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The NFC playoffs get rolling this weekend with a trio of wild-card matchups.

Sunday, Jan. 14, features a pair of games: the seventh-seeded Green Bay Packers visit the second-seeded Dallas Cowboys (4:30 p.m. ET, FOX), and the third-seeded Detroit Lions host the sixth-seeded Los Angeles Rams (8 p.m. NBC). Things conclude Monday, Jan. 15, with the fifth-seeded Philadelphia Eagles traveling to face the fourth-seeded Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8:15 p.m. ABC, ESPN).

Following, we look at the odds and offer a prediction via the best bet for each of the three matchups.

NFC Wild Card game odds and predictions: Green Bay Packers at Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys (12-5) are the largest NFC favorite of the weekend, laying a sportsbook consensus 7.5 points (-360 moneyline) against the visiting Packers (9-8).

Sunday’s game total was the second-highest of the six games at 50.5 points.

Dallas won seven of its final nine games to overtake the slumping Philadelphia Eagles and win the NFC East title.

Ranking among the league’s top five in both scoring (an NFL-best 29.9 points per game) and scoring defense (18.5 ppg), the Cowboys finished the regular season with the league’s second-best point differential at plus-194.

The Pack, meanwhile, also finished strong, winning six of its final eight games to overcome a 3-6 start and earn the NFC’s seventh and final playoff berth.

QB Jordan Love and the Green Bay offense ranks 12th in scoring (22.5 ppg), while the Green Bay defense ranked 10th, permitting 20.6 points per outing.

BEST BET: Packers +7.5 (-110 or better)

The Cowboys were a regular season bully, going 8-1 straight-up and against the spread versus sub-.500 teams and 4-4 (2-6 ATS) against foes with winning records.

Dallas should win at home, where it has won a league-best 16 straight games dating back to early in the 2022 season, but Love and the Packers are playing well (6-4 ATS as underdogs this season) and should be able to keep it close.

NFC Wild Card game odds and predictions: L.A. Rams at Detroit Lions

This is one of the most intriguing playoff matchups of recent seasons as two quarterbacks, the Rams’ Matthew Stafford and the Lions’ Jared Goff, were traded for each other as part of a 2021 offseason deal.

Stafford immediately piloted the Rams to a Super Bowl title that season, but Goff has shined in his own right, leading the Lions to their first division title and home playoff game in 30 years.

Both teams rank among the top eight in scoring this season, with the Lions fifth (27.1 ppg) and the Rams eighth (23.8) to carry bottom-half scoring defenses.

On Sunday night, Detroit (12-5) is a consensus 3.5-point favorite (-180 moneyline) versus the surprising Rams (10-7), with the game total hovering around 51.5 points — the league’s highest on wild-card weekend.

BEST BET: Game total over 51.5 points (-110 or better)

Detroit and L.A. were a combined 19-14 to the over this season, and both teams possess potent 1-2 passing-rushing punches that can make hay against the less-than-stellar opposing defenses.

This intriguing matchup won’t disappoint with a high-scoring shootout in the Motor City.

NFC Wild Card game odds and predictions: Philadelphia Eagles at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Despite staggering to the finish with five losses in its last six games, Philly (11-6) is a 2.5-point road favorite (-150 moneyline) against the NFC South-champion Bucs (9-8). The game total is set in the 44-point range.

QB Jalen Hurts and the Eagles’ offense rank seventh in scoring (25.5 ppg), but the Philadelphia defense has been a liability, ranking 30th with an average of 25.2 points surrendered per outing.

Despite ranking 20th among scoring offenses at 20.5 points per game, QB Baker Mayfield had a surprisingly impressive season for the Bucs.

The Tampa Bay defense ranks seventh, allowing 19.1 points per game.

These two teams met in a Week 3 Monday night game in Tampa, and the visiting Eagles dominated 25-11, outgaining the Buccaneers 472-174 in total yardage.

BEST BET: Buccaneers +3 (-120 or better)

This game — pitting the NFC’s top wild card against an eight- or nine-win NFC South winner — projected as a layup for the former for much of the season.

But the defending NFC champs’ brutal struggles down the stretch have flipped the outlook. And it’s the Bucs, who have won five of their last six games, who now look like the better bet to advance.

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