Update 1/5: That announcers have now been updated for all four Wild Card round playoff games.
The regular season has ended and the playoff schedule is set. Incredibly, the Wild Card round this upcoming weekend will give us three rematches of Week 17 games.
Considering that I nailed two out of the three (and 10 out of 15 overall last week, with one push) you’d probably think I’d be pretty confident heading into the playoffs with my 135-106-3 record picking against the spread on the season.
And you’d be right, but that doesn’t mean that this week’s games aren’t very tricky to predict.
The Jets smashed the Bengals, but Cincinnati seemed disinterested and flat. The same is true for the Packers win over the Cardinals. And who knows what to make of Dallas’ shellacking of Philadelphia. The Cowboys took two from the Eagles this year and are favored this weekend, but we know the old adage about how hard it is to beat a team three times.
The TV schedule is set and the spreads are in, so my picks are as well. As I’ve done all season – with pretty damn good success I might add – I’m picking these games based on my gut reaction immediately after seeing the first spreads posted.
It’s worked well all year, so like a good football team I am not going to change things up once the stakes are higher.
