NFL Playoffs Start Today - Pickin' and Grinnin'
Mates,
There is some football to play yet this season, albeit in the NFL. Our own Tom Brady plays tomorrow at 1:00, and here is the line-up. It is a bit different this year and even includes a Monday night playoff game. As per usual, the favorite is listed first, the spread and the dog. Games today are at 4:30 and 8:15, tomorrow at 1, 4:30 and 8:15; Monday at 8:15. All the home teams are the favorites. Here goes:
Cincy 5.5 LV (yeah, Harbaugh rumors and such...)
Buffalo 4.5 Patriots (NE has been hot lately)
Sunday:
Tampa Bradys 8.5 Eagles
Cowboys 3 49'ers
KC 12.5 Steelers (Roethlisberger's last game? )
Monday:
Rams 4 Arizona
Pick them with the points to be feared by many, admired by all.
Have a great Saturday. -8 ambient temp up north this morning, -22 with wind chill, but gloriously sunny. Getting emails and pictures from friends in Costa Rica. It is not -8 in Costa Rica.
XM
January 15th, 2022 at 10:17 AM ^
Bengals, Bills, Bucs, Cowboys, Chiefs, Cardinals to cover.
I'm not a fan of the expanded playoffs in baseball, but I really like having two extra wild cards in the NFL. That was a good move. Adding the 17th game, not so much.
I do hope Stafford gets his first playoff win. But if he doesn't, that Loins draft pick looks a lot better. Win-win.
January 15th, 2022 at 10:32 AM ^
Sounds good. I'll go with it. NFL gambling is such a crap shoot.
January 15th, 2022 at 10:32 AM ^
Sorry to disappoint Vlad, but doubt 5 of the 6 favorites cover. Parity in NFL is real. Obviously the challenge is figuring out which few dogs will win or cover.
January 15th, 2022 at 10:42 AM ^
Bad weather might enable the Pats to spring an upset, but I wouldn't put money on a rookie QB in a road playoff game.
The other 4 games this weekend are really bad matchups for the visitors.
Monday night is a toss up on paper.
January 15th, 2022 at 10:46 AM ^
I say the Bills definitely cover. They're winning that game by at least 7 in my opinion. That first game between the two teams was such a mirage. We saw proof of that in the 2nd game.
January 15th, 2022 at 11:17 AM ^
Last couple of seasons NFL playoff underdogs are 15-3 against the spread and historically do well due to being hot going in, casual bettors, which lines are often based have season long bias vs. recent performance bias.
January 15th, 2022 at 11:13 AM ^
Rooting for Stafford and his Rams now that he's a playoff QB.
Besides, if history means anything, the Lions will squander the draft pick advantage they might gain if the Rams were to lose (though I'm blindly hopeful the Lions new braintrust can finally figure it out.
January 15th, 2022 at 1:04 PM ^
They seem to be good at evaluating talent (at the very least) thus far. Sewell and St. Brown have been studs while Onwuzurike, McNeill, and Melifonwu have been contributors at their respective positions with McNeill and Onwuzurike playing themselves into starting roles. Derrick Barnes made Jamie Collins expendable early in the season too. He could have a bright future.
This GM seems to know what he's doing.
January 16th, 2022 at 8:30 AM ^
Great start Vlad!
January 15th, 2022 at 10:18 AM ^
I'm a Pats fan, and they have been far from hot (only win in last 4 games was vs Jags). The really cold temps may help though.
January 15th, 2022 at 12:47 PM ^
Yeah, I'm wondering what OP's definition of 'hot' is. Going 1-3 in the last 4 games before the playoffs isn't what I'd call hot.
January 15th, 2022 at 12:55 PM ^
Will Mac Jones attempt more than three passes this time around?
January 15th, 2022 at 10:30 AM ^
Go Raiders & spare me the drama of a possible LV offer to Harbaugh
January 15th, 2022 at 11:00 AM ^
From your lips to God's ear.
January 17th, 2022 at 4:56 AM ^
Raiders players lobbying for Bisaccia
January 15th, 2022 at 10:36 AM ^
Take the prop bet of Burrow throwing for 250+ on alternate passing yards and Jamarr Chase going over 60+ for near even odds, could easily put a 100 or so on that happening and making 100
January 15th, 2022 at 10:41 AM ^
i usually never make selections much, but today i will:
taking vegas and the points
buffalo
bradys, even though they haven't been very impressive of late and its an 8.5 spread.
cowboys
KC
cardinals, but would be very happy to have stafford win his long-overdue first playoff game.
January 15th, 2022 at 10:50 AM ^
Go Bills! This is our year!
January 15th, 2022 at 10:57 AM ^
1. tease Cin game over with Buf under.
2. you mispelled Rapelisberger.
January 15th, 2022 at 11:14 AM ^
Bong!
January 15th, 2022 at 11:35 AM ^
Electric!
January 15th, 2022 at 11:05 AM ^
Yes, Roethlisberger's last game.
It would be a monumental upset if somehow he could engineer an upset @Kansas City.
Bye bye Ben
January 15th, 2022 at 11:14 AM ^
So is the thinking that if Vegas wins they're less likely to take Harbaugh? Or is it that we just have to wait longer to find out?
January 15th, 2022 at 11:35 AM ^
BUFFALO!! Bring back the glory days.......64 & 65.
January 15th, 2022 at 11:41 AM ^
i attended superbowl 27, one of their 4 consecutive defeats. feel bad for them, would've been nice to have that fan base win at least one in all of those.
EDIT: went for a visit on the interweb and came across this little known factoid:
"For their first two seasons, the Bills wore uniforms based on those of the Detroit Lions at the time. Ralph Wilson had been a minority owner of the Lions before founding the Bills, and the Bills' predecessors in the AAFC had also worn blue and silver uniforms.[3][13]
The team's original colors were Honolulu blue, silver and white, and the helmets were silver with no striping. There was no logo on the helmet, which displayed the players' numbers on each side."
and i know that the prior owner, ralph wilson, was a minority owner of the lions way back when, so hey, maybe detroit could adopt the bills?
January 15th, 2022 at 12:09 PM ^
Might explain a lot about the Bills over the years
January 15th, 2022 at 12:40 PM ^
He lost a power struggle with the Ford's. ? Wish he would have won.
January 15th, 2022 at 1:28 PM ^
he was a friend of my dads, and that was how i ended up with tickets at super bowl 27. i remember we were sitting right in front of dyan cannon and right next to eric clapton and the red head gal from the show 'taxi'. it was a pretty cool day, though i wish the game had been more competitive. the cowboys beat them like a rented mule.
January 15th, 2022 at 1:35 PM ^
Marilu. They should have beat the Giants in the 1st one.
Dyan Cannon = 10.
January 15th, 2022 at 11:55 AM ^
DraftKings 13 point teaser:
Bengals +7.5, over 35.5
Patriots +17.5, under 57
Profit!
January 15th, 2022 at 1:51 PM ^
2nd edit on this. Laptop helped figure out better but I still can't seem to get a 13pt teaser...only up to 7.
January 15th, 2022 at 12:22 PM ^
Who Dey!
January 15th, 2022 at 12:25 PM ^
I predict a loss by the New York Giants, which is odd since their season is already over. But here we are...
January 15th, 2022 at 12:46 PM ^
Gotta pick some underdogs in the NFL playoffs
I'll take Raiders, Pats, and 49ers
January 15th, 2022 at 1:33 PM ^
I like the extra games but I think it’s a mistake to have the 4 and 5 seeds playing Monday night. It’s all but guaranteed that the winner of that game has to travel the next week on a short week.
I believe the NFL has tried to avoid this sort of thing in the regular season.
The Monday game should be the #2 seed who stays home with a win.
January 15th, 2022 at 1:38 PM ^
Upset of the week is the Eagles over the Bucs. Dline pressures Brady too much throughout the game and are able to mitigate Gronk's presence.
January 15th, 2022 at 2:00 PM ^
Today: Bills and Raiders
Sunday: Tampa, SF, KC.
Monday: Rams.
All weekend: Bourbon, rye, PBR and more bourbon ???
Have a wonderful and safe weekend everyone ☺️
January 15th, 2022 at 2:03 PM ^
I don't bet on sports and don't give a shit about point spreads, so these are just winners outright:
Cincy over LV
Buffalo over Patriots
Tampa Bay over Eagles
Cowboys over 49ers
KC over Steelers
Arizona over Rams (never been a believer in Stafford)
January 17th, 2022 at 5:03 AM ^
Perfect
January 15th, 2022 at 5:20 PM ^
Raiders getting killed
Harbaugh watch about to intensify
January 15th, 2022 at 5:39 PM ^
Going to be a Cincy fan next half decade or so. Fun offense.
Cincy last playoff win 1991.
Lions is 1992.
Bengals may have the best collection of YOUNG skill position players at every position in the league. (sub 26 year old) They need to fix part of their OL and some defenders but they are fun. And a downtrodden franchise I can get behind behind in Detroit for decades.
Expect them to get waxed at some point in this playoffs and come back a year from now and be a favorite to win this all if they can fix their holes. This year is about experience and nothing to lose. But they are so dang fun.
January 17th, 2022 at 5:04 AM ^
Where are the Lions?