NFL Picks & Parlays: Best Wild Card Playoff Bets & Betting Predictions

NFL Wild Card Weekend starts this Sunday, Jan. 16, which is a perfect opportunity to use Awesemo OddsShopper to build the best NFL parlays. OddsShopper can help place the best wagers in an easy-to-use fashion to maximize your ROI. It simplifies betting made simple since you can find the best bet in 30 seconds or less. Take these picks and then head to OddsShopper and find your best odds.

Best NFL Picks & Parlays: Wild Card Sunday Betting

The first step is to go over to OddsShopper and filter the game lines and then filter the two games being played on Sunday: Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia, Dallas vs. San Francisco, and Kansas City vs. Pittsburgh. You can choose the state you are in and then sort by either the highest expected ROI or the highest expected win rate. For a parlay, focus more on the win rate; if the odds are a little juiced up, the parlay will help with that.

The sites that currently have the best odds for game lines referenced are DraftKings and FanDuel. This column will highlight each bet and at the bottom will compare the parlay odds between the sportsbooks covered in OddsShopper.

Buccaneers vs. Eagles Point Total: Over 45.5 Points

OddsShopper gives an expected point total of 48 points for the game. They played each other in Week 6 and 50 total points were scored on a Thursday night game. The model gives this bet a 67% expected win rate and is the first one I would include to get my game line parlay started up for Sunday.

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Dallas Cowboys Moneyline

OddsShopper gives Dallas a 64% chance of winning the game while sportsbooks are offering an implied 62% chance of Dallas winning the game. This bet is only on the board right now at DraftKings or FanDuel at the time of this writing. Even if it is offered at other Sports Books at worse odds than -165, this is a good bet to include in a parlay because of the 64% chance of winning.

Cowboys vs. 49ers Point Total: Under 51 Points

OddsShopper has an expected point total of 48.5 points. Right now the sportsbooks are offering 50.5 points. Dallas averages 31.2 points per game (No. 1 in the NFL) while San Francisco averages 25.1 points per game. That said, Dallas allows on average 21.1 points per game while San Francisco allows 21.5 points per game on average. It is reasonable to expect lower scoring than season averages with two good defenses in this game. According to the model, you can take the under up to 49 points in a parlay.

Chiefs vs. Steelers Point Total: Over 45.5 Points

The expected point total is 47.3 points according to OddsShopper, while the sportsbooks are offering between 45.5 and 46 points on the game. Kansas City scores 28.2 points per game on average while Pittsburgh scores 20.2 points per game on average, well over the 45.5 point total. Kansas City allows 21.4 points per game while Pittsburgh allows 23.4 points per game on average. I would expect to see both teams able to score close to their season averages or above them in this one.

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BetRivers: +1019 (Buccaneers vs. Eagles over 46 points, Chiefs vs. Steelers over 46 points)
BetMGM: +1027 (Cowboys vs. 49ers under 50.5, Chiefs vs. Steelers over 46.5 points)
DraftKings: +1042 (Buccaneers vs. Eagles over 46 points, Cowboys vs. 49ers under 50.5 )
FanDuel: +1006 (Chiefs vs. Steelers over 46 points)

FanDuel offers the most bets posted above at just over 10 times your wager, you have to give up half a point in the Chiefs and Steelers over. This is probably the “safest” parlay of the ones listed. BetRivers, BetMGM, and DraftKings offer a slightly higher payout but with an increased risk of having to take off or add points in the point totals.

Odds can change after this is published, so be sure to check with OddsShopper for the best odds at any given time.

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