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Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the top-seeded Packers will be going against an LA Rams defense that has been playing like gangbusters since Week 5. Michael Conroy/AP
If history can serve as a barometer, things should get back closer to normal this weekend in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.
Whereas wild-card action of recent vintage has featured a lot of upsets and victories by visiting teams, that has not been the case in the round that will take place Saturday and Sunday.
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Last week only two of the six home squads prevailed, giving host teams a cumulative 22-24 straight-up mark in wild-card games since 2010 (18-25-3 ATS). In divisional round games in that span, the home teams have gone 30-10 (20-18-2 ATS). And for the eighth time in the past nine postseasons, all the divisional round home teams are favorites.