NFL best bets, conference championship games: Grab that alt-line value, because the Ravens are gonna mash the Chiefs

The road to Super Bowl 58 is nearly paved. That means one last chance to juice those construction contracts for a little more cash before the project is complete.

The divisional round offered our resident NFL handicapper, the Rhode Island Scumbag, a chance to flip his script. After fading through November and December, as is tradition, en route to a negative bankroll, he rebounded with two locks that put him back in the black. Meanwhile, my faith in the Buffalo Bills once again left me looking like Artie Bucco in, well, about 80 percent of his Sopranos episodes.

With only two games left before the big one, we’ve got a limited slate of plays. All Scumbag analysis is in blockquotes below. My non-scumbag picks follow.

Good teams find a way to win. That is what happened last weekend, and I cashed both of my wagers. The Chiefs in a teaser was one of the most confident bets I had made in a while; the problem is I wasn’t too confident in anything else.

The good news is that I have four units of profit to work with after last week’s locks. Here is what I’m doing.