#Packers rip Rams to advance to NFC Championship

#Packers rip Rams to advance to NFC Championship

“#Packers rip Rams to advance to NFC Championship” The first playoff exposure for the Packers after a sensational season was on point, though often not dominant, as Aaron Rodgers moved one step closer to his second Super Bowl appearance. What often looked to be evolving into a rout Saturday night for Rodgers and the Packers…

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#NFL divisional round betting trends to know

#NFL divisional round betting trends to know

“#NFL divisional round betting trends to know” Last week, I started my annual NFL playoff series on recent trends in the wild-card round. I revealed a number of road, underdog and Under-the-total systems that had been very successful recently. A key part of that pattern continued last weekend, when visiting teams won four of the…

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#Green Bay the clear pick

#Green Bay the clear pick

“#Green Bay the clear pick” Here are some predictions for Saturday’s NFL playoff games: PACKERS (-6.5) over Rams; Under 45.5 Face the facts. The Rams were more than fortunate that they caught the Seahawks in the wild-card round, and thus were able to dominate ball possession (keyed by 43 rushes, accumulating 164 yards on the…

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#Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen set to take center stage

#Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen set to take center stage

“#Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen set to take center stage” One is a 237-pound bruiser who plants linebackers into the turf with a vicious stiff arm when he is not hurdling over their heads. The other is the embodiment of 4.3-second speed, who spins out of tackles and tiptoes the sideline like a ballerina. With two…

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#Mike Tomlin’s cryptic response on Ben Roethlisberger’s future

#Mike Tomlin’s cryptic response on Ben Roethlisberger’s future

“#Mike Tomlin’s cryptic response on Ben Roethlisberger’s future” Big Ben isn’t exactly getting a vote of confidence for 2021 from his head coach. Four days removed from Ben Roethlisberger’s teary-eyed defeat in the wild-card round, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin made a number of curious comments about his quarterback’s future in Pittsburgh. “I don’t have…

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#Browns deliver blissful night against Steelers

#Browns deliver blissful night against Steelers

“#Browns deliver blissful night against Steelers” If ever there came a time when an entire city felt like rising as one and celebrating Baker Mayfield planting a Browns flag on the Steelers logo, it was Sunday night, and it was Cleveland. It was the football gods who decided from the very first play from scrimmage,…

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#Browns dominate Steelers in wild-card round

#Browns dominate Steelers in wild-card round

“#Browns dominate Steelers in wild-card round” The Browns scored more than one first-quarter point for every year spent as the NFL’s punch line. How does 25 years of irrelevance manifest itself? In a first-play touchdown. In two touchdowns off turnovers. In three touchdowns in the first 10 minutes. In four touchdowns in the first quarter….

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#How Lamar Jackson changed his playoff narrative was telling

#How Lamar Jackson changed his playoff narrative was telling

“#How Lamar Jackson changed his playoff narrative was telling” It was two games, for goodness sake. Yet Lamar Jackson, in only his third NFL season, already was being labeled a postseason failure, disappointment, choker, (insert your own derogatory armchair-quarterback analysis). That Jackson is the reigning NFL MVP and the fact that the Ravens had a…

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