday since Carolina will be down a key defensive back in , who , but the question is: Can he get the Buccaneers to 20 points, because th