NFL Divisional Round Predictions: Patriots cruise, but one favorite will lose
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The Wild Card Round has come and gone, and the NFL can’t be terribly happy with how things went. Jeff Triplette had such a rough time officiating the Chiefs-Titans game that he decided to retire afterwards. Cam Newton’s injury, which sure looked like at lNFL Divisional Round Predictions: Patriots cruise, but one favorite will lose
The Wild Card Round has come and gone, and the NFL can’t be terribly happy with how things went. Jeff Triplette had such a rough time officiating the Chiefs-Titans game that he decided to retire afterwards. Cam Newton’s injury, which sure looked like at least a possible concussion, was dismissed, clumsily, as some sort of visor-related eye injury, and ratings were down by double-digits across the board for the weekend’s games. Oh, and the Buffalo-Jacksonville game happened, something most people wish they could forget.In any case, the Divisional Round brings with it the promise of an uptick. Ratings should be better, as more glamorous, heavily-followed teams jump into action. The NFC slate is intriguing, and while New England should steamroll Tennessee, Jacksonville’s early-season thrashing of Pittsburgh, combined with some of the trash-talking both sides have been doing, makes their tilt an interesting one. Saturday, January 13, 2018Atlanta (-3) at Philadelphia, 4:35 p.m. ET (NBC) The Falcons are making hist Read more