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NFL Playoff Schedule 2016: AFC, NFC Bracket Predictions, TV Info and More

January 6, 2016   ·     ·   Jump to comments

It's not all that unusual for one of the road teams playing on Wild Card Weekend to have an advantage over a home team and come away with a victory to advance to the divisional round. Sometimes even two road teams can find a way to survive and advance.
However, can all four of the road teams actually come away with playoff victories this week? 
All four of the road teams are favored in their wild-card games, and that's a shocking development from a historical perspective.
Home teams have traditionally done very well in the first round of the playoffs. Teams playing in their home stadium in the first round have gone 52-28 throughout the last 20 seasons straight up and 47-31-2 against the spread, according to Odds Shark.
The Kansas City Chiefs (11-5) are the hottest team in the league coming into the postseason, having won 10 games in a row after starting with a shocking 1-5 record.
Andy Reid's players appeared to be depressed and out of it after they d...

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