SportsLine's top NFL experts reveal their NFL picks, NFL predictions, NFL betting tips, and NFL best bets for Wild Card Weekend 2025

Our writers and editors pick winners in the first six playoff games, including an AFC North rivalry game and a rematch of Eagles-Packers from Brazil in Week 1.

Joining me for 2024 is a six-person attaché ranging from FTW editors (Charles Curtis, Mary Clarke) to betting analysts (Prince Grimes) to NFL writers (Robert Zeglinski, Andrew Joseph and Meghan Hall). Here are our Wild Card picks:

Justin Herbert and the Chargers will take what the Texans give them on offense, which should be enough as L.A.'s stop unit strangles Houston's offense on Saturday.

— Not all “resting” teams lose. According to research by Steve Makinen of VSiN, over the past 13 years, locked-in playoff teams sitting key starters in the final week are 13-23 outright but 20-14-2 against the spread. Consider that before laying double digits to the 15-1 Chiefs.

The NFL regular season closed with 9 underdogs covering the spread in their games and 4 winning their games outright. Our Week 18 underdogs went 2-1. The Pittsburgh Steelers covered the +2.5 as underdogs,

NFL Playoffs are upon us and NFL Wild Card Weekend and the expansion of the NFL playoff bracket has gifted us with six games on the NFL schedule during the first round. Texans vs. Chargers (-3) and Ravens vs.