5 Historical Vegas Trends You Should Know for Week 17

Risk it All with Chris Carson

The Seattle Seahawks are locked into their playoff position and will be without anything meaningful to play for in Week 17. However, Pete Caroll has played his starters in similar games before and has said that the Seahawks' starters will be suiting up this week. With a 13.5-point spread in the 'Hawks' favor, the assumption is that they will crush the Arizona Cardinals at home.

This bodes well for Chris Carson, who gets a significant volume boost when his team is favored. In games that the oddsmakers pick the Seahawks to win, Carson gets an additional 5.1 carries and 0.6 targets per game

Carson has hit 22 or more carries in three straight games, and assuming Caroll rolls out his starters, Carson is the best value running back of the week.