Monday, January 25, 2016

NFL Predictions Against The Spread This Weekend

By Rebecca Ellis


With the second round of the NFL divisional playoffs just around the corner, speculations have dominated the mouths of fans. They have a lot of zeal and anxiety in light of what they expect will prevail during the contestations. It is fun to speculate and remain optimistic for best outcomes of the spreads of the weekends Divisional games. My view on the NFL predictions against the spread is discussed below.

The first game is whereby Kansas City Chiefs meet New England Patriots.it is worth noting that the Chiefs are boasting of having an incredible ten game winning trend, heading into Foxboro. On the other hand, the Patriots have a worrying number of questionable players, who have disturbing data on their injury report. Among them, is Rob Gronkowski. The Patriots also, may lack the services of Jeremy Maclin, an offensive player, who has elicited mixed speculation for not practicing for all week. Though this will be a tough tussle, am tempted to preempt that the Chiefs can at least contain the game within a fields goal.

Green Bay Packers versus Arizona Cardinals is also another matched slotted for the weekend. In my unsolicited opinion, though the Packers tried their level best to outshine the overrated Washington by a ruthless seventeen last week, they are not as good.

The Cardinals, on their side, are coming off rejuvenated after a week-long rest, and it should be remembered that they hammered the Packers a thunderous 38-8, just a couple of weeks ago. On this game, my presumption is that the Arizona Cardinals will scoop a comfortable win against the Green Bay Packers.

In yet another sizzling match, the Carolina Panthers will be welcoming the Seattle Seahawks. The latter have had a seemingly difficult season if their performance in round one is anything to go by, and have surprisingly made it to the playoff matches. With reference to this track record, many would argue that they have nothing on the Panthers.

My argumentation is based on the fact that Seahawks lost to the Panthers by a narrow margin of only four points in their last encounter. This was long before Seahawks reenergized and got into ideal form that saw it end a surprising position one in the overalls of DVOA. I strongly hold that the Seahawks will humble the Panthers, and the Panthers will end up being one of those teams that maintain regular performance throughout the season, only to easily flip in the playoffs.

Pittsburgh Steelers will be interacting with Denver Broncos. The Steelers have struggled their way to the playoffs, and will be without the vital services of Antonio Brown, their best receiver, and DeAngelo Williams, their leading rusher.

Though Pittsburgh Steelers managed to thrush the Broncos at Pittsburgh a month ago, that will be put to greater test in this game, and will be a strenuous challenge this time round. The Denver Broncos defense, in my view, will be very hard to crack. On this, my bet is on Broncos.




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