NFL Wild Card Weekend Staff Picks: Best Bets & Props From Our NFL Team

Well, we have made it.

Welcome to the NFL Playoffs and this week, there are some fantastic matchups and money to be made on the gridiron in Wild Card Weekend!

Some massive matchups awaits this week, as many teams look to move on to the Divisional Round, fight for their season and most importantly, stay alive in the race to the Super Bowl.

Below, our Team here at Betting News are going to give their BEST BETS & PICKS for Wild Card Weeknd! Whether it is a Spread, Moneyline, Total or Player Prop, this is your go to article every week for our team’s favorite bets!

Here is the Team’s Record after the Regular Season (the standing will reset for the Playoffs):

Daniel: 5-11 (-5.0 units)

Nate: 9-7 (+1.3 units)

Colby: 8-7 (+0.3 units)

Varun: 5-11 (-5.0 units)

Brad: 5-8 (-3.4 units)

Sukh (Started Week 9): 5-3 (+1.7 units)

Now let’s dive in to the Betting News Teams’ Best Bets for Wild Card Weekend of the NFL Playoffs!

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Daniel Collins’ Wild Card Weekend Pick

Best Bet: Derrick Henry o19.5 Longest Rush (-115) BetOnline

The Playoffs are here and there are some fantastic matchups to enjoy this weekend. Betting the NFL playoffs can be tough with the entire betting world focused on the NFL but there is amazing value out there. So let’s turn to a prop that I absolutely love and ride with the King in his first playoff appearance with the Purple and Black in Baltimore.

I love the value we are getting on Derrick Henry’s longest rush prop at 19.5 yards. His rushing yards line is high, sitting at 99.5 and while I think he will have plenty of chances to get over the line, this Pittsburgh rushing defense is one of the better units in the league.

That said, Henry GASHED the Steelers in the last matchup for a whopping 162 yards on the ground so it is not like he hasn’t “been there, done that” but I expect the Steelers to do everything they can to contain the King as long as they can to stay in this game on the road.

With that in mind, instead of waiting the whole game for the yards to cash, I want to cash in one play. And with how Henry has been running the football this season (and his whole career frankly), he is always good for at least one big run per game.

Henry had a 20+ yard scamper in 3 straight to finish the season and 5 of his last 7 as well. He also hit this prop in both games vs Pittsburgh this season, with  31 and 44 yards bursts.

One vintage King Henry big time run is all we need and I am pretty confident we get one. Maybe even a nasty stiff arm as well 😉

Nate Hornung’s Wild Card Weekend Pick

Best Bets: Buccaneers -3 (-105) BetOnline

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Baker Mayfield earned themselves a home playoff game this season, and they get to host the rookie Jayden Daniels. Not only did the Bucs beat Washington in Week 1 by 17 points, but they’ll have home field advantage once again over the Commanders.

We have a rookie QB making his first postseason start. He is facing a veteran defense on the road, an experienced quarterback who got a taste of playoff success last year, and has a very tired defense behind him. Sure, Daniels led the Commanders to a 12-5 record, but they went just 1-4 against playoff teams, barely beating the Eagles led by Kenny Pickett. I think this game is going to be a wake up call for Washington, facing one of the four teams who held them to 20 points or less this season.

Like I mentioned, Tampa Bay and Baker had a huge postseason win last year, and they are hungry for more. In front of their home crowd, I see them doing whatever it takes to win this ball game and cover the spread.

Colby Marchio’s Wild Card Weekend Pick

2-Leg 6-point teaser: Bills (-1.5) + Ravens (-2.5) (-120) BetOnline

Short, sweet, and to the point: these two teams are built for the Super Bowl. The Ravens and Bills are the top dogs in the AFC, and there’s no way they’re messing around and bowing out in the first round. Both teams have been here before—this isn’t Lamar Jackson’s first playoff run, nor is it Josh Allen’s.

Instead of sweating the 9.5-point spreads for both teams, why not bring those lines down to under a field goal each? That turns it into a solid moneyline price around -120.

Now, let’s talk about the Steelers—they’re a mess. Four straight losses and no clear answers. As for the Broncos, they’ve had an impressive run with rookie quarterback Bo Nix, but expecting him to shine in his first playoff game, especially against Buffalo, is a tall order. There’s just no reason to trust either team in these matchups.

Could you make a case for the Broncos at +10? Sure, but the Bills could just as easily win by 20. The same logic applies to Pittsburgh.

The bottom line? Why worry about a big spread when you can take a short one for a great price? These are two teams that have been chasing a deep playoff run for nearly a decade—they’re starving for it.

Give me the Ravens and the Bills to win by at least three in their respective games.

Varun Sharma’s Wild Card Weekend Pick

Best Bets: Nico Collins ATD / Courtland Sutton ATD (+525)

I’ve got some ground to make up and I’ve only got so many football games to do it. Both of these guys are wideouts I love to get in for six during Wild Card Weekend, now let’s get into why.

Could you tell me the last time Courtland Sutton played meaningful football? Trick question, it’s never happened.

Sutton’s now in his 7th season, he just recorded his 2nd career 1000-yard season and he’s about to play in his first ever playoff game. His first year with Broncos’ rookie, Bo Nix, has surpassed most people’s expectations of what these two would do together in their first year.

Sutton set a career high in receptions per game this year, averaging just under 5 receptions per game; additionally adding in 65 receiving yards per game and 8 touchdowns on the year. Bo Nix threw for 29 touchdowns in his rookie year, 8 of those went to his #1 option, Courtland Sutton.

Nico Collins and the Texans are back in the post-season and now 2/2 in the CJ Stroud-era. Last year we saw the Texans beat up on the Cleveland Browns during Wild Card Weekend, Collins finishing with 6 receptions for 96 yards and a touchdown.

This Chargers’ team is significantly better but they’ve given up 21 receiving touchdown to opposing wideouts. Over the L5 weeks, 4 of the opposing WR1s have scored touchdowns, with Mike Evans even getting in for two.

Brad Blakemore’s Wild Card Weekend Pick

Best Bet: Baker Mayfield o250.5 Pass Yards (-110) BetOnline

It’s playoffs baby! And the game this weekend I have circled is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers taking the Washington Commanders. Why? Because this one feels like a shootout. Over the last five games the Commanders have put up 30+ points three times. Jayden Daniels has turned this team into a deadly offense due to his dual threat of a big arm and speedy rushing ability. To make matters worse for the Bucs is that they allow the third most passing yards against and 5th most passing touchdowns against.

So why does my write up sound like a Commanders play rather than a Baker Mayfield play? Because if the Buccaneers and Baker want to keep up with the Commanders offensive engine then Baker is going to need to air it out.  Baker has hit this passing line in 6 of the 9 home games this season. He averages 276.5 passing yards at home this season. He also dished out 289 passing yards when these teams played in September.

While I also love the over 50.5 total points for this game, I do have concerns of a rookie quarterback in their NFL playoff debut. So you could always take an alt over to strap onto a lower Baker passing yards or even the Buccaneers team total points of 26.5 (or an alt with a lower Baker passing yards line). There are several ways you can take Baker today, but they all result in him airing it out and serving up some tuddys.

Sukh Brar’s Wild Card Weekend Pick

Best Bets: Buccaneers -3 (-105) BetOnline

Tampa Bay won six of their seven games down the stretch to be here. There are the only team besides the Bills and Chiefs to make the playoffs five years straight. They have persevered through injury after injury. They did not come this far to lose to a rookie quarterback. 

Jayden Daniels has been impressive and the Commanders added stud Marshon Lattimore during the season. Unfortunately for Washington, neither will be enough, and that’s okay. They’ve had an impressive season that ends here. 

Antoine Winfield returns bolstering the Bucs secondary, Bucky Irving faces a 30th ranked run D, and Baker Reagan Mayfield is under centre. 

Baker has played on wild card weekend twice in his career and won both times. Baker gonna bake, baby. 

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