Opening Lines for Texans-Chiefs, Commanders-Lions and Ravens-Bills
Three of the four divisional games are set with the last one to be decided tonight.
Saturday
Texans (+8) at Chiefs, 4:30 p.m. ET (ABC/ESPN)
Commanders (+8.5) at Lions, 8 p.m. ET (Fox)
Sunday
Rams/Vikings at Eagles, 3 p.m. ET (NBC)
Ravens (+1) at Bills, 6:30 p.m. (CBS)
A road team finally won on Wild-Card Weekend as the Commanders (+3) kicked a last-second field goal to upset the Bucs 23-20 on Sunday night and join the Bills and Eagles in the divisional playoffs. >>Adam Burke sizes up the early lines.
Tonight, of course, both the Vikings and the Rams are on the road with the game in Glendale, Ariz. (8 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN).
The Vikings were 1.5-point favorites with the game at SoFi Stadium, but moved to -2.5 on the neutral site. That was the same spread for their regular-season meeting on Oct. 24 when the Rams won 30-20 in LA.
Writes Zach Cohen in his betting preview:
Let’s put that game in the right context, as the Vikings had to go from Minneapolis to Los Angeles on a short week and also were coming off of the first of two games against the Lions, a game that they lost 31-29 on a 44-yard field goal with 15 seconds left. Are the travel and situational factors enough to mitigate what we saw on the field?
I checked our NFL Picks page to see what other opinions we had on this game (after the line and venue move):
Sean Green: Rams (+2.5) vs Vikings
Ryan Kramer: Rams (+2.5) vs Vikings
Bob Stoll: Rams (+2.5) vs Vikings
Drew Dinsick: Vikings at Rams – UNDER (46.5)
Mitch Moss: Puka Nacua (Rams) OVER 7.5 Receptions (-120)
Pauly Howard: Kyren Williams (Rams) OVER 83.5 Rushing Yards (-115)
John Hansen: TJ Hockenson (Vikings) Anytime TD (+200)
John Hansen: Cooper Kupp (Rams) Anytime TD (+150)
John Hansen: Puka Nacua (Rams) OVER 89.5 Receiving Yards (-115)
Paul Charchian: Kyren Williams (Rams) OVER 81.5 Rushing Yards (-115)
Dustin Swedelson: TJ Hockenson (Vikings) OVER 39.5 Receiving Yards (-135)
Tanner Kern: Justin Jefferson (Vikings) OVER 90.5 Receiving Yards (-125)
VSiN Pro subscribers should check for more picks today.
More Wild-Card resources
>Look for Josh Appelbaum‘s Sharp Report later this morning.
>DraftKings/Circa Betting Splits:Â The chart shows a comparison of the betting splits from DraftKings and Circa Sports. Keep an eye on them closer to kickoff for late action.
Everything we have posted on the Wild-Card round is here.
Today in college basketball
Greg Peterson has posted his Best Bets for today’s menu.
Adam Burke and Tyler Shoemaker will have their top plays later this morning.
Aussie Open Best Bets
Zach Cohen is posting his Australian Open Best Bets daily on our tennis page. Both Zach and Gill Alexander are posting their plays on the VSiN Pro picks page.
Quick Hits
NBA: Zach Cohen will post his Best Bets by mid-morning.
NHL: Look for Jonathan Davis‘ picks later today.
Golf: Congrats to Wes Reynolds for nailing his longshot pick in the Sony Open, Nick Taylor at 110-1. Wes and those who followed him had quite a sweat as Taylor needed an eagle on the 72nd hole to get into a playoff and won on the second extra hole.
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