Are you ready for the NFL Playoffs?
The party gets started with two games on Saturday, followed by three on Sunday and a Monday night finale.
American bookmakers generally write tons of betting handle during the postseason because the games serve as money magnets.
More people want action in the playoffs.
“All the games are gonna be big,” South Point sportsbook director Chris Andrews told me from Las Vegas. “We expect big handles on all the games. I would guess Monday night would be the biggest because it’s the last one, and we’re right on the 3.”
Also, bettors will be looking to catch up or double up.
“Definitely,” Andrews cracked.
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Saturday night’s showdown between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers is extremely popular in the betting market this week.
Most Vegas outs opened Chicago -1, though Green Bay is now favored everywhere. Andrews is sitting at Packers -1 while some of his peers around town are at -1.5.
I wouldn’t expect it to climb much higher.
“I actually like [the Bears] within the recreation,” Andrews mentioned. “Inexperienced Bay hasn’t performed properly down the stretch, and so they’re coping with so many accidents. Chicago has gotten higher and higher all yr underneath Ben Johnson.”
Any bookmaker will let you know Bears bettors are likely to put their cash the place their mouth is in the course of the offseason. There’s by no means a scarcity of money on Bears Over bets within the win whole market and a few don’t cease there.
I personally know a handful of Bears followers with tickets to win the NFC and Tremendous Bowl. They’re smaller bets, however boy, do they add up rapidly.
“Oh yeah, they received us good on the season win whole,” Andrews admitted. “Every thing else we’re okay. And we’re okay on the Tremendous Bowl. The deal with received unfold out fairly good. The one group that hurts us is the Niners.”
Talking of the Niners, San Francisco misplaced to Seattle for the NFC’s No. 1 general seed final weekend, so now they’re happening the highway all the best way throughout the nation to face the world champion Philadelphia Eagles.
Bummer.
The Eagles are the sharp facet, too. They opened as 3.5-point favorites and rapidly received guess to -4 and -4.5 — a supporting transfer to -5 got here on Thursday.
“I might’ve laid a small fortune on 3,” one skilled bettor instructed me. “They opened simply above it. Nonetheless laid 3.5 and somewhat 4. The Eagles didn’t prioritize the common season. The Niners scratched and clawed for each yard.
“Seattle completely dominated that recreation final week. And Philly is even higher than Seattle within the trenches. Brock Purdy received hit within the elbow and hand late within the recreation. That’s one thing I’ll be taking note of early.
“However Philly’s line play is the important thing.”
Lastly, my fingers are actually utterly crossed for a deep Buffalo Payments playoff run. I’ve written about my Tremendous Bowl positions a number of instances this season and in the event that they make a run by way of the AFC, I’ll be in an incredible spot.
In the event that they lose to Jacksonville, I’ll be devastated. That mentioned, somebody on X requested if I might be betting any Jaguars on Sunday to mitigate among the danger.
Pfft. No likelihood.
Sam Panayotovich is a sports activities betting analyst for FOX Sports activities and the BetMGM Community. He beforehand labored for WGN Radio, NBC Sports activities and VSiN. Watch him on FOX Sports activities’ Bear Bets and observe him on X @spshoot.
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