Following a long and grueling season, the NFL playoffs are finally here. Super Wild Card Weekend gets underway on Saturday with a a pair of games in the AFC playoffs, as the Cleveland Browns take on the Houston Texas in what is the opening game of this weekend’s action.
Here is my Same Game Parlay for the festivities, which kick off at 4:30 pm ET on NBC. Also be sure to check out our full Browns vs Texans predictions.
Browns -2.5 (-104)
CJ Stroud has been nothing short of incredible for the Texans and is the primary reason Houston is in this situation to begin with. He deserves credit for taking the Texans from a 3-win team a year ago to a playoff team. When first-time playoff quarterbacks go up against quarterbacks who have made previous playoff appearances, the first-timers are only covering the spread at a rate of 38%. Conversely, when you dive a bit deeper into what the Texans have been doing and who they've been beating over the last month, the picture becomes a bit murkier.