The Phinsider
The best weekend of the NFL playoffs is here as the Divisional Round kicks off with two Saturday games.
The first two games of the 2025 NFL Divisional Round of the playoffs kickoff this afternoon, bringing the top seed for each conference into play. First, the Kansas City Chiefs, the AFC’s top team, host the Houston Texans before the NFC’s number one seed Detroit Lions welcome the Washington Commanders to Michigan.
How can you watch the games? We have what you need to know below, as well as our contributors’ predictions for each game.
Sunday will conclude the round, with the Los Angeles Rams visiting the Philadelphia Eagles and the Baltimore Ravens headed north to face the Buffalo Bills. We will be back tomorrow to take a look at the start times for those games, as well as our winners picks.
Where: GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
When: 4:30 p.m. Eastern
TV Channel: ESPN/ABC
Broadcast team: Joe Buck, Troy Aikman
Where: Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan
When: 8 p.m. Eastern
TV Channel: FOX
Broadcast team: Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady
Spread: Chiefs -8.5
Moneyline: Texans +385 | Chiefs -500
Point total: 41.5
Spread: Lions -9.5
Moneyline: Commanders +385 | Lions -500
Point total: 55.5
All odds are brought to us by FanDuel sportsbook.
Sumeet Jena and I were both 4-2 for the playoffs opening round, while Marek Brave and James McKinney both ended the weekend 3-3.
James McKinney (194-84)
Marek Brave (192-86)
Kevin Nogle (188-90)
Sumeet Jena (188-90)
Our contributors primarily make their picks based on the moneyline/straight-up winner for the game. They can, however, make picks against the spread and on the point total as well. You can check out all our picks right here, thanks to the widget provided by Tallysight.
