What did the handicapping world think of the Wild Card weekend in the NFL?
Greg Jorssen, BoDog.com: The underdogs and the favorites split their games; each winning twice. Thus handicapping world breathed a sigh of relief early on in the playoffs. Those that played the Under last the weekend made out pretty good. That’s not surprising, considering this time of year finds defenses kicking it up a notch. In fact, the four teams that were victorious held their opponents to a combined 30 points. We’re seeing an interesting development with the divisional playoff games this weekend. Last year during the divisional playoffs, the favorites went 4-0 straight up and 3-1 against the spread, and the books did extremely well. We’re seeing similar betting trends for this weekend; thus if the home teams do well and cover, we will see another strong result. It appears that bettors have fallen in love with the one-week wonder and an apparent hate on for the home teams who have been the best team all year! Very interesting trend indeed! Should Seattle and Indianapolis really b
