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Auggie

(31,798 posts)
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 03:41 AM Jan 2024

--- NFL Wild Card / Betting Lines ---

Wild Card playoff lines as of Monday, via ESPN BET

Favorite / 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
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--- NFL Wild Card / Betting Lines --- (Original Post) Auggie Jan 2024 OP
I agree with you on the Rams over the Lions True Dough Jan 2024 #1
Browns' 11-5 record is misleading ... Auggie Jan 2024 #2
You give the Texans' defense credit but underestimate Cleveland's D! True Dough Jan 2024 #3
Oddsmakers predict a close game ... Auggie Jan 2024 #4
1-0 Auggie Jan 2024 #5
Disregard my posts in this thread! True Dough Jan 2024 #6
Your posts were valid. Everyone expected a close game. Auggie Jan 2024 #7
Thanks for the validation, Auggie! True Dough Jan 2024 #8
I wonder how many lost the Packers at Cowboys game? LiberalFighter Jan 2024 #9
Happy you got the Texans right and the Rams wrong. Xavier Breath Jan 2024 #10
I won the Lions game Auggie Jan 2024 #11
Ah, so you did. Xavier Breath Jan 2024 #12
Very happy for the Lions, their fans and the City of Detroit Auggie Jan 2024 #13
Most fans like to moan about their team's hardships Xavier Breath Jan 2024 #14

True Dough

(20,252 posts)
1. I agree with you on the Rams over the Lions
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 10:40 AM
Jan 2024

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)
2. Browns' 11-5 record is misleading ...
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 12:02 PM
Jan 2024

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)
3. You give the Texans' defense credit but underestimate Cleveland's D!
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 12:26 PM
Jan 2024
Yards allowed this season:

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)
4. Oddsmakers predict a close game ...
Tue Jan 9, 2024, 01:42 PM
Jan 2024

some were contemplating listing it as a "pick 'em" according to the link.

Still going with the home team.

True Dough

(20,252 posts)
8. Thanks for the validation, Auggie!
Sun Jan 14, 2024, 08:38 AM
Jan 2024

But my prediction STUNK!




The Cleveland D picked a bad game to buckle.

Xavier Breath

(5,005 posts)
10. Happy you got the Texans right and the Rams wrong.
Sun Jan 14, 2024, 11:23 PM
Jan 2024

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.



Xavier Breath

(5,005 posts)
12. Ah, so you did.
Sun Jan 14, 2024, 11:35 PM
Jan 2024

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)
13. Very happy for the Lions, their fans and the City of Detroit
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 06:47 AM
Jan 2024

Been a long time coming. The team looks very strong.

Xavier Breath

(5,005 posts)
14. Most fans like to moan about their team's hardships
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 06:47 PM
Jan 2024

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.

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