We have two games this weekend in the National Football League. We have given you all our traditional type plays for the game, but now we want to give you some of our Dark Horse Wagering Picks for the weekend.
Let’s take a look at our betting preview at the NFL Conference Championships dark horse prop picks for for the Lions vs 49ers and Chiefs vs Ravens.
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NFL Conference Championships: Sunday, January 28th, 2024
Travis Kelce Anytime Touchdown +125
The best passing to catching combination in the National Football League will get another chance on Sunday. Tons of discussion about Travis Kelce and his off the field life, but the dude is still a baller. He is the best catching option for Patrick Mahomes in the offense. He caught two touchdown passes a week ago, and we like him to get into the end zone in this game as well. It’s him or Rice in the passing game more often than not.
Isaiah Likely Anytime Touchdown +285
With all the talk about Mark Andrews coming back to action in this game, we like Likely and his odds to get into the end zone. Lamar Jackson is going to need a big body target in the red zone, as the Chiefs are not going to let him run it in. Likely is that guy. This is a good bet to make with solid odds.
Isiah Pacheco OVER 65.5 rushing yards -115
The former Rutgers running back has gone over this number in his last three games, and four out of the last five. In the postseason, the Chiefs have given him the ball 39 times in two games. If the Chiefs get ahead, Pachecho is going to get the rock. He should get over 65 if he can get to 15 carries in this game. We like this bet for the Chiefs.
Lamar Jackson OVER 62.2 rushing yards -115
The Kansas City Chiefs are going to figure out their defensive plan that keeps Jackson from running it into the end zone, but they do not have an answer for his random runs throughout the game. Jackson rushed for 100 last week, and it is clear, the Ravens have given him the green light to use his legs. He also had 62+ in back to back games in December when things were still in the balance for the team. We like Jasckson to get 10+ carries and go over 62 yards in this one.
Jadecveon Clowney OVER 0.25 sacks +165
A little more of a speculation play here. Mahomes will take sacks at times, and Clowney is due to get him. Clowney did not have a sack against the Texans, but did in the regular season finale against the Steelers. We like the odds here, therefore will be one of our dark horse wagering picks for the AFC title game.
Christian McCaffrey 2+ Touchdowns +145
Moving to the NFC side of things. This is the best player, the most dynamic player, and the player that can determine who wins the Super Bowl. When Christian McCaffrey gets going, he is nearly impossible to stop. If the 49ers know what’s right for them to get to the Super Bowl, they get CMC the football. McCaffrey had two last week, and has had many games this season with multiple touchdowns. At +145, we like the odds on this one. San Francisco goes to the former Stanford star early and often.
Sam LaPorta Anytime Touchdown +150
Detroit is going to score in this game. They will pass the ball a ton. Therefore, LaPorta is the big body we like to get into the end zone. The former Iowa Hawkeyes tight end caught 10 touchdowns in the regular season. He had one in the win against the Rams, but not last week against Tampa Bay. He did finish with 65 yards in the game though. We like LaPorta at +150 to score for Detroit.
Jared Goff OVER 261.5 passing yards -115
If this game goes the way we think it will, Goff may get to 300+ yards, and still lose in this game. Goff can really throw the football, and Detroit has been known to give him plenty of chances. He has thrown the football 32+ times in six of his last seven starts. Just twice during that span, did he finish under 262. Once was 257 in a win over Minnesota. The Lions get behind, and they are going to throw all the time. We like Goff and the OVER here!
David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs UNDER 43.5 and 48.5 rushing yards -115 and -110
We like BOTH of these bets. The Lions are going to struggle to run the ball early, fall behind in the game, and abandon the run. Desperate times call for desperate measures. The Lions offense moves to strictly the pass game, and it takes these two out of the equation. If you can add these both on a parlay, we recommend BOTH. Montgomery finished with just 33 last week, and Gibbs had 25 the previous week. While its a risk to keep BOTH running backs down, we like the game scripts for it.
Jared Goff OVER 0.5 interceptions -166
With throwing the football, there will come plenty of chances for turnovers. Goff has gone three straight games with no interceptions, but also had two in a loss to Dallas late in the season and two at Chicago. When the Lions lose, Goff turns the ball. The 49ers defense is going to be ball hawking without a doubt. We like the OVER on interceptions, and also are not opposed to betting the OVER 1.5 interceptions. When it rains it pours. The 49ers defense has two interceptions last week against Jordan Love, why not repeat it this week?
2024 NFL Conference Championship Betting Props
MyBookie Betting Lines for the Games
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Super Bowl Odds to Win this 2025 NFL Season
| Teams | Odds |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | +550 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | +700 |
| Baltimore Ravens | +800 |
| Buffalo Bills | +1000 |
| Detroit Lions+1200 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | +1300 |
| Dallas Cowboys | +1600 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | +1800 |
| Miami Dolphins | +2000 |
| Green Bay Packers | +2200 |
| Houston Texans | +2200 |
| LA Chargers | +2500 |
| New York Jets | +2500 |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | +3500 |
| Los Angeles Rams | +3500 |
| Cleveland Browns | +4000 |
| Minnesota Vikings | +4000 |
| Atlanta Falcons | +5000 |
| Chicago Bears | +5000 |
| Indianapolis Colts | +5000 |
| Denver Broncos | +7500 |
| Las Vegas Raiders | +7500 |
| New Orleans Saints | +7500 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | +7500 |
| Seattle Seahawks | +7500 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | +7500 |
| Arizona Cardinals | +10000 |
| New England Patriots | +15000 |
| New York Giants | +15000 |
| Tennessee Titans | +15000 |
| Washington Commanders | +15000 |
| Carolina Panthers | +25000 |
There you go. The Conference Championship games are coming up this weekend. We are excited for the games and looking forward to seeing how they come out. We hope you enjoyed our look at some of our Dark Horse Wagering Picks for the game!
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Winning 2016 NFC Championship Odds to Win
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With the Wild Card Weekend is in the NFL betting books and only eight teams remaining in the chase for the Super Bowl 50 trophy, both the NFC and AFC are hell-bent on making their mark in this weekend’s Divisional Round games, as they seek to march forward to their respective conference championship games. According to most pundits, the NFC is the deepest and most talented of the two conferences, with the Arizona Cardinals and Carolina Panthers topping Multiple Las Vegas sportsbooks as the Super Bowl 50 odds favorites after splendid runs in their regular season campaigns.
But what about the NFC duo Green Bay Packers (11-6) and Seattle Seahawks (11-6) who are regarded as dark horses in the race for NFC Championship and 2016 Super Bowl despite doing well in their respective Wild Card games? Can these two teams, which coincidentally met in last year’s NFC Championship game, upset the NFL odds and have a rematch in the 2016 NFC title game? Read on, as we break down the online NFL betting odds of these two teams in regards to winning this year’s NFC crown.
Why the Packers Will Win the 2016 NFC Championship
After trailing the Redskins by as much as 11-0 late in the first half of their Wild Card game on Sunday, Aaron Rodgers and the Packers gave credence to their playoff reputation by staging a comeback, thanks to two TD passes by the QB to Davante Adams and Randall Cobb, followed by two rushing TDs by the backfield pair of Eddie Lacy and James Starks. Following that victory, there is a renewed sense of optimism that the Packers could be on to a deep run in this year’s playoffs. But in order for that to happen, Green Bay will need to overcome its injury woes (including WR Adams, LT David Bakhtiari and CB Sam Shields) and find a way of going past the Cardinals, a team that thrashed the Packers 38-8 a few weeks ago.
Suffice it to say, this is a Green Bay team that has already proved its worth as a wild card team before, going from being an underestimated 6th-seeded team five years ago to win the Super Bowl. It would therefore not be a surprise if this year’s fifth-seeded Packers built on the win over Washington to make another run for the Lombardi Trophy.
Oh, and as far as the Cardinals are concerned, the Packers have fared quite well against them over the recent years, going and 7-3 SU in their last 10 overall games against Arizona. If the Packers can find a way of neutralizing Arizona’s offense and putting up a couple of scores of their own, winning their divisional matchup should be very possible. After that, the Packers can figure out a way of dealing with the Seahawks (whom they beat 27-17 at home in Week 2 this season) or the Panthers (who defeated Green Bay 39-27 on the road in Week 9, though with a very spirited effort from Rodgers who threw for 369 yards and four touchdowns).
Why the Seahawks Will Win the 2016 NFC Championship
The biggest reason behind Seattle’s berth in this year’s playoffs is the improved play of QB Russell Wilson, who has been on an absolute tear this season, especially in the second half of the season. Against the Vikings, the Minnesota’s defense and the sub-zero temperatures at the TCF Bank Stadium made it difficult for Wilson to have his best of games, but he still proved to be clutch when the team needed him most, spectacularly connecting with Doug Baldwin on the game’s only TD, which eventually proved to be a big difference-maker in the 1-point win over the Vikes. That win over the Vikes improved Wilson’s playoff record to 7-2 in three years, a stellar record that includes a Super Bowl win in the 2013-14 season and near Super Bowl win in the 2014-15 season where the Seahawks narrowly missed out on winning it all against the Patriots.
Not to forget, Wilson is undefeated against the Panthers when playing in Charlotte, a record he holds since he took over under center for the Seahawks in his rookie season of 2012. In those three meetings, the Seahawks have won 16-12 (in 2012), 12-7 (in 2013) and 13-9 (in 2014), pointing to the likelihood of a Carolina upset.
With such a résumé, it would be a big mistake to sleep on the Seahawks, feeding into the exaggerated talks about Seattle being lucky on Sunday. Last time I checked, the Seahawks made enough plays to put them in the position to claim the ugly win over Minnesota, which is a quality that only comes with good teams. You doubt that, ask the Steelers how they grittily won their won their game against the Bengals.
Even more notably, Seattle’s win over Minnesota was their sixth-straight road win of the season after they had dropped their first three games away from home. The last regular-season road victory before the Minnesota game was particularly impressive, as it came against the high-flying Cardinal, who had entered that game on a hot nine-game winning streak. Rather than cower, the Seahawks recorded arguably their best victory of the season, thumping the home-playing Arizona 36-6.
If the Seahawks manage to upset Carolina, they will therefore have all the confidence in the world of repeating as NFC Champs by beating the Cards once again. The same goes if the Seahawks reach the NFC Championship game to face the Packers, whom they beat in last year’s NFC title game.
Final Remarks
If the Packers can keep up their offensive performances, then they’ll definitely have a chance of hanging all the way to the NFC Championship game. Nonetheless, teams like Carolina and Arizona are very balanced, so beating them with a one-sided team won’t be easy, something that makes them a long shot to go the distance. For the Seahawks, there are several tangible betting trends and statistics backing them up as a solid dark horse pick, as is highlighted above. The fact that their star running back Marshawn Lynch is fit to return against Carolina is an additional boost to the team, which could further make them dangerous to the Panthers and the team they’ll potentially face in the conference title game. With that, Seattle not only looks like the best dark horse pick to reach the NFC Championship game, but to march all the way into the Super Bowl 50 game.
