Saturday, January 7, 2012

Wild Card Weekend

In just a matter of minutes, the Playoffs will begin in Houston. To kick things off, the Bengals and Texans will battle it out. These two teams match up pretty well against each other. It is Andy Dalton's and TJ Yates' first start in the Playoffs. It should be an interesting game. In the NFC, the Lions and Saints will go at it in New Orleans. This is supposed to be a shootout. Whichever defense makes the other team turn the ball over more will win. Tomorrow has two interesting games. The Giants will host the Falcons at the Meadowlands. Matt Ryan is 0-2 in Playoff games. However, Manning is 0-2 at home in the Playoffs. The Giants defense will be the deciding factor in this game. Then there is the Broncos against the Steelers. The Steelers are banged up. Tebow has struggled the last three games. All of them were losses. The Denver offense will have a lot of trouble moving the ball. Here are my predictions for this weekend's games:
Cincinatti 23 v.s. Houston 20
New Orleans 30 v.s. Detroit 24
New York 17 v.s. Atlanta 13
Pittsburgh 30 v.s. Denver 6