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

[Auggie]

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

[True Dough]

1. I agree with you on the Rams over the Lions

especially with LaPorta injured.

But you're picking against your Brownies with FLACCO ON FIRE???

Oh man, Cleveland wins by a field goal.

[Auggie]

2. Browns' 11-5 record is misleading ...

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]

3. You give the Texans' defense credit but underestimate Cleveland's D!

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]

4. Oddsmakers predict a close game ...

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

Still going with the home team.

[Auggie]

5. 1-0

Congrats to DeMeco Ryans and the Texans. Not even close.

[True Dough]

6. Disregard my posts in this thread!

Easier to advise that than to self-delete them!

[Auggie]

7. Your posts were valid. Everyone expected a close game.

[True Dough]

8. Thanks for the validation, Auggie!

But my prediction STUNK!




The Cleveland D picked a bad game to buckle.

[LiberalFighter]

9. I wonder how many lost the Packers at Cowboys game?

[Xavier Breath]

10. Happy you got the Texans right and the Rams wrong.

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]

11. I won the Lions game

Rams covered the spread.

[Xavier Breath]

12. Ah, so you did.

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]

13. Very happy for the Lions, their fans and the City of Detroit

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

[Xavier Breath]

14. Most fans like to moan about their team's hardships

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.