Super Wild Card Weekend to begin the 2023 NFL playoffs was eventful, dramatic, unthinkable and all of the above. But after weeding out the pretenders less than a week ago, the contenders are still standing after the dust settled, and this Saturday’s opening to the divisional round is when things start to get serious.
To begin the round, Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs will host Trevor Lawrence’s Jacksonville Jaguars at Arrowhead (GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium).
The AFC’s top-seeded Chiefs are 9.5-point favorites at BetMGM, where they’re receiving 61 percent of bets and 75 percent of the money, according to John Ewing.
Updated Chiefs-Jaguars betting at @BetMGM@Chiefs open -9.5, no movement
▪️ 61% of bets, 75% of money on KCTotal open 51.5, now 53
▪️ 52% of bets, 57% of money on Over@Jaguars open +310, now +375
▪️ 57% of bets, 15% of money on Jags— John Ewing 🦁 (@johnewing) January 21, 2023
Along with Kansas City being the popular bet on Saturday, the public is backing the Chiefs’ Isiah Pacheco to score an anytime touchdown (+155) and Travis Kelce to land the game’s first touchdown (+550) as two of the most bet-on props on the matchup.
Most bet props for Chiefs-Jaguars at @BetMGM
Isiah Pacheco to score anytime TD (+155)
Travis Kelce to score 1st TD (+550)
Travis Etienne over 19.5 receiving yards (-115)
Travis Kelce over 79.5 receiving yards (-115)
Christian Kirk over 62.5 receiving yards (-115)
— John Ewing 🦁 (@johnewing) January 21, 2023
Bettors also expect Travis Etienne and Christian Kirk to do their job in the receiving game. The Jaguars will need those two, plus a handful of others, to overachieve on Saturday if they want to be the team that puts out the AFC’s No. 1 seed in the divisional round for a second-straight season.
