ESPN ranks Panthers as number 2 playoff team

Not getting as much love is Carolina, which hasn’t been a betting favorite even while nearly going undefeated in the regular season. If Sebastian Vollmer (ankle) is able to protect Brady’s blind side… After Week 17’s results, some of us may have been surprised with the outcomes of some of this past Sunday’s games. The playoffs and a whole lot of money, certainly. “The Patriots and Packers are yesterday’s America’s team, like the Cowboys used to be”.

The Seahawks have been one of the hottest teams in the National Football League down the stretch, and have been doing so shorthanded. Many people were speculating about what the future of all pro CB Darrelle Revis was with the team. The passes TB12 completed were two running back screens, a wide receiver screen, and a shovel pass. Brady will need to rest up before their first game following the bye as he was hobbled in week 17 against Miami.

In this week’s wild-card round, the two road teams are favored in the AFC.

He vocalized that belief to the CBS crew that announced Sunday’s loss to the Dolphins.

Arizona Cardinals host an NFC playoff game on the same day at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, with kickoff coming at 8:15 PM Eastern time. New England entered their last to games of the seasons having to win only one of their last two games to clinch, another number one overall seed.

And then, you have the seasoned Steelers, whom no AFC team wants to face. The Chiefs met the Texans in Houston back in Week 1, and Kansas City came away with a 27-20 victory.

“They say he’s going to be OK for the game”, he said. The truth is that the only games of the season that count in the end are the postseason games. Four wins in a row to finish the season puts the Redskins in the playoffs for the first time since 2012.

It’s playoff time, people.

“The Panthers are essentially the team the Seahawks were before they won their first conference title in 2013”, reported Zucker.

Smells like a double bye. The Panthers are now seen as 9/2 favorites to take home the Lombardi Trophy.

The defending champion New England Patriots are also penciled in at 9/2 odds to go back-to-back in 2016. The Panthers, remember, had gone to San Francisco and beaten the 49ers in the regular season, just like they did with Seattle this year.

Under the leadership of quarterback Andy Dalton, the Cincinnati Bengals were one of the top teams in the AFC for the first three-quarters of the season. In fact, the last six weeks have not been kind to the Patriots, as the team has lost four of its last six games after starting the season 10-0.

Five of the twelve teams without a Super Bowl are in this year’s playoffs(Bengals, Cardinals, Panthers, Texans, Vikings).

But is it actually the best team? With six interceptions, the Bills’ Tyrod Taylor was the only QB to make at least 10 starts and get picked less than Brady’s seven.