Sports betting enthusiasts love the NFL playoffs because of the excitement and the odds that are heavily tilted in the favor of the home team. Home field advantage is something that every NFL team plays hard for every year. While the first round byes and home field advantage are often decided with a few weeks left in the season, you will still see teams putting it all on the line just to get that first round home playoff game. The price per head bookmaking experts know why NFL teams fight so hard for home playoff games and it is something that bettors should become familiar with as well.

The NFL scores in playoff games, in general, favor the home team by as much as 70 percent. Even against the spread, the home teams are winning 60 percent of the time. As teams advance to the second and third rounds of the playoffs, the competition gets decidedly more difficult. But even in later rounds, the home teams that had first round byes also win about 60 percent of the playoff games.

Home field advantage is a huge boost to any NFL playoff team. Teams fight for it and draft players based on the ability of those players to help the teams secure a home field playoff game. Not only does a home field playoff game mean extra revenue for the home team, but the odds of winning can also make extra revenue for the bettors who know and use the percentages to their benefit.