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Wild Card playoff lines as of Monday, via ESPN BETFavorite / Spread / Underdog (Home team in CAPS)
Cleveland / -2.5 / HOUSTON
KANSAS CITY / -3.5 / Miami
BUFFALO / -9.5 / Pittsburgh
DALLAS / -7.5 / Green Bay
DETROIT / -3 / Los Angeles Rams
Philadelphia / -2.5 / TAMPA BAY
https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/39265556/oddsmakers-debate-nfl-wild-card-round-spreads
Anyone want to play the spreads? My picks:
Houston
Kansas City
Buffalo
Dallas
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Picking Houston and Los Angeles in upset wins, obviously
True Dough
(20,252 posts)especially with LaPorta injured.
But you're picking against your Brownies with FLACCO ON FIRE???
Oh man, Cleveland wins by a field goal.
Auggie
(31,798 posts)and Stroud has been on fire too. DeMeco Ryans will dissect that makeshift Browns O-line and hand Flacco a healthy serving of reality.
Would I like the Browns to win? Of course. But even with imaginary money, I'm a realist.
True Dough
(20,252 posts)Houston: 5,622
Cleveland: 4,593 (#1 in the league)
Points allowed this season
Houston: 353
Cleveland: 362
That category is virtually a wash.
Auggie
(31,798 posts)some were contemplating listing it as a "pick 'em" according to the link.
Still going with the home team.
Congrats to DeMeco Ryans and the Texans. Not even close.
True Dough
(20,252 posts)Easier to advise that than to self-delete them!
Auggie
(31,798 posts)True Dough
(20,252 posts)But my prediction STUNK!
The Cleveland D picked a bad game to buckle.
LiberalFighter
(53,465 posts)Xavier Breath
(5,005 posts)Thirty-two years of futility into the dustbin of history! I don't care what team you root for, you have to, at least for a moment, celebrate that streak being over.
Sorry, 'Phins, you're at the top of that list now.
Auggie
(31,798 posts)Rams covered the spread.
Xavier Breath
(5,005 posts)Well congrats, then. I'm not much of a gambler so I tend to breeze past that stuff. I'm just interested in the final score, and I've liked most of them so far. Fingers crossed for tomorrow in that regard.
Auggie
(31,798 posts)Been a long time coming. The team looks very strong.
Xavier Breath
(5,005 posts)Browns' fans being the most vocal in that regard, but no one, no one, can hold a candle to Detroit's futility. So, so glad they finally got that money off their collective back.
Can Green Bay pull off the upset in SF? Nets week will be interesting, to be sure.
Edit: just noticed these posts occurred exactly 12 hours apart.