2025 Sunday Night Football Best Bets - NFL Wild Card Lines

2025 NFL Sunday Night Wild Card Betting Lines

The NFL regular season may be over but that doesn’t mean the action on Sunday Night Football is gone with it. Wild Card Weekend will feature an AFC matchup between the Los Angeles Chargers and East Division champion New England Patriots on SNF. The Pats likely have a bone to pick with the Bolts after the final weekend of the season. New England did its part beating Miami and needed LA to beat Denver to secure the No. 1 seed in the conference. Instead the Chargers rested Justin Herbert and several other starters losing the game 19-3.

The Patriots are back in the postseason for the first time in four years surprising a number of people by matching the best record in the NFL at 14-3. They haven’t won a playoff game since beating the Rams in the Super Bowl to conclude the 2018 season. The Bolts are aiming to erase some recent postseason failures. In the 2022 season they blew a 27-poiint lead in a wild card loss to Jacksonville and last year they lost to Houston, 32-12. LA’s last postseason win was also during the 2018 season, a wild card decision over Baltimore. They lost the following week to eventual champion New England in the fourth playoff meeting between the clubs.

Chargers at Patriots SNF Wild Card Lines

Spread: Patriots -3.5

Total: 46

Money Line: Patriots -196, Chargers +164

Chargers at Patriots Betting Preview

The Chargers didn’t end the season they way they would’ve like but it might end up being the best thing for them. A loss to Houston in Week 17 prevented them from having a shot at the AFC West crown. So, in the season finale against the Broncos a number of starters were given the day off. The rest should benefit Herbert, who was harassed all season but still played at a high level leading the team to 11 wins.

Herbert threw for 3,727 yards with 26 touchdowns despite being sacked 54 times, the second-most of any QB in the league. He also sustained a broken bone in his non-throwing hand and played through that without missing time. The Bolts ended the season 12th in the NFL averaging 333.8 yards per game, it’s their highest ranking in that category in three years.

The Chargers were able to function offensively despite a revolving door on the offensive line. They used more than 25 different combinations up front and none of them had arguably their best lineman in them. Rashawn Slater was lost before the season started and he was joined on IR by starter Joe Alt in November. As a unit the line was among the worst in the NFL in pass block win rate.

It was quite a stunning turnaround for the Pats, who won just four games in each of the previous two seasons. Not much was expected from them this year and it wasn’t the best start with a loss to the Raiders in the opener and two setbacks in their first three games. But with Drake Maye performing at an MVP level the Pats went on a tear winning 10 straight and 13 of their last 14 games to win the division title. The Pats were also a popular pick at the betting window with 11 payouts in their final 14 games.

Maye completed 72 percent of his passes for nearly 4,400 yards and 31 TDs. He averaged a NFL best 8.9 yards per attempt and was the highest rated passer. Along with a running game bolstered by Rhamondre Stevenson and Treveyon Henderson, the Pats have a top 5 offense averaging more than 379 yards and 28.8 points per game. They scored more than 30 points in four of their last five games going OVER the total in all five contests.

The Bolts took advantage of a downtrodden New England team winning the last two matchups by a combined score of 46-7 with both taking place in Foxboro. Prior to that, the Pats had won seven in a row, including the 2018 playoff matchup. The series dates back to the early days of the AFL with 20 of the 47 all-time meetings occurring prior to the teams joining the NFL.

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