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NFL Playoffs: Wild Card Round Online Betting

With the regular season complete the playoff schedule is set and for the fifth season with an expanded playoff format will consist of six games over Super Wild Card Weekend. If you’re planning to wager on the games don’t look at Week 17 as a metric to make decisions. Several teams with a berth in the tournament already secured rested a number of starters. Also, four of the six games will be a regular season rematch with the outcomes of the those contests likely having little effect.

If there’s any disappointment it probably lies with the Minnesota Vikings. We’ve never seen a team with 14 wins relegated to playing on the road in the Wild Card round. But that’s what the Vikings face after losing to Detroit on Sunday night in a game that decided the top spot in the conference. The Vikings were one of the hottest teams in the NFL with nine straight wins before their worst showing of the year. They failed to score a touchdown in their lowest scoring game of the year giving the No. 1 seed to the Lions in the 31-9 loss.

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2024-25 NFL Wild Card Playoff

Saturday January 11, 2025

Houston Texans 32-12 vs. Los Angeles Chargers

Baltimore Ravens 28-14 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Sunday, January 12, 2025

Buffalo Bills 31-7 vs. Denver Broncos

Philadelphia Eagles 22-10 vs. Green Bay Packers

Washington Commanders 23-20 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Monday, January 13, 2025

Los Angeles Rams 27-9 vs. Minnesota Vikings

That sets up a Week 8 rematch with the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night. The Rams are the only team other than Detroit to beat Minnesota, taking a 30-20 decision behind four touchdown passes from Matthew Stafford. The Rams enjoyed a nice second half run to the NFC West title winning nine of 11 games before resting most starters in a Week 18 loss to Seattle. Minnesota was a 2.5-point favorite in the earlier meeting and opened as 1.5-point chalk for Sunday’s contest. The Vikings were a profitable team during the season going 11-4-1 ATS but they were just 4-3-1 ATS on the road.

Super Wild Card Weekend gets started on Saturday with a pair of AFC matchups. In one of two games that isn’t a regular season rematch the Los Angeles Chargers take on the Houston Texans in the first playoff encounter between the clubs. The Bolts relied on their defense most of the season but a late season scoring binge that saw them produce at least 34 points in each of their last three games, all wins, has them looking at a deep playoff run. Houston stumbled down the stretch losing five of eight games, but a weak AFC South and beating up Tennessee in Week 18 was positive. Houston is a rare home underdog catching 2.5-points on the opening line.

A lot has been said about Lamar Jackson’s playoff failures but he can put those to rest when the Ravens host the Pittsburgh Steelers in a matchup of AFC North foes. LJ is just 2-4 in the postseason with six interceptions and a sub-57 completion percentage. He’s looked like an MVP, especially over the last several games, with the Ravens winning their last four outscoring opponents 135-43, including a 34-17 stomping of Pittsburgh in Week 16. The Steelers won the first meeting 18-16 holding Jackson and the NFL’s top offense in check. The Ravens averaged 425 yards and ranked third with 30.5 points per outing. Pittsburgh faltered down the stretch losing four straight and the division lead and they are the biggest dog on the wild card board catching 10-points.

Three games highlight the Sunday slate starting with the Broncos at Bills contest. Needing a win over Kansas City in Week 18 to clinch their first playoff berth since winning the Super Bowl following the 2015 season, Denver left no doubt with a 38-0 drubbing. Josh Allen is the front-runner for MVP as the Bills look to finally get over the hump. One thing the Bills don’t do is hurt themselves with a league-low eight turnovers during the season. We’ll see how injured QBs Jordan Love of Green Bay and Jalen Hurts of Philadelphia respond when the clubs meet. The Packers are 0-5 this season against top NFC clubs Detroit, Minnesota and Philly.

The Sunday night contest features dynamic QBs when Washington visits Tampa Bay. Jayden Daniels made his NFL debut in a Week 1 loss to the Bucs, but I think we can say he’s evolved since then. Former No. 1 overall draft pick Baker Mayfield has found a home in Florida setting career highs in completion percentage, passing yards and TDs as well as rushing yards among others. He had four TD passes in the 37-20 win over Washington in the opener. Tampa was a 4-point favorite matchup in that game and they’re laying 3-points in the rematch.

NFL Wild Card Results (2000)

We have seen 11 Wild Card teams go on to reach the Super Bowl, and seven of those teams ended up winning the Lombardi Trophy. The first Wild Card team to reach the Super Bowl was the 1975 Dallas Cowboys. They went on the road to upset the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams before losing the first of two Super Bowls to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1970s.

The Oakland Raiders were the first Wild Card team to win the Super Bowl in 1980. They went 11-5 in the regular season, and they turned it on after the first five games as Jim Plunkett led the Raiders to 13 wins in the 15 games he started.

The other Wild Card teams to reach the Super Bowl are the 1985 New England Patriots, 1992 Buffalo Bills, 1997 Denver Broncos, 1999 Tennessee Titans, 2000 Baltimore Ravens, 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers, 2007 New York Giants, 2010 Green Bay Packers, and 2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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