It was nice to see some level of rebound from the Wild Card Round’s picks, but we continue to face a postseason where the numbers are simply unforgiving. The good news is that the reads remain straightforward, even if the results don’t always align in the end.
There are, however, only a few games left in the entire season. Just three. That means the number of opportunities has dwindled down to the point that we may not see as much value as we would have otherwise.
Thankfully, that isn’t the case. Despite there being just two games this week, both have setups we love.
Perhaps we just had to wait until now for the playoffs to deliver for us.
Below are predictions for each game against the spread. Spreads have been taken from various websites and are subject to change. The spread in parenthesis denotes the selected team. Spread is listed as advertised number and odds at either DraftKings Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook, Caesars Sportsbook, or Fanatics Sportsbook (formerly PointsBet). All efforts were made to provide picks at -110 or better, with some stretching to a -125 if no reasonable advertised spread was found.
*Confidence Picks – 2025 Season: 62-53-1 (Last Week: 0-1)
(2024 Season: 65-57) (2023 Season: 63-61-4) (2022 Season: 54-54-5) (2021 Season: 55-50) (2020 Season: 53-42-3) (2019 Season: 57-43-3) (2018 Season: 63-48-4) (2017 Season: 53-48-4) (2016 Season: 53-67-3) (2015 Season: 69-45-2) (2014 Season: 61-46-2) (11-Year Total: 646-561-30)
All Picks Against Spread – 2025 Season: 149-132-1 (Last Week: 2-2)
(2024 Season: 148-136-1) (2023 Season: 142-135-8) (2022 Season: 143-132-9) (2021 Season: 158-126-2) (2020 Season: 132-128-7) (2019 Season: 142-118-7) (2018 Season: 137-118-12) (2017 Season: 137-119-11) (2016 Season: 123-136-8) (2015 Season: 143-117-7) (2014 Season: 149-114-4) (11-Year Total: 1554-1379-76)
New England Patriots at Denver Broncos
I keep saying the same thing no matter the audience. That is, as football fans, we were robbed of a potentially great matchup between the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos because of the injury to Broncos starting quarterback Bo Nix. Obviously, fans of either team have their own rooting interests at the forefront of their minds, but we can no longer look at the matchup as a true battle between the best rosters the two franchises can provide. And that is unfortunate.
There is, however, some good news. The timing and sequence of events that unfolded leading into the AFC Championship Game makes