Let’s be honest — the Super Wild Card Weekend games kind of sucked thanks to blowouts in five of the six games, but like I often say, “this is why we bet.”
Monday’s Steelers vs. Bills game was anything but entertaining, but I clung to my TV until the final whistle to see if the Steelers could cover the 10-point spread. They of course did not, which resulted in the Bills bringing an end to their 0-8 ATS skid as a double-digit favorite.
So that trend was a bust last week, as was the Over in Detroit after the offenses fell asleep in the second half. But the other four NFL betting trends in last week’s article came through, so hopefully we can pick up in the Divisional Round odds where we left off in the Wild Card Round.
In the intro to last week’s trend article, I discussed how emotions come into play in these games much more often than in normal regular-season games, and that those emotions can be hard to predict. However, I probably should have leaned more heavily into the emotional trend of the Cowboys urinating all over themselves once the playoffs get here because that’s become as predictable as the sun rising in the morning.
Unfortunately we don’t have any epic chokers we can fade in the NFL odds this weekend, but the Divisional Round gives us four intriguing games with some standout betting opportunities when making NFL picks.
Here’s my favorite trend and a bonus trend for each Divisional Round game! And don’t forget to check out our Super Bowl odds page!
