NFL Divisional Round set for next weekend

Considering that home teams are meant to have an advantage and, presumably, the home teams are home teams because they earned that right by being the better team, it all begs the question: Does the National Football League have an issue with the way it seeds the playoffs? They’ll get their revenge in Super Bowl 50.

So, yeah. Those stats aren’t too kind to the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots, who are the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in the AFC, respectively. The Packers rank 23rd in total offense and 15th in total defense, though they do have wins against the Seahawks, Chiefs and Vikings. Here are four reasons why.

The Patriots are 4.5-point favorites over the Chiefs, according to a tweet from Odds Shark.

Quite simply, Arians is not a coach who is used to losing.

The almost 50-year-old game will have a bit of a new age feel to it with it getting modern broadcast graphics and even social media interaction. The Bengals clinched their Division for the fourth time under the leadership of head coach Marvin Lewis and in doing so tied a franchise-record with 12 wins. And, in easily its best performance of the season, the defense held red hot MVP candidate Carson Palmer to 129 yards passing with a pick in an impressive 36-6 victory at division victor Arizona. After a disappointing 2014 season, many assumed that Fitz’s career was coming to a close. Down 20 points, the quarterback threw them back into the game, finishing with 380 yards in the game.

Seattle’s vaunted aerial attack will get another boost come Sunday when perennial Pro Bowl running back Marshawn Lynch returns from a lingering core muscle injury.

The only thing equally as dominant as Arizona’s ability to put up points in bunches may be their knack for keeping their opponents off the scoreboard. This should be the lowest-scoring game of the weekend, as defenses with excellent pass rushes dictate the tempo.

Fans may visit NFL.com/watch-nfl-games-online for availability of each game each week. The presence of A.J. Green, Tyler Eifert, Marvin Jones and Mohamed Sanu are his go-to men on the Bengals’ offense who will add to his confidence. The list goes on and on and on.

His health and competence are both vital to any hopes the Cardinals have of winning their first Super Bowl title ever.

Green Bay’s status as a wild card team really shows how they have limped into the play-offs.

PACKERS (10-6) AT REDSKINS (9-7), 4:30 p.m. With the playoffs starting this weekend, we thought this would be the best time to get your prediction for the upcoming championship victor.

You can never assume anything in football, but we like Arizona’s chances on their home turf against any team that comes their way. Tom Brady and the Patriots started the season 10 and 0, seemingly hell-bent on having Commissioner Roger Goodell’s head on a plate after the “Deflategate” imbroglio – which, of course, didn’t stop New England winning the Super Bowl, but did lead to a controversial (and subsequently overturned) four-game suspension for the league’s pin-up quarterback. The team is not almost as good as we’d like them to be, considering their lack of a consistent run game, among other issues.