The San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens are coming off a bye week last week ahead of the NFL's divisional round action on Saturday.
While getting the No. 1 seed and home field is important, the bye week hasn't exactly always led to team success -- especially when covering the spread.
Now, there is just one team that gets a bye in each conference, but it used to be multiple, and the results for teams covering haven't changed. Since 2003, teams off a bye in the divisional round are just 32-42-1 against the spread.
The 49ers and Ravens are both heavily favored in their matchups this Saturday, but should bettors look to fade them -- at least against the spread -- in those games?