In Game 1 on Sunday, 2018 MVP Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs will host the upstart Cleveland Browns. Finally, in Game 2, three-time MVP and 2017 winner Tom Brady will lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers against the host New Orleans Saints.<\/p>\n
Packers-Rams is a classic matchup. Led by Rodgers, who was No. 1 in the league in passer rating, touchdowns, and completion percentage, Green Bay led the NFL in scoring. Led by potential Defensive Player of the Year Aaron Donald, the Rams led the NFL in scoring defense.<\/p>\n
That sounds like we\u2019re heavy on the Rams, but far from it. It\u2019s been pretty much all Packers money,\u201d<\/strong> said Johnny Avello, the director of race and sportsbook for DraftKings, to Casino.org<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\u201cThe sharp money took the 7.5 and the 7, so that tells us the sharps are liking the Rams\u2019 side. I think we\u2019re going to get pushed back to 7. That\u2019s exactly what happened last week with the Bills-Colts game. When we got close to kickoff, we got pushed to 7. The sharps were on the 7.5 and the 7. The Bills won the game, but did not cover, so that was good for us.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\nThe second game features dual-threat quarterbacks. Jackson rushed for 136 yards in last week\u2019s victory over Tennessee. He sparks a Ravens running game that has piled up 889 yards the past three weeks.<\/p>\n
Last week, Buffalo\u2019s Josh Allen became the first player in NFL history with 300-plus passing yards, a completion rate of at least 70 percent, and 50-plus rushing yards in the game against against Indianapolis.<\/p>\n
As is the case with the Packers, the vast majority of the money is on the Bills.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Bills are just a popular team right now, not only because of their record, but they\u2019ve been covering and they score a lot of points,\u201d<\/strong> Avello said.<\/p>\nSunday\u2019s Games<\/h2>\n
The Chiefs, the reigning champs and betting favorite to repeat, are 10-point favorites over the Browns. That is the biggest spread of the weekend.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s a great number because it\u2019s a number that makes you think<\/strong>,\u201d Avello said. \u201cDo I want to lay 10 on the Chiefs, or do I want to take the Browns? This is getting balanced action. If we had opened at anything less than 10, it would have been all Chiefs money. But 10 is the number that makes you think.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe total has gone from 54 to 57 and might keep going.<\/p>\n
In the finale, it\u2019s a quarterbacking battle for the ages. Or the aged. Including playoffs, the 43-year-old Brady is No. 1 all-time with 90,973 passing yards and 656 touchdowns. The 42-yard-old Drew Brees is second with 85,590 passing yards and 607 touchdowns.<\/p>\n
The Saints are 3-point favorites. While that line has received two-way action, bettors have been all over the Bucs on the moneyline.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the third time these teams have met, and Tampa is yet to win a game,\u201d<\/strong> Avello said. \u201cThere\u2019s a theory out there in the NFL that if you play a team three times, it\u2019s really difficult to beat them three times. So, I think people have that in their mind. Plus, the Tom Brady factor. They\u2019ve been betting him since he came to Tampa back in April and throughout the entire year.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\nMahomes (+200), Brady (+350) and Allen (+475) are the favorites to lead the field in passing yards at PointsBet.<\/p>\n
The conference championship games will be held next Sunday. At BetMGM, Kansas City (+220) and Green Bay (+400) remain the Super Bowl favorites<\/a>. The Buccaneers (+900) are the consensus biggest liability at sportsbooks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs and New Orleans Saints are the favorites to advance to next weekend’s conference championship games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":161514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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