Wednesday, 27 January 2016

The Weekend NFL Predictions Against The Spread

By Rebecca Ellis


Just before the second round of the 2016 NFL Division playoffs commence, it is all fun, glamor and profound excitement to all the fanatics of the competitions, with many having speculations and various expectations on who they think will win, and why. The games are usually a favorite to many, and attract massive attention. In light of the NFL predictions against the spread, the following are my independent views on how various games will roll out, over the weekend.

The first game is whereby Kansas City Chiefs meet New England Patriots.it is worth noting that the Chiefs are boasting of having an incredible ten game winning trend, heading into Foxboro. On the other hand, the Patriots have a worrying number of questionable players, who have disturbing data on their injury report. Among them, is Rob Gronkowski. The Patriots also, may lack the services of Jeremy Maclin, an offensive player, who has elicited mixed speculation for not practicing for all week. Though this will be a tough tussle, am tempted to preempt that the Chiefs can at least contain the game within a fields goal.

Another entertaining encounter scheduled for the weekend is Green Bay Packers who will face it off against Arizona Cardinals. My opinion is that regardless of the fact that the Packers came from behind to force a win against the Washington of a humbling seventeen points, they are not as up to task as this win would try to insinuate.

Bearing in mind that the Cardinals have been on a purported holiday for a week, it is unequivocally true that they have spared all their energy and vigor, and are hoping to put it into action during this match. Their recent thunderous win against the Packers with a merciless 38-8, also reaffirms their untouchable form, in the recent past. Therefore, in light of the recent Cardinals appearances and their performance, I am of the view that they will be all smiles after the encounter, having comfortably outsmarting the Packers.

In yet another sizzling match, the Carolina Panthers will be welcoming the Seattle Seahawks. The latter have had a seemingly difficult season if their performance in round one is anything to go by, and have surprisingly made it to the playoff matches. With reference to this track record, many would argue that they have nothing on the Panthers.

However, in my view, they overshadow the Panthers, in retaliation and revenge of their thin loss against the Panthers last month, of a meager four points. This happened before the Seahawks reorganized themselves and got back to their winning ways, which propelled them to the topmost position in DVOA.

Another difficult encounter will be between Pittsburgh Steelers and Denver Broncos. The former have had a series of downfalls in the last round, and will be aiming at reclaiming their former glory.

Though Pittsburgh Steelers managed to thrush the Broncos at Pittsburgh a month ago, that will be put to greater test in this game, and will be a strenuous challenge this time round. The Denver Broncos defense, in my view, will be very hard to crack. On this, my bet is on Broncos.




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