Wild Card Weekend Discussion [Split Thread]

[chuck]

I'll go out on a limb and predict the Texans and Bills play Saturday early.

Also, the Bills are going to ass rape the Texans.

[HPF Bob]

Originally Posted by chuck

I'll go out on a limb and predict the Texans and Bills play Saturday early.

Also, the Bills are going to ass rape the Texans.

The Patriots could be the primetime attraction which means the Texans would be the early Sunday game.

As for Texans-Bills, no offense meant to Buffalo but the Texans would probably lose to a hot passing team but they can hold their own with a team that doesn't throw well and Allen is not a top thrower, at least yet. It will be his first playoff game and it will be on the road. If Watson has all his weapons, I can see a 23-20 Houston victory. Plus, we get J.J. back as a motivator on defense.

[HPF Bob]

p.s. - I pleaded with the Texans to draft Hunter Renfrow, didn't I?

[chuck]

Dude, if the Texans had drafted every white guy you wanted them to draft they'd look like the Kinkaid Falcons.

[Arky]

Oddly, no spread, no playoff schedule, yet.... Maybe they are waiting for this SNF game to conclude....

[chuck]

Originally Posted by Arky

Oddly, no spread, no playoff schedule, yet.... Maybe they are waiting for this SNF game to conclude....

That was a really good game. I've about talked myself into believing that the Niners can win the NFC. Each of the truly good teams is seriously flawed in some way, so it will be great to see how it all shakes down.

[HPF Bob]

Sonovagun.

Wild Card Weekend

Saturday, Jan. 4:
No. 5 Buffalo Bills at No. 4 Houston Texans, 4:35 p.m. (ESPN/ABC)
No. 6 Tennessee Titans at No. 3 New England, 8:15 p.m. (CBS)

Sunday, Jan. 5:
No. 6 Minnesota Vikings at No. 3 New Orleans Saints, 1:05 p.m. (FOX)
No. 5 Seattle Seahawks at No. 4 Philadelphia Eagles, 4:40 p.m. (NBC)

I was right that the NFL would put the Patriots in prime time (and on CBS which helps confirm my theory that the NFL has an arrangement to make sure there is a Patriots home playoff game every year so the CBS sports bar at Gillette Stadium has an extra pay date) but I was wrong to presume that would put the other AFC game involving the Texans on Sunday.

Breaking with tradition, the NFL is having both AFC games on Saturday and both NFC games on Sunday.

Vikings and Saints....I think I've seen that playoff matchup before.

[Arky]

Spreads are out:

Texans -3 over Bills

Pats -5½ over Titans

Saints -8 over Vikes

Seahawks pickem to -1 over Eagles

All home teams are favored except for the Seahawks who are visiting Philly...

[nunusguy]

I think Vrabel goes into NE and takes out the old codgers. Anymore it's fairly routine for the Pats to lose including at home which they've done in two of their last three games in Foxburo.
Have no idea who shows for the Texans this weekend ?

[Keith]

Mod note: Splitting this wild card discussion from the Titans game thread.

Originally Posted by Arky

Texans -3 over Bills

Pats -5½ over Titans

Saints -8 over Vikes

Seahawks pickem to -1 over Eagles

All home teams are favored except for the Seahawks who are visiting Philly...

Yikes, a home dog in the playoffs. I'm usually way better picking heads up instead of against the spread, but I'd avoid picking the Seahawks especially if that spread grows over the week. So give me the Eagles (+1).

My other amateur spread picks...
Houston (-3)… we all know this game will be closer than it should be, and nationally I can see a lot of people taking the points and the Bills here. BUT, a healthy-ish Fuller and a return of Watt at home, and I do think the Texans avoid chuck's predicted ass rape for one more week at least.

Titans (+5.5) and heads up… kinda like the Colts were for the Texans last season, the Pats match up terribly here with the Titans. Plus their WR Brown gives me happy thoughts of what a young Andre Johnson was like. And seeing the Patriots lose at home on *shudder* wild card weekend is a bit of wish fulfillment.

Vikings (+8) but Saints to win... New Orleans is one of the tougher #3 seeds in recent memory. Hard to pick a game giving up more than a TD though as I think the Vikings will play hard throughout, but I could also see this being a blowout win for the Saints.

pick wisely...your mileage may vary.