Now that we’ve separated the chaff from the wheat, we’ll find out who will be our final NFL quarter final this week in the divisional playoff round. The Green Bay Packers first place started early with a dominant second half towards a 32-18 victory over the Los Angeles Rams. The Packers will advance to the NFC Championship and receive the winner of Buccaneers / Saints. There is still much to be decided.
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Time: Saturday, 8:15 pm Eastern Time (NBC), broadcast on fuboTV (test free)
“To be clear, we are still not sure if Buffalo will actually have snow on Saturday night. But here’s what we are sure of: Lamar Jackson and company should be able to run the ball against Sean McDermott’s defense. The Ravens will not will explode exactly against the Titans in the wild card round, and we still strongly believe in Josh Allen’s ability to make moves, but something says that Jackson’s electricity, along with the rest of the Baltimore solo game, will be great in what it looks like for be a blow-by-blow fight to the end. Here comes another confrontation between the 2018 and 2019 MVPs in the AFC title game! “- Cody Benjamin on why one of his five bold predictions is the Ravens disturbing the accounts.
“This will be a battle of two famous quarterbacks, one who runs it as well as anyone in the position of Lamar Jackson, and the other in Josh Allen, who has excelled in launching it this season. The Ravens are not going to make a bone. about what they want to do in the attack, which is to face it. They have an average of 262 run yards per game in their last six games. The Bills have improved over the race earlier this year, but this will be a big challenge. Coordinator Leslie Frazier’s strategy will be something to watch out for in terms of trying to keep Jackson contained. it will be a difficult game, but in the end I think Allen will delay the winning moves to pull him out – but it will be very difficult. “- Pete Prisco on why he is taking the Ravens to cover.
“We also heard this week about how Lamar Jackson has never played in the snow before. Current predictions point to cold and snow in Buffalo because it’s Buffalo in January. I’m just not sure how much impact this will have on Lamar because although he hasn’t played in the snow, he played in the cold. It’s not like division rivals Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Cincinnati are in hot climates. I don’t see the weather affecting one team more than the other. Instead, what I see is the weather affecting the way each team plays. Not only will it be cold with snow in the weather forecast, but strong winds too. The weather can force both teams to keep the ball on the ground more often than normal, and this can affect Josh’s desire. Allen and Buffalo from playing on the field. You know, assuming there is some force in nature that can affect Josh Allen’s lasers. Either way, I see that time is causing cramps in both offenses and affecting the kicking game too, with all this in mind, this s total seems a little too high. “- Tom Fornelli on why he’s leaning on Bills-Ravens.
Top Choices
JK Dobbins total run yards: More than 58.5 (-120) – – RJ White on the Pick Six Podcast by SportsLine
Total running yards of Lamar Jackson: Over 75.5 (-115) – Will Brinson on the Choose Six Podcast
Browns at Chiefs
Time: Sunday, 3:05 pm ET (CBS), broadcast on CBS All Access
Most recent odds:
Kansas City Chiefs -10
“Patrick Mahomes and Baker Mayfield met only once in their NFL careers, in Week 9 of 2018, when the Chiefs beat the Browns by 16 points. However, it was not the only time they faced each other in their football careers. how the two set a college football record with 1,279 yards of combined passes when Oklahoma and Texas Tech clashed in 2016. It’s more about the racing game when it comes to the Browns, however, as in 14 games with active Nick Chubb, the Browns ran 160.2 yards per game and 23 touchdowns, and ended the regular season with run attack # 3. Interestingly, the Chiefs allowed 122.1 run yards per game this season, which is the worst of all teams in the Even so, I find it hard to believe that the Browns will upset the Chiefs in the divisional round, however, I think they can bridge the gap, since the Chiefs have not won a game by more than six points since Week 8. Since the week 9 they are 1-7 times to spread, which is the worst in the NFL! “- Jordan Dajani on why he is leaning towards covering Cleveland.
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“The Browns’ biggest defensive weakness is their secondary and this is not a weakness you can have when playing against the Chiefs. The only thing that worries me about the Chiefs is the rust factor. Usually, I don’t put a lot of stock in something like this, but their starters will not have played for three weeks by the time they hit the field on Sunday. Last year, they were behind 24-0 for the Texans before the rust passed and now, they have to play against a team of the Browns who just had the best first half of any team in the history of the NFL playoffs, this is not an ideal combination for Kansas City.
“I am totally hoping that this game will be a shootout, just as it is whenever Baker Mayfield and Mahomes play against each other.” – John Breech knows why he’s keeping an eye on Over.
Top Choices
Baker Mayfield over 1.5 passing TDs (-125)
The Chiefs’ pass defense allowed at least two touchdowns in eight consecutive games. Mayfield has shot at least two scores in five of the past seven. The line suggests that the Browns will have to chase the score. The odds are not ideal, but it looks very safe. – Dave Richard of CBS Sports
Austin Hooper TD anytime (+250)
Hooper came to life in his last six games, recording an average of 6.8 targets per game and scoring four of them (and each of the previous two). Kansas City allowed a touchdown for a tight finish in each of the last two games, and three in the last four. – Dave Richard of CBS Sports
Time: Sunday, 6:40 pm ET (Fox), broadcast on fuboTV (test free)
Most recent odds:
New Orleans Saints -3
“They moved forward last week, but the Buccaneers fought a little against Taylor Heinicke and it was hardly one of those victories that you felt good about moving on. It looked like they just escaped, instead of sending a message to the rest of the NFC that they were around to do a deep run. In the meantime, the Saints had no problem with the Bears last time, but you could argue that we didn’t learn much about New Orleans, since Chicago did its best to go out with the ‘ L. ‘ Although Tampa Bay has the talent, it’s hard to trust that they go on the road and kill the Saints. In their careers, Drew Brees is 5-2 SU and ATS in direct confrontations with Tom Brady. This game will be closer than the fights but I’m still going to roll with the status quo in New Orleans. “- Tyler Sullivan on why he likes the Saints to cover Sunday.
“When two division rivals face off in the playoffs, I don’t necessarily pay attention to what happened during the regular season, but in this game it’s kind of hard to ignore. The Saints defeated the Buccaneers twice this year with wins of 34 -23 and 38- 3, and yes, I consider that first score a break because it was 34-17 at the end of the game until the Buccaneers scored a touchdown at the junk hour. Apparently, it’s hard to beat a team three times in one season, but I’m starting to think it’s an old story that some drunken NFL fan invented one night after drinking lots of drinks on Bourbon Street. Since 1970, a total of 21 teams have clashed. 0 against a division opponent in the regular season and then faced them again in the playoffs and those 21 teams were 14-7 in the third game, which means that 66.7% of the teams have finished scanning three games. In the last 25 years, that number is 75% (9-3). “- John Breech on why he is on the S aints to cover.
“The Tampa Bay attack is showing huge numbers thanks to Brady, but the New Orleans defense didn’t allow 300 yards to pass in any game throughout the year. So this New Orleans attack could be a little more pronounced than last week, but I think ‘D’ dictates the game and the attack becomes conservative in the second half. “- RJ White from SportsLine on Podcast Pick Six explaining why he is leaning towards Under.
Top Choices
Alvin Kamara Less than 102.5 yards in total (-115)
“Tampa Bay allowed a total of 100 yards for just two running backs throughout the year (Dalvin Cook, Brian Hill in Week 17). Shoot, just seven times had their running backs totaling 100 yards against this front! Bucs have kept opponent runners with 3.7 yards per load in their last eight years and, despite occupying first place in running back receptions per permitted game (6.18), they are sixth best in yards per permitted reception (6.5) and the 12th to receive touchdowns per game allowed (0.18). Kamara is obviously a special player, but even he has struggled to get 70 total yards against Bucs in two games this season, despite five receptions in each game. I hope Kamara dials and gets close to the number, but don’t get over it. “- Dave Richard of CBS Sports
Tom Brady More than 0.5 interceptions (-145) – Jordan Dajani