Bold predictions for the NFL Divisional Round

After a truly wild Wildcard weekend, there are now just eight teams remaining in the NFL playoffs, some riding high on momentum, others with a week of rest and planning under their belts already. Let’s take a look at how we see the Divisional Round going.

Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen have ascended into the elite of the elites in the NFL and have already had some incredible duels in their relatively young careers. Now the Bills host the Chiefs in the Divisional Round and we are expecting it to be another barnburner, our bold prediction is both sides will score more than 34 points despite the weather.

We have had a sneaky feeling all year that if one of the Kelce brothers wins the Super Bowl, they both call time on their careers. Now, with the Eagles crashing out embarrassingly, only Travis is left. We expect him to ball out against the Bills and look like the best TE in history again as a way to avenge the Kelce name.

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The Packers’ story is incredible, going into Dallas with the youngest roster in football and a burgeoning star at QB and stomping all over the Cowboys, but now they head to San Fran to face the rested Niners and we don’t expect it to be close.

At times, we have certainly been guilty of underrating Brock Purdy, he has become a very effective NFL QB, however, we can see a scenario where he crumbles against a Packers’ D that is growing week by week. What the Niners can do is rely on his teammates to pick him when he falls, expect a huge Deebo Samuel game and Christian McCaffery to get used heavily.

C.J. Stroud has been one of the stars of the season in his rookie year, putting up crazy numbers in an offense that most expected to be a complete dud. Now, against probably the best team in football, he will need to ball out to keep his team in contention, and we fully expect him, going for over 300 yards in the air and at least two TDs.

We continue to believe that the Ravens are the best team in football and that no teams can compete with them. Suggesting they beat the Texans is certainly not a bold prediction, but them blowing out the Texans and showcasing exactly how good they are to the whole league certainly is.

The Bucs aren’t an especially good team, but they have some spunk, some seriously talented players, and an incredibly aggressive defense that could cause even the Lions some problems. We can see this game remaining close through four quarters, with the Bucs kicking a late FG to take it to OT.

The Lions are a very good team, but they are beatable, and a fired-up Bucs team coming off a demolition of the Eagles will not be an easy win for Detroit. Once the game goes to OT, the Lions get stuffed early, punting it away to the Bucs who march down the field and win it with a FG. Bake Mayfield will be heading to the NFC Championship game.

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