Post NFL expert Dave Blezow makes his predictions for the NFL Divisional Round Weekend games.
The first weekend of the NFL playoffs was just about everything I’d hoped it would be.
Yes, there were a few atrocious picks — such as Eagles over Buccaneers, Cowboys over Packers and, in the Lock of the Week, Browns over Texans.
I’m keeping the Lock going into the divisional round for the benefit of those who want to bet against it, seeing that it’s now 5-13-1 against the spread for the season. I hope I’ve helped some people win money, even this way.
But beyond that, the wild-card round was good, especially for New York football fans who got to enjoy the demise of the Dolphins, the crumbling of the Cowboys and the eradication of the Eagles.
This column finished at 7-5, including 5-1 on Over/Unders, to sit atop The Post standings (I’d like to thank my father for giving me a last name that breaks all ties — the tiebreaker being alphabetical order that predates my arrival in the standings 30 years ago).
So now we move on to the what I always consider the best weekend of the season, the divisional round. There are still four games left — two days of wall-to-wall football — and the fraud teams are now all gone. We are left with the serious Super Bowl contenders, other quality teams who can make a run if everything goes right, and a few super-fun upstarts who have earned their way here.
