Football Parlays – Three-Team Parlay Predictions For Wild Card Weekend

While the field of games is narrowing, we still have four to choose from during Wild Card Weekend for our football parlays. Here’s our three-teamer:

New Orleans Saints @ Seattle Seahawks

The New Orleans Saints are the biggest favorites in Wild Card Weekend as they are 10.5-point road favorite. While the Saints are reigning Super Bowl champs and are facing the only team in NFL history to qualify for the playoffs with a losing record, they are banged up and NFL bettors should keep that in mind when laying this many points.

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The Saints will be without their top two running backs in Pierre Thomas and Chris Ivory, and while receiving weapons Marques Colston and Jeremy Shockey will likely play, both are not at 100%.

The Saints likely won’t lose in this spot but laying this many points on the road could be too tall of an order. They are an indoor team traveling outdoors on the west coast. Take the Seahawks plus the points.

Football Parlays Picks: Seahawks +10.5

New York Jets @ Indianapolis Colts

The New York Jets and Indianapolis Colts will square off on Wild Card Weekend in a rematch of the AFC Championship Game from last season. While the Colts won that one, they’ll be lucky to escape with another win.

The Colts run defense is ranked 25th in the NFL, giving up 127 rushing yards per game. The Jets will pound the ball with Shonn Greene and LaDainian Tomlinson, and the Colts banged up defense simply won’t be able to get the stops.

But the Colts have a number of injuries on offense that will keep them from running away from the Jets. For the Colts to win, they need to get ahead early and force the Jets to pass. With Dallas Clark and Austin Collie out, that might be tougher to do. The Colts offensive line is also banged up and a short week (since they are playing on Saturday) won’t help their matters.

This is a revenge game for the Jets and they aren’t pulling any punches. They have come out and said that this is personal and they’ll be better prepared this time around.

Football Parlays Picks: Jets +3

Baltimore Ravens @ Kansas City Chiefs

Is the wrong team favored in this contest?

The Baltimore Ravens offense has been fading down the stretch of the season as they have dropped from 12th in the ranks to 22nd in the last six weeks. In Week 17, they totaled just 199 yards, which is the second-lowest amount in the John Harbaugh era.

The Chiefs are at home and they were 7-1 at Arrowhead Stadium this season. Meanwhile, Baltimore was just 5-3 on the road.

The Ravens defense has been leaky this season and they aren’t their typical suffocating selves. The Chiefs have the No. 1 rushing attack and few teams have been able to slow them down at home. If they can run, they’ll win.

Take the Chiefs as a home dog.

Football Parlays Picks: Chiefs +3