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After a fun day of football Saturday, we have two more games scheduled Sunday with the Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Cleveland Browns and the New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers playing for a third time this season. To get you ready for the games, we have created a three-leg parlay to enjoy Sunday. Below, we make our NFL Divisional Round parlay predictions.
NFL Divisional Round parlay picks and predictions
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Leg 1: Cleveland Browns at Kansas City Chiefs -10 (-105)
The Browns have been one of the league's best stories this season. After back-to-back seasons in which they earned the No. 1 pick in 2017 and 2018, the Browns have finally reached the playoffs and feel like a competent franchise. Their wild-card win over the Pittsburgh Steelers last week was one of the most shocking victories in playoff history.
Their task Sunday will be to knock off the defending Super Bowl champions in Kansas City after the Chiefs had a week off to prepare for this game. It's a David vs. Goliath story and the Chiefs have two Goliaths in head coach Andy Reid and QB Patrick Mahomes.
With all the added rest, look for the Chiefs to dominate this game from the opening kickoff. They should have no problem moving the ball on offense and scoring 35 or more points seems likely. For that reason, take the Chiefs to cover the double-digit spread.
Leg 2: Tampa Bay Buccaneers +2.5 (-105) at New Orleans Saints
After two easy wins against the Buccaneers earlier this season, the Saints are 2.5-point favorites in this round of the playoffs; however, they will be without do-everything weapon Taysom Hill and backup RB Latavius Murray. While neither of those players are elite, they are two fewer weapons QB Drew Brees will have in his arsenal.
Tampa Bay is just playing so well on offense now that it's hard to pick against the Bucs and QB Tom Brady should have a field day against this secondary and be able to score 30 or more points in this rematch.
Expect this game to be close and stay within 2 points.
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Leg 3: Over 52.5 in Buccaneers-Saints (-105)
Tampa Bay's defense looks great on paper, but the Bucs got picked apart by Washington Football Team QB Taylor Heinicke in the wild-card round.
While we expect Tampa Bay to win, look for them to give up close to 30 points to the Saints in New Orleans. That means the Over is a great bet.
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Leg 1: Cleveland Browns at Kansas City Chiefs -10 (-105)
The Browns have been one of the league's best stories this season. After back-to-back seasons in which they earned the No. 1 pick in 2017 and 2018, the Browns have finally reached the playoffs and feel like a competent franchise. Their wild-card win over the Pittsburgh Steelers last week was one of the most shocking victories in playoff history.
Their task Sunday will be to knock off the defending Super Bowl champions in Kansas City after the Chiefs had a week off to prepare for this game. It's a David vs. Goliath story and the Chiefs have two Goliaths in head coach Andy Reid and QB Patrick Mahomes.
With all the added rest, look for the Chiefs to dominate this game from the opening kickoff. They should have no problem moving the ball on offense and scoring 35 or more points seems likely. For that reason, take the Chiefs to cover the double-digit spread.
Leg 2: Tampa Bay Buccaneers +2.5 (-105) at New Orleans Saints
After two easy wins against the Buccaneers earlier this season, the Saints are 2.5-point favorites in this round of the playoffs; however, they will be without do-everything weapon Taysom Hill and backup RB Latavius Murray. While neither of those players are elite, they are two fewer weapons QB Drew Brees will have in his arsenal.
Tampa Bay is just playing so well on offense now that it's hard to pick against the Bucs and QB Tom Brady should have a field day against this secondary and be able to score 30 or more points in this rematch.
Expect this game to be close and stay within 2 points.
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Leg 3: Over 52.5 in Buccaneers-Saints (-105)
Tampa Bay's defense looks great on paper, but the Bucs got picked apart by Washington Football Team QB Taylor Heinicke in the wild-card round.
While we expect Tampa Bay to win, look for them to give up close to 30 points to the Saints in New Orleans. That means the Over is a great bet.
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