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‘Thursday Night Football’ Week 17 expert picks: Jets at Browns

The NFL kicks off in Week 17 on “Thursday Night Football” with a matchup between the New York Jets (+7)

and the Cleveland Browns (-7). While the Jets (6-9) have been eliminated from the playoffs, the Browns are currently in the No. 5 seed in the AFC and will be focused on staying there.

These two teams have faced off 29 times in their teams' histories, with each team winning 14 games during the regular season, and Cleveland winning the only postseason matchup back in 1987.

In a lot of ways, these two football teams are constructed in similar ways.