Wild Card Round Day 1

Well the regular season flew by way too quickly. The Steelers should be in the playoffs if NFL refs had a clue but in all honesty they only went 8-8. They needed to do more to make the playoffs. With all that being said, it's playoff football time. I love the two games on Saturday and two games on Sunday format.

Anyways I finished the year above .500 for spread picks, barely but still over.

Overall: 157-95  Spread: 35-32-3

Chiefs 24, Colts 21 --- KC -2 The Chiefs haven't won a playoff game since 1993 so they are due for a win. They finished the year 2-5 after a 9-0 start. One of those losses includes a 23-7 loss to the Colts in week 16. Apparently though they played very vanilla on offense (according to The Herd yesterday). Jamaal Charles only got 13 carries two weeks ago. If the Colts can't contain him if could be a long day.
The reason I'm picking the Chiefs though is due to Justin Houston returning from injury. He had 11 sacks in only 11 games this year and once he left the lineup the Chiefs defense began to struggle. If he is 100% along with Tamba Hali the Chiefs should be able to get to Andrew Luck a few times today.

Eagles 31, Saints 27 --- PHI -2.5 The Saints aren't a good team on the road. I'm not sure why everybody is trying to defend them by saying, "sure they are 3-5 this year but they lost to the Seahawks, Patriots, Panthers, Rams, and Jets." In my opinion good road teams should win some of those games. I love Drew BREEEEESSSS but nine of his twelve interceptions this year came on the road. It's going to be cold in Philly tonight, and while the Eagles aren't amazing at the Linc (only 4-4), I think it gives the home team a huge advantage.
Another thing that makes me pick the Eagles is the fact that the Saints are 0-5 all-time on the road in the playoffs. Sure that's a sample size but it doesn't make me believe tonight is their night. I trust Chip Kelly to utilize Shady McCoy a ton to get his first career playoff win.


PLAYOFFS?!? Enjoy the games people.