Sunday, January 15, 2012

Divisional Round Sunday QUICK PICK

WOOO GO PATS!!! Gotta make this quick due to the game about to start!

Texans @ Ravens
Like I said last week, it's really too bad for the Texans that they lost Matt Schaub in a year where everything else seemed to be working perfectly.  Today, they are going to have a harder time than usual moving the ball.  The Texans aren't used to playing in the cold (32 and sunny isn't THAT cold, but it's not Texas) and will have to make big plays in order to keep the Ravens defense honest.  Look for the Ravens to put tons of pressure on rookie QB Yates (who is in wayyyyy over his head) and probably isn't ready for this stage.  If he can do a good job of getting the ball downfield to Andre Johnson and hitting his tight ends over the middle, perhaps the running game will be able to put up the other-worldly numbers that we saw during the end of the regular season.  On the other side, Joe Flacco gets his first home playoff game and is probably highly motivated by the fact that he doesn't have to deal with the Steelers no matter what.  However, this Texans defense is underrated, even without their best player on the unit, Mario Williams.  Joe Flacco's schiezophrenic record as a QB (he could put up 400 or 100 yards and neither would surprise me) make it hard to confidently pick Baltimore in the past, but with Ray Rice doing so much damage and the emergence of incredibly fast Torrey Smith on offense to comliment a more physical Anquan Boldin, I'm going to take the Ravens in a good game.  Game 2 picks coming up in a little bit.

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