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The Houston Texans barely escaped at home Saturday, eeking out a 19-13 win. Bengals QB Andy Dalton just missed a TD connection with wideout A.J. Green late in the game that would have given Cincy the lead.
J.J. Watt swatted away passes, Arian Foster ran away from tacklers and theHouston Texans did just enough to knock Cincinnati out of the playoffs for the second straight year.
Matt Schaub made his first postseason start a successful one when Foster’s 1-yard touchdown in the third quarter helped the Texans to a 19-13 AFC wild-card win over the Bengals on Saturday.
“The whole stadium knew we had to line up and run the ball and boy, he was at his best there at the end,” coach Gary Kubiak said. “He’s become a fine, fine player, and it just seems like the bigger it gets, the better Arian gets.”
Now comes the big test.
The Texans (13-4) move on to the second round on Jan. 13, when they visit the New England Patriots, who beat them 42-14 in Week 14. This time they’re 9 1/2-point underdogs.
Houston will be lucky if they do not get blown out against the Pats.
Green Bay smacks down Vikes, will meet Niners next weekend
Deep on offense and scary-good on defense, the Green Bay Packerswere way too much for the Minnesota Vikings.
Maybe everyone else in the NFC, too.
Aaron Rodgers, Charles Woodson and the Packers reminded everyone of how dangerous they can be when they’re at full strength Saturday night, overwhelming the Vikings 24-10 in an NFC wild-card game that was never really close.
“Our defense played great,” Rodgers said. “Our defense tonight played at a championship level and that’s what you need in the playoffs.”
The Pack/Niners should be an awesome game, very close and high scoring.
And here are my picks for the opening weekend
The slumping Texans will edge the Bengals in a close game.
The Pack will nip the Vikings
The Colts will go back to Baltimore and defeat the Ravens in Ray Lewis’s last game. And that means we NEVER have to watch that moronic pre-game dance Lewis does! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Finally, the Seahawks go to DC and knock off the Skins
Here we go
Eagles over Bengals
Bears over Packers
Texans over Colts
Ravens over Broncos
Dolphins over Jags
Skins over Browns
Rams over Vikes
Bucs over Saints
Giants over Falcons
Lions over Cards
Chargers over Panthers
Seahawks over Bills
Raiders over Chiefs
Steelers over Cowboys
Pats over Niners
Jets over Titans
Season 133-74
Week 14 11-5
Week 13 10-6 Bleh!
Week 12 8-8!
Week 11 14-0! WAHOO!
Week 10 10-4
Week 9 11-3
Week 8 6-8 UGH
Week 7 picks 10-3
Week 6 Picks 9-5
Week 5 picks 8-5
Week 4 picks 10-5
Week 3 picks 7-9 UGH
Week 2 picks 8-8 UGH
Week 1 picks 11-5
Well after my perfect week last week, did I mention I was PERFECT, you can call me the 1972 Dolphins!
Lions over Texans
Cowboys over Redskins
Pats over Jets
Colts over Bills
Titans over Jags
Bengals over Raiders
Steelers over Browns
Broncos over Chiefs
Dolphins over Seahawks
Bucs over Falcons
Bears over Vikes
Cards over Rams
Chargers over Ravens
Saints over Niners
Giants over packers
Eagles over Panthers
Season 104-55
Week 11 14-0! WAHOO!
Week 10 10-4
Week 9 11-3
Week 8 6-8 UGH
Week 7 picks 10-3
Week 6 Picks 9-5
Week 5 picks 8-5
Week 4 picks 10-5
Week 3 picks 7-9 UGH
Week 2 picks 8-8 UGH
Week 1 picks 11-5
Niners Slap Seahwaks
Bills Bash Titans
Panthers Pounce on Cowboys
Texans Topple Ravens
Browns Best Colts
Vikes Victimize Cards
Giants Dwarf Skins
Pack Roast Rams
Saints Swamp Tampa Bay
Pats Paste Jets
Raiders Rout Jags
Steelers Slap Bengals
Bears Maul Lions
Season 53-37
Week 6 Picks 9-5
Week 5 picks 8-5
Week 4 picks 10-5
Week 3 picks 7-9 UGH
Week 2 picks 8-8 UGH
Week 1 picks 11-5
I almost forgot, but here we go
Cards rip Rams
Steelers slam Eagles
Giants dwarf Browns
Skin stun Falcons
Bengals make tuna out of Dolphins
Ravens scalp Chiefs
Panthers pounce on Seahawks
Bears maul Jags
Pats bust Broncos
Niners break Bills
Titans violate Vikings
Saints electrocute Chargers
Texans down Jets
Week 4 picks 10-5
Week 3 picks 7-9 UGH
Week 2 picks 8-8 UGH
Week 1 picks 11-5
Season 36-27 UGH!
Here are your winning picks
Ravens Best Browns
Pats Bash Bills
Cowboys Rope Bears
Texans Top Titans
Lions Devour Vikes
Pack Unloads on Saints
Falcons Soar Past Panthers
Giants Dwarf Eagles
Chargers Shock Chiefs
Niners Down Jets
Rams Bust Up Seahawks
Cards Deal Doom to Dolphins
Broncos Bust Raiders
Jags Maul Bengals
Bucs Scalp Skins
And there ya go!
I edged Ed last week, going 11-5, and this week’s picks are as follow
Packers over Bears {Thursday Night}
Chiefs over Bills
Bengals over Browns
Vikes over Colts
Saints over Panthers
Texans over Jags
Raiders over Dolphins
Pats over Cards
Giants over Bucs
Ravens over Eagles
Skins over rams
Cowboys over Seahawks
Steelers over Jets
Chargers over Titans
Niners over Lions {Sunday Night}
Flacons over Broncos {Monday Night}
Also since I will be in Colorado from the 15th to the 24th I will be posting my week 3 picks in the next day or two
The greatness of college football returned last week and this week, it is NFL time! Here are my picks and predictions for the eight division winners
AFC East-Pats NFC East- Cowboys
AFC North- Steelers NFC North- Packers
AFC South- Texans NFC South- Saints
AFC West- Chargers NFC West- Niners
Week one picks, and yes, I am throwing down the challenge to all comers, ESPECIALLY you Ed Daley. Lets see who can pick more winners!
Giants over Cowboys
Bears over Colts
Eagles over Browns
Titans over Pats
Falcons over Chiefs
Vikings over Jaguars
Saints over Redskins
Jets over Bills
Lions over Rams
Texans over Dolphins
Packers over Niners
Cardinals over Seahawks
Bucs over Panthers
Steelers over Broncos
Ravens over Bengals
Chargers over Raiders
Ravens Beat Texans To Advance In Playoffs – AFP
Joe Flacco threw two touchdown passes and the Baltimore Ravens defeated Houston 20-13 on Sunday, advancing to an NFL playoff showdown next week at New England for a berth in Super Bowl 46.
The Ravens’ trademark defense forced four turnovers, two of them interceptions by Ladarius Webb, that set up 17 Baltimore points as the hosts spoiled the first playoff appearance in the Texans’ 10-year history.
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Baltimore qualified for next Sunday’s American Conference final against the host Patriots to decide a berth in Super Bowl 46 on February 5 at Indianapolis. The Patriots eliminated Denver 45-10 on Saturday.
The gridiron championship spectacle’s other team will be decided next Sunday in the National Conference final between the San Francisco 49ers and the winner of Sunday’s later game between the New York Giants and defending champion Green Bay.
The Ravens won a regular-season matchup at home 29-14 against the Texans and took charge again early in the rematch.
Houston opened the scoring 2:36 into the game on a 40-yard Neil Rackers field goal but the Texans’ Jacoby Jones fumbled a punt and Baltimore’s Jimmy Smith recovered at the Texans’ 3-yard line.
Three plays later, Flacco flipped a 1-yard touchdown pass to Kris Wilson to put Baltimore ahead 7-3 just 5:09 into the game and the Ravens added to the margin only 3:42 later on Billy Cundiff’s 48-yard field goal.
Webb intercepted a pass from Houston rookie T.J. Yates at the Texan 34-yard line and the Ravens took advantage on a 10-yard touchdown pass from Flacco to Anquan Boldin for a 17-3 lead after the first quarter.
Rackers closed the gap for Houston with a 33-yard field goal 3:18 into the second quarter and the Texans drove 86 yards to reach the end zone on a 1-yard Arian Foster run 9:30 later to pull within 17-13 at half-time.
Defenders seized command in the second half.
Houston could not close the gap as Rackers hit the crossbar to miss on a 50-yard field goal attempt 9:06 into the third quarter.
Baltimore followed by driving 59 yards to the Houston 1-yard line but Ray Rice was stopped inches from the goal line by the Texans on a fourth-down run, thwarting the Ravens after they decided not to try a short field goal kick.
Webb picked off Yates again midway into the fourth quarter and Cundiff put the Ravens ahead 20-13 by kicking a 44-yard field goal with 2:42 remaining.
Pushing for an equalizing touchdown, the Texans were thwarted when Ed Reed intercepted a Yates pass at the 4-yard line.
Baltimore could not run out the clock and punted to the Texans, who reached the Ravens 44 but turned the ball over on downs after a desperation throw fell incomplete at the goal line with 11 seconds remaining.
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