Week 17 is routinely either the most important game for your team of the season, or not in any way important whatsoever. A select few teams are making the final say on what their playoff picture will look like, while far more are just trying to skip the final opportunity to be bit by the injury bug. For fans of those teams that are completely out of the hunt, week 17 flat out sucks.
I had forgotten what that feels like after the Carolina Panthers run of recent success. After three straight years of going to the playoffs, it is going to feel empty not watching my team in the new year.