The NFL divisional round of the playoffs went pretty much the same way as the wildcard round, three blowouts and once close finish. The main difference with this round is that three out of four favorites ; New Orleans, Indianapolis , and Minnesota won both straight up and against the spread, while one underdog; New York pulled off the upset both ATS and straight up.
It will be a David vs. Goliath-like battle when the Final 2 from the AFC battle for the Lamar Hunt Trophy on Sunday.
The Indianapolis Colts, who are “supposed to be in the AFC title game,” will host the New York Jets, who “weren’t even supposed to make the playoffs” and on top of that, we’ll see the tried, tested and true QB Peyton Manning dueling with the rookie signal-caller Mark Sanchez.
After a tame Wild Card weekend, the exception of course being that “wild” 51-45 OT affair between the Pack and Cards, the Divisional playoff round steps into the spotlight with four matchups. At first glance, the matchups this weekend should provide more entertainment.
Only one game was really wild during wildcard weekend as the other three were never really close. Dallas was the only favorite to win last week and along with two road dogs; New York and Baltimore and one home dog; Arizona they are all advancing to the next round.
The college football season concluded on Thursday night but never fear football fans, there is still pigskin to wager on.
The NFL playoffs begin this weekend with the New York Jets vs. Cincinnati Bengals and the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday, followed by the Baltimore Ravens at the New England Patriots and Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.
The 2010 NFL Playoffs get underway this weekend with the wildcard round of four games. Three of them are rematches from last week so it may help to look for clues from the past to help you make your picks this week.
Either the Cardinals or the Eagles are going to be your NFC Champions.
Joe Flacco is contending for the AFC Championship
Neither the defending Superbowl Champions, nor the best betting team in football are in the picture anymore.
At least Norv Turner isn’t challenging for the AFC Championship. That makes me feel slightly less nauseous about the events that transpired this weekend. Only slightly.
Saturday 4:30 pm ET
Saturday’s pigskin playoff game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Tennessee Titans is going to be an old-school, smash-mouth, heavy hitting brawl. Both teams rely on a dominating defense to set the tempo of games and cause turnovers.
Saturday 8:15 EST
Carolina Panthers
This club seemed to quietly beat the snot out of teams all year long. When you have a running game like the Panthers do with DeAngelo Williams racking up 1,515 yards to go along with 20 TD’s and Jonathan Stewart adding 835 yards and 10 scores, Delhomme can afford to be average. Take the Oakland game for example, Jake was 7/27 with 4 interceptions and they still won by 11.
