Great news, everyone. We get NFL football on Saturday this week. In addition to an excellent college football slate on this championship Saturday, we also get Buffalo Bills at Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers at Green Bay Packers.
Neither game is exactly great, but they do have playoff implications. The Bills are trying to be the first non-Patriots team to win the AFC East since 2008 and the first Bills team to win it since Bill Clinton was in office. Plus, there are survivor pools to win and money to be earned on gambling platforms.
In past weeks, I have posted my weekly NFL picks here via BettingPros. But since we have just a couple of games, I’ll provide a little more information for these two matchups and then share the full list of picks tomorrow morning.
Here’s how the experts are betting today.
Bills at Broncos
Coming off of a statement win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Bills are now battling for playoff seeding while hoping to wrap up the AFC East. Broncos head coach Vic Fangio could be coaching for the job, but I don’t think Denver has enough offense to keep up with Buffalo, even at home in the altitude. I’m taking the Bills across the board and the under.
Panthers at Packers
The Packers are good. The Panthers are bad. Aaron Rodgers is great. Teddy Bridgewater is…less great. The Packers are playing for the #1 seed in the NFL, while the Panthers are already eyeing the draft. The Packers have some issues on defense, but they should be able to care of business, especially at home in December. I’m expecting the Packers to cover -8 and some garbage time points to hit the over.
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