2021 NFL Playoffs Divisional Round Early Predictions: NFC
All of these matchups are based on early, first-guess picks from the wild-card round. Again, these are predictions and projections and not the set matchups.
5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 1 Green Bay Packers
Knee-Jerk Instant Analysis: Tampa Bay will survive the first round at Washington, but it won’t be able to rise up in Green Bay like it did back in Florida earlier in the season in the dominant 38-10 performance. The rest will do wonders for a Packer team that will look and play like it’s shot out of a cannon. It’ll be a bit of a shootout for a bit, but the Green Bay offense will keep going when the Bucs stall.
Knee-Jerk No Research Prediction: Green Bay 36, Tampa Bay 24
Early Line Guess (if this matchup happens): Green Bay -5.5
6 Los Angeles Rams at 2 New Orleans Saints
Knee-Jerk Instant Analysis: The Ram offense that will shock its way through a win at Seattle stalls in the next round in New Orleans against a team that will had a weeeeeeee bit of a motivational thing happening after the missed pass interference call in the 2018 NFC Championship. There won’t be any issues this time around as the Saints dominated for the second straight playoff game.
Knee-Jerk No Research Prediction: New Orleans 34, Los Angeles 16
Early Line Guess (if this matchup happens): New Orleans -5.5