It's interesting to think that all four road teams won in the opening round of the playoffs, but there's a big difference between being able to go on the road to beat relatively weak division winners and having to do it a second straight week against better teams who are coming off of byes. That could setup a lot of favorable spots for player props on Saturday and Sunday.
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Play Tom Brady Over in Passing Yards, Completions and Passing Touchdowns
Julian Edelman is back. Sebastian Vollmer is likely going to be back. Danny Amendola is back. And Gronk is Gronk. The Patriots haven't put up fewer than 35 points in a game in the Divisional Round of the playoffs in the last four seasons, and Brady's stats have been off the charts in those games. Kansas City's secondary is quite good, but the way to frustrate this team is to throw short passes in the middle of the field to slow down those awesome outside rushers.
The Chiefs haven't seen a passing game quite like this in a long time. Sure, the weather is a bit of a concern, as there are snow showers in the forecast in Foxboro on Saturday night, but that's not going to deter us at all. Brady plays in the snow like no other quarterback, and we think he's going to put on a show to end all of the chatter about how badly the end of the regular season ended.
Play the Cardinals and Packers Over in Total Sacks
Technically this is a team prop, not a player prop, but it involves all sorts of individuals who are going to play a huge role in this prop coming to fruition.
The Packers shored up their offensive line last week against Washington and finally looked like their old selves, but the Cardinals aren't going to stop coming after him in this one and pose a much bigger threat. Nine sacks just three weeks ago are definitely notable, and though it'd be optimistic to see that many sacks again in this one, four or five by the Cards plus another one or two by a suddenly very aggressive Green Bay defense would easily push this prop past its total.
Play Russell Wilson Over in Rushing Yards
It's the second straight week we're going to make this recommendation. Last week against Minnesota, we failed miserably, but virtually every prop bet went under in that game thanks to the frigid conditions. The best plays which the Seahawks had drawn up on offense in that game though, were read options which Wilson had the option to bring the ball down and run. Carolina's defense allowed Wilson to run wild against it in the middle of the season, and we just doubt its ability to really totally shut down one of the best running quarterbacks in the game this weekend, especially after keeping him in the pocket for the most part failed miserably against the Vikings just a week ago.
Play Pittsburgh's Running Backs Under in Rushing Yards
We just aren't sure how the Steelers are running the ball against the Broncos. Fitzgerald Toussaint and Jordan Todman were both able to provide a bit of a spark against Cincinnati, but in this game with a hobbled Ben Roethlisberger, the opportunities to stack the box are going to be there, especially if Antonio Brown isn't clearly from his concussion he suffered last week.
The Broncos allowed just 83.6 yards per game on the ground and 3.3 yards per carry, and we just don't see either Pittsburgh back getting anywhere near even 40 rushing yards in this game.
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