The final four teams in each NFL conference are in action this weekend as part of the Divisional Round of the playoffs. The four winners will advance to next Sunday's conference championships in the AFC and NFC.
According to the current betting lines at America's Bookie online sportsbook, the Kansas City Chiefs should host the Buffalo Bills in the AFC title game while the New Orleans Saints go on the road to Green Bay to face the Packers in the NFC Championship game. However, that is why they play the games.
Baltimore will have something to say as a slight 2 1/2-point road underdog against Buffalo on Saturday night. Cleveland is looking to keep its run going as a 10-point road underdog in Sunday's 3:05 p.m. (ET) start in Kansas City.
The Divisional Round kicks things off late Saturday afternoon with the Los Angeles Rams set as 6 1/2-point road underdogs against Green Bay. The featured matchup on Sunday pits the Tampa Bay Buccaneers against New Orleans in Round 3 of this NFC South series this season. The Saints are favored by three points at home.
The big subplot in that last game is a battle between two future Hall of Fame quarterbacks. Tom Brady is trying to recreate the magic that led to multiple Super Bowl wins while playing for the New England Patriots.
Brees is trying to double his Super Bowl ring collection after leading the Saints to a NFL title in 2009.
Both of these gunslingers know that the clock is ticking on their stellar NFL careers. This adds a heightened sense of urgency to Sunday's 6:40 p.m. start at Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
New Orleans has already won both of the meetings during the regular season. When the two met in the Big Easy in Week 1, the Saints covered as four-point home favorites in a 34-23 victory.
They met again on Nov. 8 in Tampa Bay and New Orleans completed the season sweep in impressive fashion with a 38-3 rout as a three-point underdog.
The Bucs have failed to cover against the spread in their last five games against the Saints. The total has gone OVER in four of their last five road games against New Orleans.
These are two trends you can bet on Sunday with a Saints' victory by more than three points in a game that goes OVER 52 points.
For all my betting picks covering this weekend's NFL games click through to the popular sports betting site ScoresandStats.com .
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