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NFL Divisional Round Playoff Odds + Predictions
Looking for NFL Divisional Round Playoff Odds and free NFL picks? The Wild Card Round is in the books – no real surprises emerged from the weekend with all four home teams and all four favorites moving on. I got three of the four right last week – I really expected the Giants to upend the Packers – now I am not sure if Green Bay can be stopped in their quest to become the NFC representative at this year’s Super Bowl!
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All four games this week are rematches of games during the Regular Season – interesting.
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Without further adieu here is a look at every game on the schedule, the early Divisional Round Playoff lines associated with the contests and what should play out on what is sure to be another scintillating week of NFL action.
Seahawks (11-5-1) at Falcons (11-5) 4:35 p.m. ET (Fox)
Opening line: Falcons, -4 points
The Seahawks beat down the Lions on Wild Card weekend with a formula that has been their calling-card the last few years – running the ball and playing stifling defense.
While they should be able to run the ball again against Atlanta, I am not sure that even their defense will be able to slow the juggernaut Atlanta offense.
Atlanta is a rested team – ready to fire up an offense that scored an NFL-best 33.8 points per game this season. The Seahawks defense allowed just 18.3 points per game this year – good for third in the league.
This is a rematch of a Week 6 game that the Seahawks won at home in controversial fashion – 26-24 – controversial because Julio Jones was obviously interfered with near the end of the game and it wasn’t called.
Seattle was a different team on the road than it was at home this season – they went 3-4-1 SU and 3-5 ATS away from home – they were however 1-0-1 as road underdog this year and are 9-3-1 ATS as road underdog in their last 13 such occasions.
Atlanta was 10-6 ATS this year – their offense made it so that other teams simply couldn’t keep up. At home, you have to think this will be yet another track meet!
Of concern is Matt Ryan’s playoff stats – he is 0-5 ATS and 1-4 SU – that SU win came against these Seattle Seahawks in 2013.
I realize that this is Russell Wilson’s time of the year – he is 8-3 SU in the playoffs and 6-5 ATS over that span but I just can’t help but think that Atlanta is on the verge of something special here.
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Seattle’s defense has been impressive indeed but the Falcons’ offense is on a totally different level right now. I can’t see the Hawks being able to score enough here.
I’m taking Atlanta by a touchdown – offense will trump defense in this one!
Texans (9-7) at Patriots (14-2) 8:15 p.m. ET (CBS)
Opening line: Patriots, -15.5 points
The Patriots open as one of the biggest playoff favorites in recent memory and perhaps rightfully so – the first meeting between the teams resulted in a 27-0 beat-down by New England with their string QB Jacoby Brissett starting for the Pats and back when JJ Watt was still healthy and contributing.
The Texans will enter with the best defense in the game again – that part of their game shouldn’t be much of a problem.
The issue for Houston will be the offense that looked awful the first time they played New England and hasn’t done a whole lot to make me think differently about their chances this week.
New England was 13-3 ATS this season, while the Texans finished just 6-9-1 – just 2-6 ATS on the road.
Although the Pats are just 6-6 ATS in their last 12 Divisional Round games, they had been facing teams on top of their games – Houston doesn’t exactly fall into that category.
Will Houston be able to score against New England’s underrated D? Will Houston’s defense be able to slow New England’s seemingly untouchable offense? I don’t think so.
This game has blowout written all over it. It is a top tier team versus a clear-cut second-rate club.
I see this as a 30-13 or 30-10 game which means New England covers the rather ridiculous spread.
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Steelers (11-5) at Chiefs (12-4) 1:05 p.m. ET (NBC)
Opening line: Steelers, -1.5 points
The oddsmakers have been waffling in this game since the Steelers won Saturday. My best guess is that the Chiefs will end up being the favorite in this game, particularly with Ben Roethlisberger spotted in a walking boot.
Ben has vowed that he will be fine but anybody that follows the Steelers knows all too well that their QB can be brittle and his style of game lends itself to injuries. Being less than 100% against a terrific Chiefs team at Arrowhead is a tall task indeed.
The first meeting of the season between these teams wasn’t close at all – the Steelers win 43-14. Pittsburgh’s running and passing game were terrific in that game and the Steelers’ defense certainly did its job as well.
Pittsburgh had absolutely everything going against Miami last week – there were Zero holes in their game against a HOT Dolphins team.
KC Coach Andy Reid has made a living after his bye-weeks however. Reid is 16-2 after his 18 career Regular Season byes and 3-0 SU after a playoff bye – an extra week for Reid almost guarantees a win.
It is another classic matchup of offense versus defense in this one – the difference is that the tremendous offense of the Steelers has a decent complimentary defense at work as well.
I love what Kansas City has done this year but I just can’t go against a Pittsburgh team that is on a different level right now. Pittsburgh will score – I’m not sure the Chiefs will be able to keep up.
Take the road team to set themselves up with a date in the AFC final in what could be a thrilling game.
Packers (10-6) at Cowboys (13-3) 4:40 p.m. ET (Fox)
Opening line: Cowboys, -4 points
In what should be the game of the year, the hottest team in the NFL, the Green Bay Packers take on the team that finished with the best record in the NFL – the Dallas Cowboys.
This game is a rematch of a controversial 2015 playoff game that the Pack won 26-21. It is also a rematch of a Week 6 game in which the Cowboys beat down the Packers at Lambeau 30-16.
The Packers enter this game having gone 7-0 SU and 6-1 ATS in their last seven games while the Cowboys were 10-6 ATS this past year.
Aaron Rodgers has taken his game to a new level in Green Bay’s last seven games – he has thrown 19 TDs and ZERO picks over that span. He seems to be doing whatever he wants on the field and willing his team to victory each and every week.
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Green Bay looks like a team of destiny as they head in to take on a Dallas team that was terrific in every aspect of the game this year.
So who wins? I’m taking the road team in an upset here. There’s a reason that no NFL team has won a Super Bowl with a rookie QB. Prescott’s big-game inexperience and the fact that Green Bay is playing so well has me leaning Packers here.
After all, Rodgers and company just lit up the best defense in the game last week to the tune of 362 yards and 4 TDs.
Green Bay s just too HOT, too motivated and too experienced in the playoffs to be denied in this one – their decent run defense will slow Zeke Elliot and force Dak Prescott to be the difference.
In a head-to-head duel, I’ll take Aaron Rodgers every time.
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