NFL Sunday Wild Card Playoffs: Best Bets, Odds and Predictions
The NFL Wild Card playoffs kicked off in a huge way on Saturday, with two thrilling come-from-behind wins from the Los Angeles Rams and the Chicago Bears that will live long in the memory.
Today, we're treated to a trio of games, with two games from the AFC and the final NFC playoff game. We kick things off with the Buffalo Bills heading off Duval County to face the Jacksonville Jaguars. We follow that up with a thrilling matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and the defending Super Bowl champions, the Philadelphia Eagles. We'll wrap things up with the ambitious New England Patriots hosting Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers.
The NFL Wild Card round will wrap up with a Monday Night Football clash between the Houston Texans and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Today's NFL Odds
🏈Odds via Caesars Sportsbook📈
Buffalo Bills @ Jacksonville Jaguars
Spread: Buffalo Bills +1.5 (-108); Jacksonville Jaguars -1.5 (-112)
Money Line: Buffalo Bills +102; Jacksonville Jaguars -121
Total: 51.5 (Over -108, Under -112)
San Francisco 49ers @ Philadelphia Eagles
Spread: San Francisco 49ers +6 (-112); Philadelphia Eagles -6 (-108)
Money Line: San Francisco 49ers +220; Philadelphia Eagles -275
Total: 44.5 (Over -107, Under -113)
Los Angeles Chargers @ New England Patriots
Spread: Los Angeles Chargers +3.5 (-112); New England Patriots -3.5 (-108)
Money Line: Los Angeles Chargers +162; New England Patriots -197
Total: 45.5 (Over -114, Under -106)
NFL Game Lines
Buffalo Bills - Jacksonville Jaguars Over 51.5 (-106)
🏈Odds via FanDuel📈
We've been smashing this over all week, and we're not doing anything differently now. The Jacksonville Jaguars are one of the hottest teams in all of football, having won their last eight games. Six of those eight wins were by at least two touchdowns, and it seems that the addition of Jakobi Meyers has really started to make the Jaguars offense tick. With Meyers in the lineup, Jacksonville averages 33.1 points per game.
The Bills are generally unstoppable with Dalton Kincaid in the lineup and healthy. In fact, when Kincaid plays, the Bills are 10-2 this season and average 30.5 points per game. They'll also have Matt Prater back, who is 18-for-20 this season with Tyler Bass sidelined for the year.
We love a shootout. Take anytime touchdowns on James Cook (-150), Travis Etienne (-135), Josh Allen (-125), and Gabe Davis (+700) to boot. Take both quarterbacks to throw for over 1.5 touchdowns (Trevor Lawrence -104; Allen +100).
San Francisco 49ers - Philadelphia Eagles Under 44.5 (-112)
🏈Odds via DraftKings📈
The Philadelphia Eagles have the best red-zone defense in all of football and are in a prime position to feast against the San Francisco 49ers.
San Francisco has been an elite scoring offense, though they looked unbelievably human in last week's 13-3 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. It's a shame that they're this banged up heading into the postseason; they're simply not the same offense with Trent Williams, Ricky Pearsall, and George Kittle operating far below 100%.
The Eagles aren't that high-scoring a team to begin with, averaging just 22.3 points per game (19th in the NFL). They also have offensive line concerns that have caused their offensive efficiency to decline.
We like the Eagles to pull this one out, but it's going to be an ugly one. Hit the unders on just about everything.
New England Patriots -3.5 (-108)
🏈Odds via Caesars Sportsbook📈
The loss of OT Joe Alt has debilitated Justin Herbert, especially in the red zone. His red-zone passing numbers are already some of the worst in football (50.6%) and have only become worse with Alt out of the picture.
While the Patriots have one of the lowest red-zone defensive rates in all of football, they don't allow their opponents to get that far down the field much anyway. They're fourth in the league in scoring defense and have an MVP candidate at quarterback who's only getting better with time.
While we love Omarion Hampton to have a big game for the Chargers, we also love the Patriots to roll. This points to a huge Stefon Diggs game, we love him to score two touchdowns today (+1200) and to go over 100 receiving yards (+450).
Predictions
Jacksonville Jaguars 41 Buffalo Bills 38
Philadelphia Eagles 20 San Francisco 49ers 17
New England Patriots 27 Los Angeles Chargers 17
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All Odds as of 7:00 a.m. ET on Jan. 11
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