2020 NFL Playoffs - Divisional round

Saturday January 16th
Rams @ Packers - 9:35pm
Ravens @ Bills - 1:15am

Sunday January 17th
Browns @ Chiefs - 8:05pm
Buccaneers @ Saints - 11:40pm

Kev8360

Los Angeles Rams @ Green Bay Packers

Baltimore Ravens @ Buffalo Bills


Kansas City Chiefs

Tampa Bay Bucanneers @ New Orlean Saints

Jaded Walker

All games are very hard to call for me.

The Ravens seem to have gotten over their slump, the Bills have been the hottest team over the closing weeks of the regular season and now have the monkey of a playoff win off their backs. It's extremely hard to predict which team wins it. I see this being a very high scoring game and I'm going to take Josh Allen to steer the Bills to the AFC Championship game.

The Chiefs have been impressive but have been just doing enough over the last few weeks. A week off is huge though and I have to fancy them despite the Browns basically freerolling here with zero pressure. If the Browns start like they did last week it could go to the wire though.

Packers versus Rams is an intriguing game. Green Bay have struggled mightily against some of the top defenses in the league this season. Jalen Ramsey on Devante Adams should be great to watch. I think Allen Lazard is a very important player in this one. He has not done much since coming back from injury but he needs to step up in this one. If he does then I think the Packers can sneak through in a low scoring affair. You don't know what you are going to get from Jared Goff from week to week, he looks average at best most often but sometimes he looks great and when he's like that the Rams are close to unbeatable. Fascintating game for me.

I have to pick the Saints because they've beaten the Buccaneers twice and convincingly both times. Still Brady looked pretty awesome last week and he does it in the playoffs better than any other player. Another great matchup. If the Saints win and face the Packers they lose, if the Buccaneers win they beat Green Bay.
If the Rams win it's a whole different ball game.

Optimus Caesar

Rams
Ravens
Chiefs
Saints

AbusesToilets

I haven't looked into the stats for this season, but the Chiefs have been vulnerable to the run over the last few years. Pats steamrolled them in 2018 for example. Browns have one of the best rushing tandems in the league. They have the potential to pose a challenge, can't wait.

Brady over Brees forever, but Bowles love if soft zone will probably deep six the Bucs.

The_Honeybadger

Four terrific looking games in store. The Ravens @Bills is the pick of them for me as I think it could be a bit of a shootout, of course it’s a night game!

Packers
Ravens
Chiefs
Saints

adrian522

2 Divisional Round threads merged.

BonnieSituation

It still bugs me that this SB is not in Las Vegas every time I see the logo.

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Struggling with my picks I have to say.

Browns and Rams have a buzz off them that make me feel the two #1 seeds could be caught on the hop.

I also have a dreadful feeling that Tompa Bay won't be beaten for a 3rd time by the Saints.

D9Male

Los Angeles Rams @ Green Bay Packers
Rams are better defensively. By a fair bit. But not by as big as the discrepancy in QB play. Packers by 7.

Baltimore Ravens @ Buffalo Bills
These two quarter backs make me realise how little I know about football. I really expect both of them to fall on their arses, but Allen has moxy and Lamar's wheels are unreal. I think the Bills have the marginally better supporting cast across both sides of the ball, and with home advantage, I will take them to squeak it. Bills by 3.

Cleveland Browns @ Kansas City Chiefs
Yeah the vibe here and elsewhere recently is that the Browns are on a roll. And that the Chiefs are not what they used to be. But every time I see Mahomes, Hill, Kelce need to get it done, they find a way. I think the Chiefs are a much better team, even defensively. Chiefs by 10, but I would love to be proven wrong.

Tampa Bay Bucanneers @ New Orleans Saints
The Saints have this machine-like quality. Every part seems to be well made, and it all links together well on both sides of the ball. That said, I think the Tampa Bay offense is absolute diamond, built on a very good OL with ridiculous playmakers. I think this is the hardest game to call. I will go with the Saints purely because they don't have a glaring weakness. NO by 1.

cosatron

packers by 3 to 7 points, Donald status will have an major on the outcome, we don't match up well against this rams defence but if rodgers get the ball out fast and spreads it around we should score enough. Goff won't put up enough points on an improving packers defence.
bills by 14, the titans defence in the second half was dreadful, i can't see sean mcdermot making the same mistakes.
chiefs by allot, the browns played there superbowl last week and won't get the gimme's touchdowns of the chiefs.
New Orleans by 3, if sean payton leaves tyson hill on the sideline and stops messing around, brees should get it done. Tampa defence without white isn't hectic.

santana75

Stacked weekend of games.........I think it'll be:

- Bills
- Packers
- Chiefs
-Bucs

I dont think the Browns will trouble the Chiefs much but, the other 3 games should be close. I know the saints have bested the Bucs twice already this season(smashed them in the 2nd game) but I reckon the Bucs are peaking at just the right time and could do it on the third time of asking.
Ravens v Bills looks the most interesting game though.

Paleface

177 - 85 for the season.

Rams @ Packers
Ravens @ Bills
Browns @ Chiefs
Buccaneers @ Saints

paulie21

3-3 last week

Rams @ Packers
Ravens @ Bills
Browns @ Chiefs
Buccaneers @ Saints

Itssoeasy

164-98 for the whole season and 3-3 last weekend.

Rams @ Packers
Ravens @ Bills

Browns @ Chiefs
Buccaneers @ Saints

All home wins. The chiefs should win but the browns story is one you can’t help but like. The packers have Rodgers so that swings it for me. The ravens and bills game could the game of the weekend on paper. The saints have a workman like way of winning games which I think may just swing it for them. But as I said last weekend, games aren’t played on paper and anything can happen.

adrian522

5-1 coming in.

Packers
Bills
Chiefs
Tampa Bay.

Lionbacker

174-88 coming into this weekend.

Rams @ Packers
Ravens @ Bills
Browns @ Chiefs
Buccaneers @ Saints

TheDoctor

166-90 for the regular season
3-3 for the playoffs

Packers
Ravens @ Bills
Browns @ Chiefs
Buccaneers @ Saints

conor222

Great slate of games this week
4-2 last week

Bills, chiefs, green bay, saints

adrian522

Hard to see the Rams living with Green Bay tonight. Even with a healthy Goff they'd struggle to put much more than 17-20 points. The only way they beat Green Bay in my opinion is if they turn it over a few times and put up some points on the defensive side or give the offense some very short fields.

I like Buffalo in the other game, I think there's been a bit of an overreaction to last week in relation to both Buffalo and Baltimore. Buffalo have been great for around 10 weeks, last week they weren't great, but ended up with very poor starting field position all ight last time, the Colts played about as well as expected and Buffalo still found a way to win. Baltimore put up some yards on the Titans, who have one of the worst defenses in the league. I'd expect Baltimore to be able to gain some yards on the ground but I think in the end Buffalo will have too much firepower for them.

Realt Dearg Sec

3-3 playoffs
176-86 overall

Packers
Bills
Chiefs
Saints

Foxtrol

4-2 last weekend. As I noted in my explanation then, everything pointed me to a Rams win but I think my PTSD from facing Wilson twice a year made me go against it and pick the Seahawks. Steelers dug themselves into such a hole last week that they were never getting out of it.

Rams @ Packers
With their similar scheme and much better QB, the Packers to leverage some of the same tactics that the 49ers did in both games this season and get past the Rams.

Ravens @ Bills
Ravens strengths have been where the Bills have been the weakest - Running and attacking through TEs.

Browns @ Chiefs
Still think the Browns getting somewhat lucky at the start of the game last week helped them and they seemed to be enjoying the win too much (the old played their Super Bowl already saying). I don't see them getting that kind of luck again and even if they do Chief's offense is too explosive. For the second week running I'm calling a Baker meltdown when he is made to chase.

Buccaneers @ Saints
Not sure if it Brady love money or what but this is way more one-sided than what we're seeing in the bookies. The 'new Bucs' post bye week have been against mostly poor sides. Saints handled them twice already this season, I don't see it changing this third time.

threeball

Packers in this for me. Rams are too limited offensively. Packers have better balance both sides of the ball.

Itssoeasy

Is this the first time there’s been fans in Lambeau all year ? The packers are impressive.

Masked Man

I love McVay using the playsheet to cover his mouth while wearing a mask.

Itssoeasy

Masked Man wrote: »

I love McVay using the playsheet to cover his mouth while wearing a mask.

Probably habit.

Masked Man

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Probably habit.

Oh definitely. I'm not slagging him or anything, I just find it funny.

Itssoeasy

Masked Man wrote: »

Oh definitely. I'm not slagging him or anything, I just find it funny.

I’m surprised this game is 3-3 after one quarter. The packers should have had a TD.

Paleface

Masked Man wrote: »

I love McVay using the playsheet to cover his mouth while wearing a mask.

I always wondered about why the need to even hide your mouth. They use code for all play calls anyway. The QB calls the same code when he has to at the line. If you've cracked the code then sure it would be worth knowing whats being said. Am I missing something else that McVay employs?

Itssoeasy

TD green bay.

Masked Man

Great td. Not much Ramsey can do there

Itssoeasy

Masked Man wrote: »

Great td. Not much Ramsey can do there

He should have gotten help though. Adams was always the favourite.

Masked Man

Paleface wrote: »

I always wondered about why the need to even hide your mouth. They use code for all play calls anyway. The QB calls the same code when he has to at the line. If you've cracked the code then sure it would be worth knowing whats being said. Am I missing something else that McVay employs?

There's probably more being said to the qb and I wouldn't put it past NFL teams to have somebody with eyes on the play caller at all times.

Itssoeasy

Masked Man wrote: »

There's probably more being said to the qb and I wouldn't put it past NFL teams to have somebody with eyes on the play caller at all times.

You wouldn’t put it past teams because it’s happened. Coaches have been paranoid for decades about other teams spying on them.

Love to hear real fan sounds in a stadium.

Foxtrol

Masked Man wrote: »

There's probably more being said to the qb and I wouldn't put it past NFL teams to have somebody with eyes on the play caller at all times.

Especially with McVay. When he started with the Rams they used to have Goff line up early so McVay could coach him through what he was seeing out there and calling shifts and telling him who he should be trying to get it to. Not sure how much he is still doing it these days but there are probably good nuggets of information from what he is saying.

Itssoeasy

TD packers. The rams defence isn’t looking the no1 in the league. Extra point was a messy one which they didn’t get.

cosatron

So far so good. Rodgers playing well o line is excellent

threeball

Foxtrol wrote: »

Especially with McVay. When he started with the Rams they used to have Goff line up early so McVay could coach him through what he was seeing out there and calling shifts and telling him who he should be trying to get it to. Not sure how much he is still doing it these days but there are probably good nuggets of information from what he is saying.

I think overly so. If McVay had Rodgers in his team it wouldn't work. He seems to want to control everything so a poor QB or a rookie is ideal for him. A Rodgers or Brees wouldn't be able to take that much interference

BonnieSituation

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I’m surprised this game is 3-3 after one quarter. The packers should have had a TD.

This aged like milk.

😂😂😂😂

EDIT: As did that.

Itssoeasy

Ah that’s madness.

Itssoeasy

TD Green Bay. Has Pam Oliver had health issues in the past few years ?

BonnieSituation

Itssoeasy wrote: »

TD Green Bay. Has Pam Oliver had health issues in the past few years ?

Just demoted to team 2

https://www.sportscasting.com/foxs-pam-oliver-was-humiliated-when-erin-andrews-replaced-her-on-top-team/

I'm all for Erin Andrews tbh.

Itssoeasy

BonnieSituation wrote: »

Just demoted to team 2

https://www.sportscasting.com/foxs-pam-oliver-was-humiliated-when-erin-andrews-replaced-her-on-top-team/

I'm all for Erin Andrews tbh.

Did you not hear her speaking just after the half ? She didn’t sound okay.

Edit: I know she was demoted but that wasn’t my point.

BonnieSituation

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Did you not hear her speaking just after the half ? She didn’t sound okay.

Edit: I know she was demoted but that wasn’t my point.

Oh sorry. No I didn't see her.

Itssoeasy

BonnieSituation wrote: »

Oh sorry. No I didn't see her.

Well either it’s the cold or she’s having a medical issue because she was badly slurring her words.

Itssoeasy

TD rams after a bit of trickery and then gets the 2 point conversion so seven point game late third quarter.

thomond2006

That 2PT was a beaut of a play.

MayoForSam

Hmm this game is getting interesting.

Paleface

Clever by the Rams to be fair.

You'd wonder if they have anything else left up their sleeve though.

adrian522

McVay is calling a great game here. That last drive was class from a playcalling point of view, Green Bay defense looking a bit lost at the moment.

letowski

Rams are back in this game, but you have to think that unless they're dline starts getting more pressure on Rodgers, GB should be able to move the ball up the field handy enough.

Itssoeasy

Paleface wrote: »

Clever by the Rams to be fair.

You'd wonder if they have anything else left up their sleeve though.

To be fair mcvay trusted the game plan because that first cam Akers run was bad. And yeah that 2-pt conversation was nice.