NFL Playoff Schedule 2017: TV Info and Bracket Predictions for Divisional Round

January 13, 2017   ·   Paul Kasabian   ·   Jump to comments

Michael Lewis' seminal book Moneyball, about the 2002 Oakland Athletics and their use of analytics to construct a winning baseball team on a shoestring budget, showed how important numbers, as opposed to gut feel, are to correctly analyzing and predicting how baseball players will perform.
Of course, our own eyes and gut can still give us a good feeling about a player—we don't need statistics to know that Aaron Rodgers is good at football—but they can uncover hidden truths about the games we're about to see.
After we provide the schedule for the upcoming weekend, let's focus on three numbers in each matchup that will eventually decide that contest's winner.
        
Saturday, Jan. 14 NFC Divisional Round Game 1: Seattle Seahawks at Atlanta Falcons, 4:35 p.m. ET, Fox
AFC Divisional Round Game 1: Houston Texans at New England Patriots, 8:15 p.m. ET, CBS
         Sunday, Jan. 15 NFC Divisio...

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