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NFL Playoff Divisional Round Predictions of the first thought
– Baltimore and Buffalo
– Cleveland and Kansas City
– Tampa Bay in New Orleans
Well, that was a big fantastic sea.
The massive extended NFL Wild Card weekend was remarkable from start to finish. Even when there was a bit of trouble – (coughing) Chicago New Orleans (coughing) – it was still relatively fun in the absence of all those important games.
And now we have even more fun.
Two games on Saturday, two games on Sunday and will be loaded.
Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen headline Saturday night when Baltimore goes to Buffalo, and we get Brady vs. Round 3. Brees when Tampa Bay goes to New Orleans to end Sunday night.
Yes, and the Rams who go to Green Bay on Saturday and Cleveland take their show to Kansas City on Sunday isn’t bad either.
So what will happen?
While we do this for the college side, we go with the first election and then work from there. As I tell you in the third grade, I always go with your first answer. I don’t look at the rows, I guess what they are, then I add them at the end.
By the way … it went 6-0 straight up and 5-1 against the spread when I was doing this for the Wild Card round.
However, when our game previews appear – after the news of the week happens and more than one deep dive happens – they can and can change, but …
Divisional round of the 2021 NFL playoffs: Saturday
6 Los Angeles Rams and 1 Green Bay Packers
Saturday, January 16
FOX, 4:35 ET
Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI
Instant analysis of the knee: The Rams managed to push him against a Seattle team that – for some bizarre reason – thought that the answer to his failure to hit the third game down was to let him go deep. Green Bay will be sharper all the time.
The fact that LA D – no. 1 in the NFL – it’s obviously amazing, but Aaron Donald is hit and, as good as that performance against the Seahawks, won’t be enough to overtake Jared Goff still injured.
Green Bay doesn’t turn the ball around enough to count here, but there is a bigger problem … Green Bay.
It’s still almost a week away, but it’s expected to be around 20 degrees during the game.
Knee-Jerk No research predictions: Green Bay 26, Los Angeles 16
Early Line No-Look Guess: Green Bay -7.5
Current BetMGM line: Green Bay -7, o / u: 46
NFL Playoff Divisional Round Predictions of the first thought
– Baltimore and Buffalo
– Cleveland and Kansas City
– Tampa Bay in New Orleans