(RADIO.COM Sports) After an insane Sunday full of games with playoff implications, the wild-card matchups are set. The road to Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Florida officially runs through Kansas City and Green Bay, as the Chiefs and Packers secured the lone first-round byes in the AFC and NFC, respectively.
But before we get to those teams, the postseason kicks off with the wild-card round this upcoming weekend. Below are the betting odds via DraftKings Sportsbook and the schedule for each matchup.
Saturday
No. 7 Indianapolis Colts at No. 2 Buffalo Bills (-6.5, 52.5)
Time: 12:05 p.m. CT
TV channel: CBS
No. 6 Los Angeles Rams at No. 3 Seattle Seahawks (-5, 43)
Time: 3:40 p.m. CT
TV channel: FOX
No. 5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-7.5, 46.5) at No. 4 Washington Football Team
Time: 7:15 p.m. CT
TV channel: NBC
Sunday
No. 5 Baltimore Ravens (-3.5, 55) at No. 4 Tennessee Titans
Time: 12:05 p.m. CT
TV channel: ABC/ESPN
No. 7 Chicago Bears at No. 2 New Orleans Saints (-9.5, 48)
Time: 3:40 p.m. CT
TV channel: CBS/Prime/Nickolodeon
No. 6 Cleveland Browns at No. 3 Pittsburgh Steelers (-4, 47
)Time: 7:15 p.m. CT
TV channel: NBC
Playoff betting trends
-- Quarterbacks making their first playoff start against a fellow quarterback who isn’t are 15-31 straight up (SU) and 13-32-1 against the spread (ATS) since 2002.
QBs that fit this trend: Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield and Rams quarterback John Wolford, if he starts for Jared Goff.
-- The last two teams to make the playoffs with losing records actually won their first playoff games. In January 2011, the 7-9 Seahawks beat the 11-5 New Orleans Saints in part thanks to Marshawn Lynch’s iconic “Beast Mode” run in the fourth quarter. In January 2015, the 7-8-1 Carolina Panthers upset the 11-5 Arizona Cardinals with a big game from Cam Newton. Both Seattle and Carolina had home-field advantage in its games.
Team that fits this trend: The Washington Football Team, which enters the playoffs with a 7-9 record, host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Saturday.
-- Since 2012, there have been eight wild-card games with spreads of at least seven points. All eight games went under the total.
Games that fit this trend: Bears at Saints and Buccaneers at Washington Football Team.