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Divisional Playoff Week is saving the best for last. The Buffalo Bills will host the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Divisional Playoffs on Sunday Night. Fans and gamblers need to note that this marquee matchup is on CBS instead of NBC although still in the Sunday night slot, albeit earlier than normal. Regardless, the Ravens and Bills is the one game, above al... 

Six teams emerged from the first round of the NFL playoffs and will compete in the Divisional Round. They’ll be joined by the top two teams from each conference who had last week off. The Detroit Lions had the best season in franchise history winning 15 games and needed the bye in order to get some rest ahead of their quest for a first Super Bowl appearance... 

The No. 1 seeds in each conference are back in action as the NFL playoffs continue with Divisional Round games this weekend. The NFC’s Detroit Lions and AFC’s Kansas City Chiefs, who both finished the regular season at 15-2, get the festivities started on Saturday as big favorites in their matchups. The Chiefs begin pursuit of their record third straight Su... 

With the playoff field set for Super Wild Card Weekend we will see some familiar matchups with all three NFC games a rematch from the regular season and the contest between Pittsburgh and Baltimore the third meeting of the year between AFC North foes. It’s called the second season for a reason with the losing teams packing up for the year. And those earlier ga... 

Wild Card Week ends on Monday Night with an outstanding matchup of potential Super Bowl teams. At the onset of the season, the Los Angeles Rams were one of the biggest flops in the NFL. To illuminate, head coach Sean McVay was panned, and the Rams were written off as serious playoff contenders. Instead, Los Angeles stampeded to the NFC West Division title. Meanwhile, the Minnesota Vikings fought to the final night of the regular season for top seed. However, they were routed on the road by the D... 

Wild Card Week includes an outstanding Sunday Night matchup of surprise teams on NBC. Two of the biggest surprises in the 2024 regular season were the Washington Commanders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Following years of losing, Washington was ignored in the future market. Meanwhile, Tampa Bay is the Rodney Dangerfield of the NFL. The Buccaneers simply get no respect. But Tampa Bay took advantage of a weak NFC South to gain the playoffs. Washington benefited from a clean slate at quarterback Jayden Danielsand head coach Dan Quinn. Now comes the challenge of winning a road playoff game against a team that won a 2023 home wild card matchup. The Commanders and Buccaneers Wild Card Round showdow is the NBC Sunday night matchup. Washington has become the betting on pro football using crypto Cinderella team for the 2024 NFL Playoffs. Tampa Bay is a team highly respected for its surprise value. On Sunday, January 12, 2025, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will host the Washington Commanders at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL. Kickoff time is set for 8 p.m. ET, and television coverage will be on NBC. ... 

Wild Card Week offers a special matchup of bitter rivals. Over the past two decades, the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers arguably have the best rivalry in football. Baltimore and Pittsburgh had a true hatred of each other a decade ago when they annually clashed for the highest of stakes. Now this AFC North rivalry renews again. Saturday’s matchup from Baltimore is the wild card round of the 2024 NFL Playoffs. Baltimore handily won the AFC North, but the Steelers exceeded expectations. S... 

Week 18 will bring the end of the season for the Seattle Seahawks. Seattle is guaranteed a winning record for rookie head coach Mike Macdonald, who was hired for being one of the bright young minds in football. Macdonald replaced Pete Carroll, who was seen as over the hill with an expired shelf life. Yet the truth is that the change made no difference. Seattle has nine wins in 2024, which is the same win total they finished with for 2022 and 2023 under Carroll. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Rams ha... 

Week 18 features the renewal of one of the oldest and best rivalries in sports when the Denver Broncos host the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. The Chiefs and Broncos have shared the same division (AFC West) since both teams began operations in 1960 as members of the American Football League. Concurrently, Kansas City has clinched the top seed in the AFC. Meanwhile, if the season ended now, Denver would gain the final wild card spot. The problem is that the season ends on Sunday, and Denver needs ... 

Week 18 offers one of the best rivalries in pro football for a high-stakes final regular season game of the year. The Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings have shared the same division since the Purple Gang entered the NFL as a 1961 expansion team. In the early days, their division was referred to as the Black and Blue Division due to its physicality, brutal weather, and Neanderthal tactics. These days, Minnesota and Detroit comfortably play indoors and feature prolific offenses. On Sunday night,... 

With teams locking up playoff spots and positions, the final weekend of the NFL regular season is difficult to handicap if you bet on the NFL using bitcoin. You could say that about the entire year, though, with a number of surprising outcomes. Kansas City improved to 15-1 securing the top seed in the AFC with their 29-10 win over Pittsburgh on Christmas. The team has already said starters will be... 

Week 17 concludes with what was expected to be an important Monday Night Football matchup for the San Francisco 49ers and the Detroit Lions. Instead, the injury-ravaged 49ers are wrapping up a lost season after being among the preseason future market favorites to make the Super Bowl. Last February, the 49ers lost a soul-crushing overtime Super Bowl to the Kansas C... 

Week 17 features a matchup that was not expected to be a Sunday Night feature game when the 2024 season began. The Washington Commanders continue their remarkable transformation in 2024 with last year’s Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jayden Daniels and new head coach Dan Quinn. Meanwhile, the Atlanta Falcons are unexpectedly in NFC wild card playoff contention but with no margin for error and need a lot of help. Last week, the Falcons went with rookie Michael Penix Jr. as the starting quarte... 

Week 17 includes an important NFC North rivalry showdown between the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers. Green Bay is in a solid wild-card position for the NFC playoffs. Meanwhile, the Vikings are fighting the Detroit Lions for the top spot in the NFC North and the top seed and home-field advantage in the NFL playoffs. Minnesota has been one of the top surprises and best values in the NFL this season. Sam Darnold has proven to be an upgrade at quarterback over the discarded Kirk Cousins. Gr... 

It might be a day late but the Chicago Bears would certainly take a victory for a Christmas gift. Losers of nine straight the Bears will host the Seattle Seahawks in the Week 17 and final Thursday Night Football game of the NFL season. Six weeks in... 

Only two weeks remain to cash a winning NFL parlay at the Bitcoin Sportsbook, and I urgently need a winning ticket since I came up empty last week. The Week 17 schedule offers up a number of important games, including a pair of matchups on Wednesday. The Christmas Day bonus features th... 

Week 16 concludes with an important Monday Night Football matchup for the Green Bay Packers. Head coach Matt LaFluer and the Pack are battling for a wild-card spot in the 2024 NFL Playoffs. On Monday night, the Packers host a winnable game against the New Orleans Saints. New Orleans has been a colossal disappointment since the departures of quarterback Drew Brees and head coach Sean Payton. Now, the Saints must try and will themselves to fight on the Frozen Tundra of Lambeau field in the dead of... 

Week 16 features a Sunday Night matchup that was originally projected to be a playoff coronation for the Dallas Cowboys. Instead, that will most likely be the case for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tampa Bay will visit AT&T Stadium as a road favorite and the leader of the NFC South. By contrast, the Cowboys are hanging by a thread for the final NFC wild card spot. Dallas will have to win out and get a lot of help in the process. Jerry World has been turned upside down with poor roster constructi... 

Week 16 features a matchup that was not expected to be much of a game at the start of the season. The Washington Commanders have been transformed with 2024 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jayden Daniels and new head coach Dan Quinn.Meanwhile, head coach Nick Siriani, quarterback Jalen Hurts, and the Philadelphia Eagles have re-established their credentials as the best team in the NFC East after a sluggish start. Philadelphia has a commanding lead in the NFC East, while the Commanders have a s... 

The Week 16 edition of Thursday Night Football gives us another crucial division matchup with playoff implications when the Denver Broncos visit the Los Angeles Chargers in an AFC West clash. Both teams are right in the thick of the postseason pict... 

Several key matchups highlight the Week 16 NFL schedule as we get closer to the end of the regular season. And with the college football season done we get a few Saturday matchups to whet our appetite. The betting week opens on Thursday night with an AFC West contest between playoff teams Denver and the Chargers. There are two massive AFC games on Saturday with a battle of division l... 

In a potential Super Bowl preview the Buffalo Bills visit the Detroit Lions on Sunday in Week 15 of the NFL season. The Bills may have been looking ahead to this matchup and were caught off guard in a 44-42 loss to the Rams last week, ending their 7-game winning streak and putting them further behind Kansas City in the race for the top seed in the AFC. It was no fault of Josh Allen, though. The front-runner for league MVP accounted for six touchdowns in the loss. Jared Goff has something to say about the MVP award and has a solid body of work for the club with the best record in the NFC. Goff engineers the NFL’s highest scoring team and it’s no surprise that the total of 54.5 is the highest on the Week 15 Bitcoin Sportsbook board and also the largest in any game this season. ... 

The Minnesota Vikings are home favorites on Monday Night as they host the Chicago Bears on ABC. The Vikings have the second-best record in the NFC at 11-2 but because they are in the NFC North, they are one game behind the Detroit Lions who are 12-1. The Bears come into this game at 4-9 and on a 7-game losing streak. The Bears and Vikings met last month in Chicago... 

The Green Bay Packers are road favorites on Sunday Night as they visit the Seattle Seahawks on NBC. The Packers have the fourth-best record in the NFC at 9-4 but they happen to be in the NFC North where the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings have better records. On the other side, the Seattle Seahawks are 8-5 but in the NFC West that is good for first place, as S... 

Returning home after getting blown out in two straight road games was just what the San Francisco 49ers needed. They stopped a three-game losing streak with a win over the Bears making the NFC West even more congested. Games within the division will determine who wins it and we’ve got a good one to kickoff Week 15 when the Los Angeles Rams head north looking for their first regular s...