Bodog Beat

It's all well and good to consider the stats, but the human angle also plays into big games. Consider some of the following betting angles heading into this weekend's four NFL wild-card games.

Peyton Manning and the Colts are a tough team inside the RCA Dome. (AP photo)

Kansas City Chiefs at Indianapolis Colts – Saturday, 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC

Line: IND -7

Angle: The Colts went undefeated at home in the regular season.

"Our crowd is in it from the beginning of the game, and I guess we come out playing fast and when we play fast, we usually are successful," Indianapolis linebacker Gary Brackett told The Indianapolis Star. "Football's a great game of momentum. When we go out there and play slow and they get some runs against us and score a touchdown, it's kind of deflating, and you give their offense (the message), 'Wow, we can really go on these guys.'"

Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawks – Saturday, 8:00 p.m. ET on NBC

Line: SEA -3

Angle: The Cowboys spend too much time talking, and not enough playing the game.

"You know, I tell the players all the time, it's a show-me game," coach Bill Parcells told The Dallas Morning News. "There is too much talking."

New York Jets at New England Patriots – Sunday, 1:00 p.m. ET on CBS

Line: NE -8.5

Angle: Eric Mangini and Bill Belichick might not admit it, but the two former friends and co-workers would love more than anything to win this game.

“My thoughts are exactly the same as they’ve been for the first two games,” Mangini told the New York Times. “My approach is no different. My feelings are no different. I respect and appreciate all the things that he’s done for me throughout the course of my career and that’s never going to change. That’s how I view it.”

New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles – Sunday, 4:30 p.m. ET on FOX

Line: PHI -7

Angle: The Eagles have handled Tiki Barber twice, but will the third time be the charm?

"There is no quit in him," Eagles middle linebacker Jeremiah Trotter told The Philadelphia Inquirer. "He announced his retirement earlier in the season but he still understands there is a job that he has to do and he has continued to fight right up to the very end. So we don't expect him to come in any different than he always has. You know, ready to play and running hard. We just have to do a good job of containing him, especially running the ball and screens."

*ALL NFL LINES SUBJECT TO CHANGE