The Eagles soar, Texans stumble and the best bets of the Wild Card round
Let’s start with a disclaimer. This is the exact time of year you should fade my bets.
I can’t speak for our new Rhode Island Scumbag, who got hot as the 2024 NFL season wore on and heads into his first postseason. But for me, the playoffs are when I think I see the league clearly and promptly fall flat on my face.
This weekend’s Wild Card lines appear to offer lots of value. There are a lot of bets I looked at and made an immediate snap judgment. “Hell yeah,” I say, as I throw cash down on a modest Minnesota Vikings bet that sounds good in theory but will probably slip through my fingers like tightly gripped sand when Matthew Stafford rises up. Or Jordan Love. Or a multitude of other quarterback capable of keeping my postseason losing streak alive.
So beware. I feel good about this week’s bets. That means something bad is about to happen.
Let’s see where our Scumbag friend landed after a tidy nine-unit profit this regular season. All his plays are below. His analysis is in blockquotes. My non-Scumbag picks — which, again, consider fading — follow.
Time to make some money off some playoff football! The stakes get higher, and the upsets hurt just a little bit more. After an anticlimactic tie in our season long competition — we both finished up nine units — I was pumped when Christian reached out to see if I was interested in continuing this exercise through the playoffs.
I’m going to start out somewhat conservative, contrary to my regular season start (where I went down six units right out of the gate). Here are some wagers I like that may help us build that playoff bankroll.