It is a whole new ball game at Bovada online sportsbook when it comes to betting on the NFL playoffs. After a steady diet of action for the past 17 weeks, the quest to win Super Bowl LIV is down to 11 final games. The first four will be played this Saturday and Sunday in the Wild Card Round.
Fortunately, Bovada is one of the best online books to fill the gaps on the betting board with some added options. With a full set of game, team and player props on the way for this weekend’s games themselves, there are 11 NFL unique Wild Card props on the board mid-week to get things started.
NFL Wild Card Weekend Special Props
Overtime Games
The betting odds that all four games will be decided in regulation are set at -600. You can get +300 odds that at least one game will be decided in overtime. The odds move to +1500 for two games, +6500 for three and +30000 for all four.
The top two candidates for overtime would be Buffalo on the road as a 2.5-point underdog against Houston and Seattle on the road as a two-point favorite against Philadelphia. Both of those games should remain close until late in the game to add some value to the +300 odds that one goes to overtime.
Most Passing Yards
The Top 5 passing quarterbacks this season in terms of total yards are each out of the playoffs. Russell Wilson (4,110), Tom Brady (4,057), and Carson Wentz (4,039) were in the Top 10, and they will be in action this weekend.
The quarterback with the best odds to throw for the most yards is the New Orleans Saints’ Drew Brees at +150. He threw for a total of 2,929 yards in 11 games this season.
Minnesota’s Kirk Cousins and Wilson for Seattle are next at +500. Philadelphia’s Wentz and New England’s Brady each have +600 odds to throw for the most yards. Rounding out the eight names on the list are Tennessee’s Ryan Tannehill (+800), Houston’s Deshaun Watson (+900), and Buffalo’s Josh Allen (+1200).
It would be hard to go against Brees in his wild card matchup against the Vikings. When it comes to average passing yards per game (270.8), he moves well ahead of the other seven quarterbacks on the board.
Highest Scoring Wild Card Team
This prop is one of the more interesting given the four matchups. The obvious starting point would be Sunday afternoon’s NFC tilt between Minnesota and New Orleans inside at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The Saints are favored by eight points, with the total set at 48.5 points. They also have the best odds to score the most points this week at +275.
New Orleans was the third-highest scoring team in the NFL this season (28.6 points), and Minnesota was eighth with 25.4 points per game. The Vikings’ odds to score the most points this weekend are the longest on the board at +950.
New England has the second-best odds to score the most points at +475, and there could be some value in that bet. The Patriots are 4.5-point home favorites against Tennessee, with the total set at 43.5 points.
Brady has not been at his best over his team’s 2-3 slide in the last five games. The offense averaged 26.3 points a game this season. Since its 17-10 victory against Philadelphia on Nov. 17, New England has averaged 21.4 points over its last seven games. The potential for a breakout game still exists anytime Brady is under center.
