The NFL “Watchability Index” is based upon betting market point spreads and totals for the week and regular season wins of both teams in the 2020 season. This information can be combined to peer into the future and determine what games are the most “Watchable” for wild card weekend in the NFL. The visualization shows the absolute value of the point spread on the horizontal axis and the total (over/under) on the vertical axis. Additionally, the sum of the wins (home team plus road team) is noted by color with gold being the highest sums and red being the lowest sums. The shape reveals the day and time of the game.
Since it is the playoffs, it can obviously be argued that each game is highly “watchable”, but if you want to differentiate between the most interesting and entertaining and those that will likely be less so, the watchability index will help. Based on this week’s numbers, what games are most “Watchable”? The game in the upper-left quadrant is between Baltimore and Tennessee and is likely the best and most entertaining game of the weekend. It is expected to be close and has the highest total on the board this weekend. The lower-left quadrant features games that are expected to be close, but relatively lower scoring. The games in this quadrant are the LA Rams at Seattle and Cleveland at Pittsburgh and these are likely to be the next most interesting games on the docket. The upper-right quadrant has the Indianapolis- Buffalo game, which is not expected to be close, as the Bills are considerable favorites (well earned given their recent dominance) but is expected to be a higher scoring game. The lower-right quadrant has games that are not expected to be close nor high scoring. Tampa Bay-Washington and Chicago-New Orleans are the games in this quadrant
Enjoy the games this wild card weekend!
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