How about them Cowboys?!?! Talk about laying an egg. Pretty remarkable the Packers had a bunch of backups taking snaps in the fourth quarter. Another rookie QB, CJ Stroud, looked like the real deal in Houston knocking off the heavily favoured Cleveland Browns. Unfortunate timing for Joe Flacco to remind everyone why he was sitting at home for the first half of the season.
Looking forward to this weekend, the Ravens and the 49ers will be rested and relatively healthy for their Saturday matchups against the upstart Texans and Packers respectively. As always, I’m sure the commentators will be lamenting the fact that it might take a quarter or two to shake off the rest after the bye week. Both the Ravens and 49ers are double digit favourites at home. Texans should be able to keep it close with the Ravens, while we expect the 49ers to roll and end Jordan Love’s impressive first season under centre with an empathic exclamation point.
As for the Sunday matchups, we have the Bucs visiting the Lions and the Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs visiting Josh Allen and the Bills in primetime. Baker Mayfield looked like a playoff MVP candidate last week, tossing out three TDs against a lackluster Eagles D. We don’t expect a repeat in the Motor City and expect the Lions to pound the rock with their impressive O-Line.
Who doesn’t like a trilogy? Nobody, that’s who. This time though the Chiefs will need to lead the comfy confines of Arrowhead to face off against the Bills behind the full support of Bills Mafia. Josh Allen and the Bills had their season end last year at home against the Bengals and will be looking to avoid a similar fate Sunday. The Chiefs D has been formidable all season and really flexed against the high flying Dolphins last week. This one will be close and might come down to whichever team has the ball last.
Picks are highlighted below:
- HOU@BAL-10.0
- GB@SF-10.0
- TB@DET-6.0
- KC@BUF-2.5
Divisional Round Record: 3-3
Regular Season Record: 124-122-11
Playoff Record: 3-3
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