NFL Wild Card Games Odds

The time is near for the NFL playoffs, finally. There were  a lot of surprises between now and the start of the Wild Card round of the playoffs and it is all reflected in the NFL Wild Card Games odds below.

Unexpected Favorites In NFL Wild Card Games Odds

The first game of Wild Card Weekend will be between the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans. The Chiefs are favored in this game with a -3 point spread. The total is set at 40. 5 points. The game is on Saturday at 4:35 p.m. ET on ABC.

The Pittsburgh Steelers are -2.5 favorites over the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals sill have starting quarterback Andy Dalton listed as an unknown to return in time for this game. Expect to odds to shift if it is announced that he will be under center. The total for the game is set for 46.5 points. This game is on Satruday at 8:15 p.m. ET on CBS.

On Sunday at 1:05 p.m. ET on NBC, the Seattle Seahawks will face off against the Minnesota Vikings. The Seahawks are the biggest favorites of the weekend, having to lay a -4.5-points spread before sending bettors to the window. The total is set at 43 points.

It is a surprise that the Washington Redskins have made it this far considering how they were at the bottom of the ladder in the future odds at the start of the season. It is an even bigger shock that they are -1-point favorites against the Green Bay Packers, a team that up until a couple of months ago were among the top favorites to win it all. The total for this game is set at 46 points. The game starts at 4:40 p.m. ET on FOX.