This weekend’s Wild Card odds slate reaches its conclusion tonight when the Philadelphia Eagles visit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers — a surprising playoff pairing in the NFC.
Philadelphia seemed destined for at least the No. 2 seed in the conference as an early-season Super Bowl odds leader, but a late-season freefall has the Eagles lugging a 1-5 SU slump (0-6 ATS) into the postseason.
Tampa Bay, on the other hand, was able to do enough to secure the NFC South title and the home playoff game that comes with it, closing the regular season on a 5-1 SU streak (4-2 ATS). Despite the hot form, the NFL odds have the Buccaneers as home underdogs for this 8 p.m. ET kickoff.
I dissect the spread and betting total for Monday night’s Wild Card matchup and g…