Wild Card Round NFL Free Picks & Predictions [2026]

The NFL regular season is over and it’s Playoff time! Week 18 ended with an epic finish in the Ravens-Steelers game, as Pittsburgh escapes to win the AFC North. Reggie led the way once again this week with a 9-7 mark overall and 3-2 with his Best Bets, but finishes behind Bobby for the regular season title. Bobby ends the year at 146-116-10 (56%) overall and 48-38-4 (56%) with his Best Bets. We will have all of our Wild Card Free Picks, Best Bets, Consensus and Teasers posted on this page by Friday morning.

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UltimateCapper CONSENSUS STAFF PLAYS WILD CARD WEEKEND:
The following picks are 100% consensus plays from our staff. These are plays when all three of us are on the same side of a game.

Bears +1.5 (W)


2-TEAM, 6-POINT TEASERS FOR WILD CARD WEEKEND:

Bobby Babowski6-of-10 Winning Weeks
Chargers +9.5/Steelers +9.5 (L)

Jay Cooper7-of-9 Winning Weeks
49ers +10.5/Jaguars +7 (W)

Reggie Garrett8-of-11 Winning Weeks
Bears +7.5/Texans +3 (W)


OUR TOP PLAYS ARE MARKED: ‘$$

Wild CardBobby
Babowski
All: 2-4
Top: 0-2
Jay
Cooper
All: 4-2
Top: 1-1
Reggie
Garrett
All: 3-3
Top: 1-1
LA Rams
@ Carolina

+10.5

-10

-10 $$
Green Bay
@ Chicago

+1.5

+1.5

+1.5
Buffalo
@ Jacksonville
OVER 52.5
+1 $$

+1
San Francisco
@ Philadelphia

-3.5

+4.5 $$

-3.5
LA Chargers
@ New England

+3.5 $$

-3.5

-3.5
Houston
@ Pittsburgh

+3.5 $$

-3

-3 $$