HERE ARE MY FIRST ROUND NFL PLAYOFF PICKS TO CLICK.
Oakland 19 Houston 17. QB’s on both sides are a wash, in this low scoring game. With a negative point-differential of 49 points, Houston is an unlikely division champion. The Texans, are averaging just 17 points per game Take Oakland +3 ½, and play the Under 37 ½.
Seattle 28 Detroit 17. I can recall the first round playoff game in 2011, when the 7-9 Seahawks, played New Orleans 11-5, and Seattle winning 41-36, at Qwest Field. I point to this game, to show you how much home field advantage means to the Seahawks, and to show you that this Seattle team plays their best football in January. New Orleans, had an excellent team in 2011, and were -10 ½ Favorites, to beat a suspect Seattle team, with a below .500 record. Detroit, is not nearly the team that the Saints once were. Take Seattle -8, and play the over 42 ½
Miami 17 Pittsburgh 28. A warm weather team on the road? , playing at Pittsburgh? Roethlisberger versus Moore at QB? Pittsburgh has played especially well this year at Heinz Field, averaging over 28 points per game and going 6-2 with their only losses coming the two top seeds in the league, Dallas and New England. Take Pittsburgh -10, and play the under 47.
New York Giants 18 Green Bay 19. This can be your upset game. Eli Manning has to feel pretty good going for his third straight playoff win in Green Bay. Green Bay is probably the hottest team in the NFL. Both teams have been good during recent playoff runs with New York an impressive 9-0 against the spread in their last nine postseason games and Green Bay comes in 4-1 ATS in their last five playoff games. By comparison, you can say, both teams are hot, entering the postseason. The difference, injuries to the NY Giants defense, Jason Pierre-Paul, and 2 possibly 3 injured players in their secondary. The advantage goes to Aaron Rodgers. However, those minus cold weather temperatures in GB, could cool off the hot handed Packer QB. Both teams lack a running game. Shoot out? Weather will be a factor, tossing the rock. My research related to cold weather games, showed this. *In the five coldest games, again all of them in the playoffs, the average total points scored by both teams combined was 30.4, and four of the five games were decided by four points or less: 20-17 Giants over Green Bay in the NFC title game after the 2007 season, 14-12 Raiders over Browns in 1981, 10-7 Colts over Chiefs in 1996 and 21-17 Packers over the Raiders in the famed Ice Bowl of 1967. Green Bay 23 NY Giants 20. Take NY Giants +4 ½, and play the Under 44 ½.
Oakland 19 Houston 17. QB’s on both sides are a wash, in this low scoring game. With a negative point-differential of 49 points, Houston is an unlikely division champion. The Texans, are averaging just 17 points per game Take Oakland +3 ½, and play the Under 37 ½.
Seattle 28 Detroit 17. I can recall the first round playoff game in 2011, when the 7-9 Seahawks, played New Orleans 11-5, and Seattle winning 41-36, at Qwest Field. I point to this game, to show you how much home field advantage means to the Seahawks, and to show you that this Seattle team plays their best football in January. New Orleans, had an excellent team in 2011, and were -10 ½ Favorites, to beat a suspect Seattle team, with a below .500 record. Detroit, is not nearly the team that the Saints once were. Take Seattle -8, and play the over 42 ½
Miami 17 Pittsburgh 28. A warm weather team on the road? , playing at Pittsburgh? Roethlisberger versus Moore at QB? Pittsburgh has played especially well this year at Heinz Field, averaging over 28 points per game and going 6-2 with their only losses coming the two top seeds in the league, Dallas and New England. Take Pittsburgh -10, and play the under 47.
New York Giants 18 Green Bay 19. This can be your upset game. Eli Manning has to feel pretty good going for his third straight playoff win in Green Bay. Green Bay is probably the hottest team in the NFL. Both teams have been good during recent playoff runs with New York an impressive 9-0 against the spread in their last nine postseason games and Green Bay comes in 4-1 ATS in their last five playoff games. By comparison, you can say, both teams are hot, entering the postseason. The difference, injuries to the NY Giants defense, Jason Pierre-Paul, and 2 possibly 3 injured players in their secondary. The advantage goes to Aaron Rodgers. However, those minus cold weather temperatures in GB, could cool off the hot handed Packer QB. Both teams lack a running game. Shoot out? Weather will be a factor, tossing the rock. My research related to cold weather games, showed this. *In the five coldest games, again all of them in the playoffs, the average total points scored by both teams combined was 30.4, and four of the five games were decided by four points or less: 20-17 Giants over Green Bay in the NFC title game after the 2007 season, 14-12 Raiders over Browns in 1981, 10-7 Colts over Chiefs in 1996 and 21-17 Packers over the Raiders in the famed Ice Bowl of 1967. Green Bay 23 NY Giants 20. Take NY Giants +4 ½, and play the Under 44 ½.
