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Matchbets.com Top Picks January 12, 2021

Matchbets.com Top Picks January 12, 2021

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We're back for our weekly offering of Best Bets Of The Week. This week we pick the 4 NFL divisional playoff games. Don't forget: Register now and get your first deposit matched up to $500, and you'll also get 2% juice player vs player and 10% juice vs the house.

Best bets of the week: January 12, 2021

Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills (-3.0), O/U 50

The Bills are having their best playoff run since 1995, behind quarterback Josh Allen who is about to, per reports, become the highest player in NFL history in the offseason, because that's what happens each year when a team has determined they've found their franchise quarterback, and the team is about to offer him a massive extension. However, there is no more provocative player in the league right now than Lamar Jackson, who started his playoff career 0-2 and finally notched his first playoff win last week over the Tennessee Titans with an electric performance of 179 passing yards and 136 yards on the ground, and in incredible 48-yard run for a touchdown in which he made the Titans defense look like they didn't belong on the same field as him.

OUR PICK: RAVENS BY 4, OVER 50

Cleveland Browns at Kansas City Chiefs (-10.0) O/U 55.5

The Cleveland Browns won their first playoff game since 1994 last week by taking down the spiraling Pittsburgh Steelers 48-37 after scoring 28 points in the first quarter, behind quarterback Baker Mayfield's 263 yards passing with three touchdowns, and a combined 127 yards rushing. But turnovers win football games, and Cleveland had 4 interceptions off of Ben Roethlisberger's rag arm. But let's be honest, they go up against the Kansas City Chiefs this week, who at 14-2 have a lot of reasons to have their record at 14-2 for the regular season behind MVP Patrick Mahomes, who is widely considered the best quarterback in the league. The Chiefs' record isn't one sided, as their rushing attack and stout defense led them to the #1 seed in the AFC and a first round bye. The Browns are for real, they just find themselves in the unfortunate situation of playing the best team in the NFL in the divisional round. They'll make a good showing, but Cleveland may still be a year or two away.

OUR PICK: THE BROWNS COVER, OVER 55.5

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints (-3.0) O/U 52

And so here we find ourselves in the same situation as many of the past few years have gone, with the all-time leading passing leader in Drew Brees, and the all-time winningest playoff quarterback in Tom Brady dispatching of defenses to move on in the playoff rounds. While the Saints' defense really showed some moxie during the season, torturing opposing quarterbacks with tons of pressure and making them pay for holding onto the ball, this one is perhaps the toughest game to pick in the playoffs thus far. The Buccaneers dispatched of the lowly Washington Football team last week, but we think perhaps it won't be so easy against the Saints and Drew Brees, who may be, perhaps, in his last season per rumors around the league.

OUR PICK: SAINTS BY 3, OVER 52

Los Angeles Rams at Green Bay Packers (-6.5) O/U 46

After an average season for Aaron Rodgers last season, where many pundits thought he was washed up, he just continues to prove them wrong by producing the most important statistic in football: winning. An MVP favorite this season, finishing 13-3 before the season ended, one of the greatest quarterbacks of all-time continues to just win ballgames. On the other end of the field, not many expected the Rams to even be here having faced the mid-season favorite to win the MVP in Seattle's quarterback Russel Wilson, yet here we stand. While we still have confidence in Sean McVey's ability to coach and pull the occasional rabbit out of his hat for the Rams, this one looks to be another Packers and Rodgers trip to the championship round.

OUR PICK: GREEN BAY BY 7, OVER 46

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