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NFL Wildcard Weekend Preview: Our Expert Tips & Staking Plan

January 9, 2021

NFL Wildcard Weekend Preview: Our Expert Tips & Staking Plan

What a week! A Lamar Jackson touchdown away from a perfect week, but 14.34 units of profit is incredible. This season has been so tough but we are showing a profit at the end of the regular season. I will be previewing every single game throughout the NFL playoffs so don’t miss out on these tips that are in red hot form.

Here is our profit/loss for December.

Season so far
  • Profit/Loss: +9.36 units
  • ROI: 5%

Indianapolis Colts @ Buffalo Bills

The Bills cone into this as perhaps the hottest team in the game. Josh Allen is a genuine MVP candidate and they arguably have the best coaching of any team left. This team has been built so well from top to bottom.

The Colts are a really solid team. Defensively they are very good and on offence they can ride Jonathan Taylor. The big worry for me with the Colts is if they get behind, I do not trust Philip Rivers playing catch up. The Bills score so many points and do it so quickly.

I think the Bills start fast and just move away as the Colts struggle to keep up.

  • 2 units Bills -6 2.0 with TopSport


Los Angeles Rams @ Seattle Seahawks

This is my game of the week. I do really respect the Seahawks but I think their defence lets them down. They have been much improved over the second half but they have had such a good schedule that those numbers are a little misleading.

The best unit in this game is the Rams defence. They can hold the Seahawks down and that can be the difference here.

  • 2 units Rams +3.5 1.81 with TopSport
  • 1 unit Seahawks under 23.5 points 1.76 with TopSport


Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Washington Football Team

I think a lot of people will be high on Washington coming into this game. Their defence is strong up front, but teams can pass on them. Tom Brady has quietly put up the third most passing yards this season and he can destroy Washington.

They do not have the offence to keep up with the Bucs and for me, the only way Washington win this is if we get an off night from Tampa Bay. WFT are not even in the playoffs if it isn’t from unprecedented help from the Eagles.

  • 2 units Buccaneers -8 2.01 with TopSport
  • 1 unit Chris Godwin any time touchdown 2.25 with TopSport


Baltimore Ravens @ Tennessee Titans

These are two really strong teams. The Titans have obviously got an incredible running game, but with their defence I just can’t trust them. They have so many games this season they could, and probably should have lost, including against the Ravens where they were 11 points down in the third quarter. The Ravens will learn from their mistakes that day and come out on top.

  • 1 unit Ravens -3.5 2.04 with TopSport


Chicago Bears @ New Orleans Saints

I am just not a fan of the Saints. I think they are a flawed team and Drew Brees does not have the arm to carry this team where it needs to go. Being the second seed gives them a shot, but if they have to go into Green Bay then they will really struggle in the cold.

I think the Saints ultimately win this game, but 10.5 points is too much for me. The Bears are not great, but they aren’t a pushover.

  • 1 unit Bears +10.5 2.0 with TopSport
  • 1 unit under 47 points 1.94 with TopSport


Cleveland Browns @ Pittsburgh Steelers

I really wanted to come into this one and bet on the Browns with the points. I do not believe in the Steelers overall and think they will come up short in the end. However, the Browns team has been destroyed by coronavirus. Not only will they be without some key players, they will not have their head coach Kevin Stefanski. The Steelers are probably the better team of the two, and with the issues I just think six points isn’t a big enough spread.

  • 3 units Steelers -6 2.0 with TopSport

Expert Tips

  • 2 units Bills -6 2.0 with TopSport
  • 2 units Rams +3.5 1.81 with TopSport
  • 1 unit Seahawks under 23.5 points 1.76 with TopSport
  • 2 units Buccaneers -8 2.01 with TopSport
  • 1 unit Chris Godwin any time touchdown 2.25 with TopSport
  • 1 unit Ravens -3.5 2.04 with TopSport
  • 1 unit Bears +10.5 2.0 with TopSport
  • 1 unit under 47 points 1.94 with TopSport
  • 3 units Steelers -6 2.0 with TopSport

 

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