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INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 27: C.J. Stroud #7 celebrates a touchdown pass with Jake Andrews #60 of the Houston Texans during the first quarter against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium on December 27, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Ronald Martinez\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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The NFL Divisional playoffs kick off this weekend with four games in two days.<\/p>\n
After Sunday night, the NFL will be down to its Final Four with the AFC and NFC Championship games set for Jan. 25 and Super Bowl LX set for Feb. 8 at Levi\u2019s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.<\/p>\n
Who are the betting favorites heading into this weekend and what\u2019s the latest skinny?<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a breakdown, per betting site bookmaker.eu<\/a><\/p>\n SaturdayBills at Broncos, 4:30 p.m. EST<\/p>\n Line: Broncos – 1<\/p>\n Bills: CB Maxwell Hairston (ankle): OUT, S Jordan Poyer (hamstring): OUT, WR Tyrell Shavers (knee): OUT, LB Terrel Bernard (calf): questionable, S Damar Hamlin (pectoral): questionable, RB Ty Johnson (ankle): questionable, DT Ed Oliver (biceps): questionable, WR Curtis Samuel (elbow): questionable<\/p>\n Broncos: TE Lucas Krull (foot): OUT, LB Drew Sanders (ankle): OUT<\/p>\n What to know: Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrow aren\u2019t in the playoffs, so is this finally the year Josh Allen leads the Bills to the Super Bowl? He\u2019ll have to go into Denver and lead his team over Bo Nix and the top-seeded Broncos to have a chance. \u201cI think the [Denver] defense will play well, but they\u2019re going to have to score in the mid-20s to beat Josh Allen,” ESPN\u2019s Booger McFarland said on air. And if Bo Nix can do it and he can play turnover-free football, they\u2019ll win. If Bo Nix can\u2019t do it, then Superman [Allen] along with [running back] James Cook, they\u2019ll come into Denver and they\u2019ll get the win.\u201d<\/p>\n 49ers at Seahawks, 8 p.m. EST<\/p>\n Line: Seahawks -7<\/p>\n 49ers: S Ji’Ayir Brown (hamstring): OUT, LB Fred Warner (ankle): OUT, WR Jacob Cowing (hamstring): questionable, LB Luke Gifford (quad): questionable, WR Ricky Pearsall (knee): questionable, LB Dee Winters (ankle): questionable<\/p>\n Seahawks: TE Elijah Arroyo (knee): OUT, LB Chazz Surratt (ankle): OUT, T Josh Jones (knee): OUT, QB Sam Darnold (oblique): questionable<\/p>\n What to know: Seahawks QB Sam Darnold was added to the injury report with an oblique issue that makes him \u201cquestionable,” but he told reporters Thursday that he still expects to play<\/a>. Asked what percent of him thinks he might not play, he said<\/a>, \u201cVery low percentage. Probably closer to zero.\u201d<\/p>\n SundayTexans At Patriots, 3 p.m. EST<\/p>\n Line: Patriots -3 <\/p>\n Texans: WR Nico Collins (concussion, trending doubtful); OT Trent Brown (ankle)<\/p>\n Patriots: Morgan Moses (knee), Thayer Munford Jr. (knee)<\/p>\n What to know: The Texans led the league in total yards allowed (around 277 per game) and were often No. 1 overall in defense. The Patriots, meantime, are starting two rookie offensive linemen in Will Campbell and Jared Wilson. \u201cThey gotta block the Houston Texans,\u201d McFarland said, \u201cso to me that is a mismatch on the offensive line for the Patriots and the defensive line for the Texans.\u201d<\/p>\n Rams At Bears, 6:30 p.m. EST<\/p>\n Line: Rams -4<\/p>\n Rams: TE Terrance Ferguson (hamstring)<\/p>\n Bears: CB Nick McCloud (groin): OUT, WRs DJ Moore (knee) and Rome Odunze (foot) limited<\/p>\n What to know: Game-time temperature is expected to be 21 degrees with a wind chill of 20-25 mph. Rams QB Matthew Stafford sustained a sprained right index finger on his throwing hand during the team\u2019s playoff win over the Panthers on January 11, hitting it backward on a defender\u2019s forearm. So something to watch for is whether the cold weather could aggravate the injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 27: C.J. Stroud #7 celebrates a touchdown pass with Jake Andrews #60 of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-413317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}