Texans over Chargers 27-23
Pretty good chance I misread the room on picking this game. Houston did win three of the final five, including the last day of the season. Sure, the offense has underperformed a little since Diggs went down in week seven, but they still have a solid run game. That's going to be a key this time of the year. Chargers make it a strong game, but Houston going to pull it out on the final drive of the afternoon.
Ravens over Steelers 30-27
Maybe off on the score prediction, but not on the end result. Facts are two fold here. Lamar Jackson has been operating at close to, if not already at, MVP level again this season. Over 4,100 yards passing and almost a thousand yards rushing. Hell Derek Henry had a monster year running the ball, with 1,921 yards in his own right. This is a running team that has the ability to almost match it through the air as well. And they come in riding a four game win streak. Pittsburgh is trending the other way, losing the final four of the season to let the division slip away,. Pittsburgh may make it close, but the Ravens are just playing too good of football right now to be stopped by the Steelers.
Bills over Broncos 28-17
Not expecting this one to really be close. Denver stumbled a little down the stretch, and the only reason they closed out the way they did last week was because KC had rested pretty much everybody. That's not to take anything away from the Broncos, who are a solid team. But they playing a really good Buffalo team. Buffalo, Much like Baltimore, is a run happy team. They going to be doing that quite a bit against Denver. Oh and Josh Allen can make plays with his arm too. Buffalo should have this game on lock.
Eagles over Packers 34-21
The only knock you can have against Green Bay this season is they happened to get stuck in the division with Detroit and Minnesota. And both those teams went off this year. Green Bay is a solid club, but they going up against another really good team in the Eagles. Philly has the best runner in the game this year in Barkley, they got the best overall defense in the entire league. Green Bay going to keep it somewhat close, but the Philly run game helps them advance to the next round.
Buccaneers over Commanders 31-27
Tampa, much like they did last year, got hot at the right time. As the season went along, despite all the injuries, they showed they were more of a second half team. They got an underrated run game, which if they want to go on a deep run this year, need that to be a factor in this game. And it will. Give credit where its due to Jaylen Daniels in his first year in Washington, putting up the year he had. At the end of the day its not going to be enough as the Bucs come away with the win.
Vikings over Rams 34-14
The Rams almost shot themselves in the foot last week by losing to Seattle. Because now they have to face the 2nd best team in the conference in Minnesota. Not to take away anything from that Rams offense, but the way Minnesota has played most of the year, this one should be one of the easier games of the entire weekend to pick.
