The Herd with Colin Cowherd - What's Wright - NFL Divisional Predictions: Bills-Broncos, 49ers-Seahawks, Rams-Bears, Texans-Patriots | Nick Wright

Episode Date: January 17, 2026

All lines provided by Hard Rock Bet.  Nick Wright shares his predictions for the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs featuring Josh Allen's Buffalo Bills taking on Bo Nix's Denver Broncos, Brock Purdy leading his San Francisco 49ers against Sam Darnold's Seattle Seahawks, Drake Maye's New England Patriots looking to advance to the AFC Championship Game vs. CJ Stroud's Houston Texans, and Caleb Williams' Chicago Bears battling Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams. #VolumeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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My favorite NFL weekend of the year, NFL Divisional Round Weekend is upon us. And this episode of What's Right, is presented to you as always by our friends at Boost Mobile. And a reminder to everybody out there, like, rate, subscribe, review. us a ton. De Manzay, welcome in. You last week gave your six picks against the spread, thanks to the lines at Hard Rock Bet, all lines, of course, from Hard Rock Bet. I also gave my six picks. Mine didn't go great. Yours went better. We'll start with mine. Good to see you, pal. So I started off with a loser. It was the only favorite I picked, the Rams minus 10 and a half. and the first half hour of that game,

I felt great about it. Felt like the Rams were cruising up 17 to 3. And then they needed a furious rally just to escape. So I'm on the wrong side of that one. Bears plus one against Green Bay. I guess you could say I got lucky there, but the Bears end up winning outright. Jacksonville plus one against Buffalo.

You could say I got unlucky there. But the most important, important moment of that game was Trevor slipping on the fourth down early. After the bills fumbled the kickoff, the Jags were up seven to three, they're in the red zone, they go for a fourth and two, and Trevor slips. I think that game's totally different if they go up 14 to 3, but Trevor's got to own that one. And then obviously they had a chance late, and he threw the pick.

Niners plus four and a half at Philly. I told you guys, I thought they could win outright. did. And then I don't hate the side I was on in either of these to be told. I feel like my logic was sound. The logic in Chargers Patriots was I thought the Patriots would struggle to get to 20 points against that Charger defense. They only scored 16.

I did not expect Justin Herbert to have somehow a worst playoff performance. than he had last year when he threw four picks. And I know Steelers, Texans, it sounds ridiculous, say the logic was sound. They lost 30 to six. But that game is seven to six entering the fourth quarter. It's 10-6 with the Steelers having the ball. Rogers just picked a tough time to have the worst playoff game of his life. And that Texans defense was unstoppable.

And so, listen, it's bad week into picks. You, on the other hand, started, you had dreams de Monset of going six and oh. Yeah. You were four and oh going into the final game of the final game of Sunday night. And, and yeah, chargers. I didn't like the, I didn't like taking the chargers with the points against doing them after the fact. And why did you do it? I know.

Oh, exactly. Yeah, because you were saying the process. But, but yeah. Listen, yeah. So you had Buffalo when I had. Jacksonville, you had Carolina when I had the Rams. So that got you to four and oh. Panthers are a playoff team, taking them 10, 10 points.

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we're just going to go in order of the games. Go ahead. First off, you've got Buffalo plus one at Denver. Who would have thought? Yeah, listen, I think that the bill I understand the bills are down to three and it'll be four receivers

when they elevate McCall Hardman. I don't think that's going to matter that much and it might actually, as long as those four guys can stay healthy, slightly play to their advantage because it will force them to Monzae to be in a bunch of 12 personnel, one running back two tight-in personnel,

and that's where the bills are at their best anyway. Yeah. The bill's past defense is the strength of their defense. I think that is going to impact Bow Nicks. I think Josh Allen is not going to be impacted at all by the altitude in Denver. He went to college and played his home games in Wyoming, which is at an actual higher altitude. And I just think, I don't think the Broncos were actually better than you.

the bills this year. I know one, I know they won 14 games and the bills won, what, 11 games, 12. I don't even if they, remember if they won 11 or 12. To me, I think the bills are better. And I think we have overstated how vulnerable the bills are. They have a great running back. They have a great offensive line. They have a very good pass defense. And they have a, the best quarterback left in the playoffs. I think Jacksonville is better. Jacksonville right now, I think, is better than Denver. And the bills just beat the Jags. I really like the bills in this spot. And the other piece of it is, if the bills fall down double digits, obviously, that's a rough spot to be in, but they have come back in those spots throughout this year. They have trailed it at halftime.

a bunch this year. They've been an unbelievable second half team. If the Broncos fall down double digits, I just don't think they have a path forward. And I know they did it against Philly early in the season. That's the only instance. This is a step up in class for the Broncos who had the league's second easiest schedule. This is my favorite pick of the weekend is the Bills plus one in Denver,

Bills win this game, 27 to 13, and it's not some close classic. The bills win, the bills are in control of this game and win this game, and Bo Nix makes a big mistake in it. That's my official prediction for how the Broncos season ends. Next. I'm there with you. San Francisco at plus seven at Seattle. All right.

And so I forgot. So you also have bills plus one. Yeah, the line had shifted. I think I had chosen, I chose them minus one. And then, yeah, I'll definitely take them plus one too. Yeah, and not a huge, listen, the lines, the, these one point lines flip back and forth a bit. It's not a huge difference, obviously, but you'd rather get the one point than give the one point. But yeah, I think the bills win potentially by margin.

And then, so I am taking the, the Niners plus seven at Seattle. I also expect Seattle to win. Yeah. I just, and if you listen to yesterday's show, you probably, my analysis was expecting Seattle to win, so maybe you're surprised by this. This is just a lot of points when I think Seattle is going to be incredibly conservative from an offensive game plan standpoint because they aren't going to want to run the risk that Darnold sees a few ghosts.

some mistakes and the Niners all of a sudden are in control of the game. And I think the Niners have shown, even in week 18, with the defense as banged up as it was, Seattle only scored 13 points in that game. So there's something about Robert Sala. And in week one, they held the Niners to, what, 17 points? game they once said they lost the Niners won 17 13 uh so they i'm sorry they held seattle i said it wrong to 13 in both of their matchups so i don't think seattle is going to be able to put up a big number and so 20 to 14 21 17 maybe even 13 to like the

I wonder what the over under on that game. Say it again. I wonder what the over under is going to be on that game. Well, I mean, we can find, what is the total in that game right now? My guess is... Oh, wait, it's 45. It's 45? 45, yeah.

Kind of surprises me. Yeah, that feels high. I'd take the under. Yeah. Yeah. We don't really do totals on this show, but I would take the under. If it's the game script, I'm describing all of those, 45 is a big number for how I see this game going. Now, I imagine Bears, Rams total is, gosh, 53 and a half?

49. 49. Oh, that's surprising. So I was way off on that. Maybe this is why we don't do totals. I guess that's probably a weather component because it's going to be so cold. Yeah. But I expect there to be, I think Bears Rams is going to be a shootout.

And I think Seahawks Niners is going to be a, because the Niners are going to try to limit possessions, run the ball. But I just, the Niners getting seven and I don't think they win. I do think they cover. It sounds like you're with me on it. Yeah, I'm taking San Francisco plus the seven, definitely there. Next. Hey, it's us, the Jonas Brothers, and guess what? We have some big news.

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Houston's is better, but still a tough defense, so they're kind of ready for the challenge, if you will. Meanwhile, Houston's defense just played an offense that had no plan whose quarterback was totally immobile. Drake May, on the other hand, obviously can and will beat you with his legs. I think this is a good game, but I'll say 2420 or 2417, that range for. New England. And I think the Texans this year are 12 and 0 when they get to 20 points. I don't think, though, they do get to 20 points. So I will take New England minus the three.

I think they are a scary, scary team. The Chargers had an opportunity to clip them when Drake had his first playoff game. jitters and the offense could do nothing. It was shameful that the Chargers didn't have the lead going into halftime of that game or weren't even tied going into halftime. Now the Patriots, I think, have their legs underneath them. You don't love the fact that Christian Gonzalez suffered a concussion the last game, but Nico Collins suffered a concussion too.

So, you know, I'm more confident Nico's going to miss the game than Gonzalez, but if they both miss the game, it kind of cancels each other out. So I'll lay the three points with the pets. Unfortunately or fortunately, whatever you want to call it, we are three for three right now. It's going to be hard for me to catch up with you this week. In fact, I can't. Yeah.

And then lastly, you have the Rams minus four at Chicago. Yeah, I just don't trust that the Bears defense is going to be able slow down the Rams at all. And I honestly think, even though it's going to be freezing cold, and I know there's a lot of trends I'm going against about home dogs, more than a field goal, and dome teams outdoors. Matt Stafford played more than a decade in the NFC North. He played on the road in Chicago and on the road in Green Bay every single year.

Matt Stafford has plenty of experience playing in the cold. And there's a lot of fake news stats going around about Stafford being like one and eight in cold weather games. It's just not accurate. I just think the Rams defense is, or the Rams offense is too good for the Bears defense. And I think losing your starting left tackle in the wild card round for the Bears is a really tough spot. This was an unbelievable season of nothing but steps in the right direction, but I think it ends for the Bears this weekend. And I think this is 42 to 27 Rams,

where they score on like three of their first four possessions in with touchdowns, and they keep it rolling into the second half. Oh, yeah, I got Chicago plus the points here. I think there's, I'm giving them a chance to win the game. I think they can win the game. I think that it will at least be a close game. You think that it's going to be much more dominant on the ram side.

But yeah, I'm going to take Chicago. There's your chance. Well, listen, at least there's a, and there's a chance for me to make up one game in the standings against you going into the final weekend. All right, and then a bonus pick, DeMonsie. We have a bonus pick before we get to the other bet. So the national championship game is this Monday or next Monday,

whatever we want to call it. Miami and Indiana. And the line is set at Indiana minus. eight and a half, and it's also at Hard Rock Stadium. Who are you taking? I'll take Miami plus the points, and I'll take Miami on the money line plus 260. Oh, juice it up a little bit. Here is what I think people are failing to recognize in their handicapping of this game, as great.

And Indiana has been great this year. Indiana was neck in neck all season long with Ohio State. They both went in to that Big Ten championship game undefeated. It was Ohio State, you know, led at half time of that game. Indiana takes the lead mid-third quarter and then hangs on for the win 13 to 10. that that is obviously a great, great win for Indiana. Indiana during this playoff has been utterly dominant. So why do I bring that up?

I bring it up because Miami, a couple weeks later, played Ohio State. And Miami beat Ohio State 24 to 10, or 24 to 14, pardon me. And really controlled that entire game. so the idea that Indiana is just in a different weight class than Miami is right now, I don't agree with. I think that Indiana has played better in this playoff than Miami has. Indiana has just dog-walked their two opponents, and Miami has not done that in any of their games. and Indiana maybe is just an all-time team

but getting eight and a half points in Miami is to me far too many and if it's close late I like Indiana I like Miami's chances so I'll take Miami on the money line I also think there are going to be a lot of NFL betters this weekend de Monzae

that whatever bets they make on the NFL playoffs, they include Indiana on the money line as part of a add, you know, add a little juice to my bet, free money parlay. And those tend to screw people over. You've won your bets in the weekend.

You just need the big money line favorite to cash Monday night. And it doesn't work. So I will take Miami plus the eight and a half and Miami on the money line. Demonsze, your picks are Buffalo plus one, the Niners plus seven, New England minus three, Chicago plus four, the one we disagree with, and Miami plus the eight and a half. We will get to your teaser in a moment, but first, let me remind you guys, you ever notice how everything seems to be going up in price, rents going up, streaming services are going up, your favorite burrito spots charged new extra for Salza. Boost Mobile,

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All right, DeMonse. You finally lost a teaser last week. The Chargers screwed you. Yeah. You were getting 12 points. Put them in the picks and then put more points on them and they still lost for me. Yeah. So your season record falls to 11 and 8.

Yeah. The Bears you had, the bills you had. The Chargers, not so much. What are you doing this week? Three team eight point teaser at plus 100. Seattle, we're going to tease them to plus one. Houston, going to tease them up to plus 11, and then Buffalo, I'm teasing up to plus 9. Yeah, this is all pretty solid.

I like all of it. I like all of it. Now, I didn't grade last week because I said you were past it, but maybe that was bad, ju-ju. So I'm going to give this an A-minus. You did tease through the zero with Seattle, so I can't give it a straight A, but I will give this and a minus. Thank you, sir. Touchdown Jeannie this week.

I would like to do, I never do this. I would like to do a three-player touchdown genie parlay. Oh, wow. The money in the pockets. Josh Allen, Devante Adams,

Pooka, Nakua. A three- player touchdown Jeannie Parley. That's got to be better than 6 to 1. Yeah, I was just going to say, plus 700 or something like that. Plus 704. Alan Puka Devante. Alan's going to have to run one in. Pook and Devonte. I think the Rams are going to score almost at will. I'm doing that as touchdown Jeannie this week. All right, what are the offers to Monzae? So you declined last week's offer, Trevor. I think it was three touchdowns and no picks. He got the three touchdowns, but he threw a couple of picks. This week, we're going Stafford and Caleb Williams to both record 15 plus pass yards in each quarter at plus 100. Like, you got it.

No. You got it. No. I don't like 15 yards. The problem is this, I don't like those every quarter bets. Yeah, screw me last week. Because sometimes a team only has one, like the every quarter bets can be tricky. Right.

You get a turnover earlier. something and then the other team drags out of possession. I just think there's no way to handicap it. However, we did, I will take this as an offer. What we stumbled upon. The under and Niners Seahawks, under 45, and the over in Rams Bears over 49 at plus 265. And I would even do under 40, no, I'll leave that. I'll leave it like that. I was going to get a little ambitious. But under 45 and Niners, Seahawks, over 49 in Rams,

Bears plus 265. I'll take that. So this is what we call chasing. I went two and four in the first week in my regular picks. Now I'm doing a touchdown genie parlay, and I'm taking an offer. It is what it is. A huge thank you to Hard Rock Bet,

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