The NFL playoff picture is coming into focus, with 12 teams having locked in spots and the remaining two spots to be determined in a winner-take-all matchup in Week 18.
carolina panthers hit the road to face tampa bay buccaneers The NFC South title is at stake, and pittsburgh steelers host the Baltimore Ravens The AFC North is set for action on Sunday night. The winners of those games will be in a playoff and have a home game, the loser will be eliminated.
Other key matchups will determine playoff seeding, including Seattle Seahawks And san francisco 49ers Online meeting with the top seeded player in the NFC. The loser must play a road playoff game.
Matt Bowen, Joe Fortenbaugh, Pamela Maldonado, Eric Moody and Seth Walder look at the early Week 18 hurdles and identify which ones are worth jumping on now ahead of potential changes at the end of the week.
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Bowen: assuming that dak prescott And with the Cowboys’ top offensive skill players ready to go, I’ll take Dallas to cover the spread. Prescott has thrown multiple touchdowns in back-to-back games, and he will have matchups to target on the second and third levels of the field. There are big dramas here.
Last week: Steelers -4.5 over Browns (Browns won, 13-6)
Ravens Under 41.5 at Steelers (-110)
Fortenbaugh: It opened at 43 and immediately went south for a number of reasons. For starters, did you see what Pittsburgh looked like on Sunday DK MetcalfSix total points on 4.5 yards per play cleveland browns Defense surrendered 31 points at home tennessee titans Back on December 7th. To make matters worse, the Steelers left tight end darnell washington He broke his hand in Sunday’s loss to the Browns. Worth noting is the fact that in the last 11 meetings between the Steelers and Ravens there has been an average of only 34.5 total points per game. Rock fight is coming!
on titans jaguar Over 46.5 (-115)
Maldonado: The Jags are averaging 27 points per game, 35 on their last three, converting in the red zone, and not being conservative going forward. The Titans’ performance over the past few games has been more offensive than functional. cam ward Recently showing that he is capable of pushing the Titans into scoring range when the game script turns up the volume, that is all that is needed.
Last week: Cowboys-Commanders over 50.5 (Cowboys won, 30-23)
on the browns Bengal over 44.5 (-110)
moody: The Bengals are expected to play their opener in Week 18 joe burroCincinnati has scored 82 points in its last two games, and the Browns should put up points against a Bengals defense that has allowed the second-most points per game this season,
Last week: Lions -6 at Vikings (Vikings won, 23-10)
Walder: He has the highest QBR game record in the history of the metric (since 2006) with 99.8. New York Jets On Sunday. This leads him to become the clear leader in QBR on the season, three points ahead of the next highest player (jordan loveAnd with a win over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night, the Los Angeles Rams Eliminated from contention for the NFC West. While it shouldn’t really matter, the fact that Los Angeles will only be a wild card while the Patriots won their division and still have a chance at the No. 1 seed is likely to hurt it. Matthew StaffordThis is a matter on the minds of some voters.
