2024-25 NFL Playoffs Online Betting
The 2024-2025 NFL Playoffs continue on Sunday, January 26 with the NFC and AFC Championship games and will conclude on Sunday, February 9 with Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. A total of 14 teams qualified for the NFL Playoffs with the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs getting first-round byes and the field is now down to four after last week’s Divisional games. The Philadelphia Eagles are the No. 2 seed in the NFC and they will host the Washington Commanders in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday, January 26. The Chiefs are the top seed in the AFC and they will host the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday, January 26. The Eagles are now the favorite in Super Bowl odds, while the two-time defending champion Chiefs are second in Super Bowl odds. They are followed closely by the Buffalo Bills, while the longshot in Super Bowl LIX odds is the Washington Commanders.
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As you bet the NFL Playoffs you may want to keep a few things in mind. In the last 25 years, teams that have the top seed have won their conference title 52% of the time. For that trend to continue the Chiefs will have to beat the Bills in the AFC title game because the Detroit Lions are out of the playoffs after losing at home to the Commanders. From 1999 through 2019, top seeded teams made the Super Bowl just over half the time and number two seeds made it 24% of the time. In the last four years half of the top seeds made the Super Bowl. It was not so good for No. 2 seeds, as none of them have made the Super Bowl in the last eight years. That could change this year, as the Bills and Eagles are No. 2 seeds and each team is given a decent chance to make the Super Bowl.
2024-25 NFL Playoff Schedule (ET)
Saturday January 11, 2025
Wild Card Round - Houston Texans 32-12 vs. Los Angeles Chargers
Wild Card Round - Baltimore Ravens 28-14 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Wild Card Round - Buffalo Bills 31-7 vs. Denver Broncos
Wild Card Round - Philadelphia Eagles 22-10 vs. Green Bay Packers
Wild Card Round - Washington Commanders 23-20 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Monday, January 13, 2025
Wild Card Round - Los Angeles Rams 27-9 vs. Minnesota Vikings
BYE: Lions, Chiefs
Saturday, January 18, 2025
Divisional Round - Kansas City Chiefs 23-14 vs. Houston Texans
Divisional Round - Washington Commanders 45-31 vs. Detroit Lions
Sunday, January 19, 2025
Divisional Round - Philadelphia Eagles 28-22 vs. Los Angeles Rams
Divisional Round - Buffalo Bills 27-25 vs. Baltimore Ravens
Sunday, January 26, 2025
NFC Championship Game - Washington Commanders at Philadelphia Eagles - 3:00 PM FOX
AFC Championship Game - Buffalo Bills at Kansas City Chiefs - 6:30 PM CBS
Sunday, February 9, 2025
Super Bowl LIX - 6:30 PM FOX
AFC Champ vs. NFC Champ - Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, LA
Since 2019, the Kansas City Chiefs have made the Super Bowl four times with three wins. Kansas City is the two-time defending champion and is one of the top contenders to win Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. Many gamblers believe that it is only a matter of time before Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills will beat the Chiefs and Buffalo will get their chance in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday, January 26.
The power of the NFL continues to be verified by the increased TV ratings, increased streaming in the regular and post-season, and increased revenue for the teams. Where it all ends has many fans concerned, but it's safe to assume more costs are being passed on to fans. Predictions of NFL TV games becoming oversaturated have been made dating back to the 1970s, yet the public seems to have an insatiable appetite for NFL football.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell gave the media and fans a peak into the future with his dream of the Super Bowl being played on Presidents Day weekend (mid-February) to take advantage of a three-day holiday weekend in the United States, thus allowing fans to recover from their Super Bowl revelry on the Monday after the game. With that is the eventual potential to eventually charge fans pay-per-view rates for playoff and Super Bowl games. Taking boxing off of regular TV and on pay-per-view has done much to damage the popularity of the sport with casual fans. Thus, if the NFL does cross that Rubicon, it will be fascinating to see if the public will respond. One thing we do know is that it is not a good idea to bet against the NFL.
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