2025 NFL Wildcard Weekend Playoff Picks
Here are the Algorithm picks for the 2025 NFL Playoffs wildcard weekend based on the Final 2025 Team Power Ratings. The Algorithm is going with all the home teams with the exception of San Franscisco vs Philadelphia where it likes the Niners on the road. This is also the game with the highest spread error which typically means the Algorithm is not accounting for injuries that Vegas has baked in.
The rest of the games see spread errors that are all between 1 point and 2.5 points, so the Algorithm and Vegas are basically in agreement and we are basically flipping coins. Personally I like the Rams and Texansmore than the Algorithm, but I don’t get to vote in this system.
The final 2025 Team Power Ratings & Ranking are posted below for reference. The final ranking and grades are also available for the 2025 offensive lines.
| Home | Rating | Rating + HF | Spread | Rating | Away | Vegas Spread | Algorithm Pick | Spread Error |
| Carolina | 96.86 | 99.36 | 8.10 | 107.46 | LA Rams | 10.5 | Carolina | -2.40 |
| Chicago | 101.10 | 101.10 | -0.37 | 100.73 | Green Bay | 1.5 | Chicago | -1.87 |
| Jacksonville | 104.54 | 107.04 | -2.57 | 104.46 | Buffalo | -1.5 | Jacksonville | -1.07 |
| Philadelphia | 101.39 | 103.89 | -1.04 | 102.85 | San Francisco | -5.5 | San Francisco | 4.46 |
| New England | 105.78 | 108.28 | -6.18 | 102.09 | LA Chargers | -3.5 | New England | -2.68 |
| Pittsburgh | 100.00 | 102.50 | 0.86 | 103.37 | Houston | 3 | Pittsburgh | -2.14 |
