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NFL Playoffs 2016: Schedule, Predictions and Odds for Divisional Round

January 15, 2016   ·     ·   Jump to comments

After a Wild Card Weekend that saw every road team claim a victory, the path gets harder for the lower-seeded squads that now have to travel and play teams that not only have home-field advantage, but an extra week of rest to heal injured players.
Playing at home certainly doesn't guarantee a victory, but the New England Patriots, Arizona Cardinals, Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos are all stiffer challenges for the wild-card teams whose opposing quarterbacks had a combined zero postseason starts heading into last weekend.
That being said, expect at least one underdog to win this weekend in the divisional round in what should produce plenty of drama en route to Super Bowl 50.
Let's take a look at the divisional-round schedule, odds (per Odds Shark) and some predictions as to which teams will be moving on to their respective conference championship games.
(5) Kansas City Chiefs at (2) New England Patriots (-5) The Kansas City Chiefs haven't lost since the Kansas ...

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