--- NFL Divisionals / Opening Spreads ---

[Auggie]

Favorite / Spread / Underdog (home team in CAPS)

BALTIMORE / -9.5 / Houston
SAN FRANCISCO / -9.5 / Green Bay
DETROIT / -6 / Tampa Bay
BUFFALO / -2.5 / Kansas City

https://www.vegasinsider.com/nfl/nfl-odds-divisional-playoff-round-2024/

Difficult to give up 9.5 understanding any large lead will result in starters getting rested late in the 4th quarter, allowing underdogs to score points in garbage time. Particularly in this instance too -- I see Ryans and LaFleur giving Stroud and Love confidence-building green lights to rack up as many TDs as possible. What to do, what to do?

Baltimore will cover. It's a Harbaugh thing IMO (never let up). San Francisco will not cover but will win. Detroit is playing with more intensity and will win by a TD. Kansas City has superman Mahomes. My picks:

BALTIMORE
Green Bay (S.F. wins)
DETROIT
Kansas City (K.C. wins)

Anyone else?

Last week I was 4-2: lost the Dallas/G.B. game and Philly/Tampa.

[pwb]

1. Bet on Blue?

Good luck to you and thanks for the advice.

[Jerry2144]

2. KC? Really?

Mahome is overrated and only gets by with luck. Games where Taylor attends they play worse.

Bills by 14!

[Auggie]

3. You're giving 14 points against the Chiefs???

Don't bet any real money on that.

[Jerry2144]

4. I live in Vegas. I don't gamble

But this is a sure thing. The cheats are overrated

[Rebl2]

6. They won

last two games and Taylor was at the one Saturday evening.

[Brother Buzz]

5. The 12th man will be suited up next week

The Kansas City and Buffalo game is gonna be real close, but Buffalo's twelfth man will give them that razor thin edge; my magic 8 Ball is suggesting the game could go into overtime.

[Brother Buzz]

8. My Magic 8 Ball missed it by this much

Tyler Bass missed that game tying field goal by a little bit more.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Detroit -6 Seems A Good Bet

They are pretty explosive. My only concern is that the Bears outscored them head to head this year. Lost by 5, won by 15.
To be fair, the Bears defense was playing really well at the time of the 2nd game.
I think Tampa's magic is over.
I would have gone Niners easy, but Love's game at Dallas made me rethink how easy it will be.

[Auggie]

9. 4-0 the week. Nailed it. Oh, and there's $10,000 ...

I don't have because I'm too chicken-shit to bet real money.

8-2 in the playoffs overall.