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The NFL Playoffs Start Today. This Is Wild Card Weekend.

Here Is The Lineups For Todays Games:


Cincinnati Bengals-@-Houston Texans (4:30 PM EST)

WHAT TO WATCH FOR: This might be an ugly offensive game, considering it's the first time two rookie starting quarterbacks — and both are ailing — have faced each other in the playoffs since the 1970 merger. Houston's T.J. Yates rallied his team for a one-point win in Cincinnati in Week 14, but now he has a separated left shoulder, one that can't absorb a lot of hits. Veteran Jake Delhomme is the backup. His Bengals counterpart, Andy Dalton, was so sick with the flu this week he missed the bulk of two practices and needed to be hospitalized.
Both teams want to generate a running game, but the Bengals limited Arian Foster to 41 yards on 15 carries in that December game and are capable of repeating that performance. Foster, though, has scored an NFL-high 30 touchdowns over the last two seasons. If the Bengals can limit Foster, expect Yates to roll out and look for WR Andre Johnson as much as possible. Johnson, who has had hamstring woes all season, is jacked up for the playoffs and the Bengals need to jam him at the line of scrimmage.
Yates also has two reliable tight ends in Owen Daniels and Joel Dreessen, who combined for nine TD receptions. The Texans had 44 sacks on the season, so look for them to come with a varied blitz plan in order to rattle Dalton as much as possible and take away his deep ball to rookie WR A.J. Green. Dalton is very accurate deep, plus he has alternate weapons in WR Jerome Simpson and TE Jermaine Gresham. Dalton will attack LCB Kareem Jackson.


Detorit Lions-@-New Orleans Saints (8:30 PM EST)

WHAT TO WATCH FOR: The Saints beat the Lions — who are in the playoffs for the first time since 1999 — by two touchdowns on Dec. 4, and the only way Detroit can turn the tables is to limit Drew Brees' opportunities and also create some turnovers.
Even though Brees has thrown 14 TD passes in his last three starts, he's also been intercepted three times over his last two — plus Brees was picked two or more times in five games this season. Detroit's nickel defense should be improved with the return of safety Louis Delmas and CB Aaron Berry, and that means the defense will have the same starting roster Saturday as it had in Week 1.
No defensive coordinator blitzes more than New Orleans' Gregg Williams (51 percent on all drop backs), but he only blitzed Matthew Stafford 40 percent of the time in Week 13 and his defense collected two sacks and an interception. Stafford can expect more of the same because the Saints are worried about WR Calvin Johnson, who rested his sore Achilles' again during the week. But Johnson did have 244 receiving yards against the Packers in a game with the same injury.
Despite the loss of former Heisman winner Mark Ingram, the Saints still have a potent running attack in multi-faceted Darren Sproles, Pierre Thomas and Chris Ivory. The Saints have averaged 4.9 yards a carry, while no NFL team ran less than the Lions this season. This is why Stafford prefers a two tight-end look with RB Kevin Smith and two receivers. Despite the absence of WR Lance Moore, Brees still has his main weapons — Sproles and TE Jimmy Graham — plus Marques Colston to stretch the field. It's imperative for the Lions not to miss any tackles in order to prevent big gains. Graham and Sproles combined for 18 receptions and caught 18 of Brees' 46 touchdown passes.

Sundays Playoff Games:


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Atlanta Falcons-@ New York Giants (1:00 PM EST)


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Pittsburgh Steelers--@-- Denver Broncos (4:30 PM EST)


Playoff Games Continue Every Weekend Untill Superbowl Sunday on January 22

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Yesterdays Results From Wild Card Saturday:

Cincinnati Bengals 10--Houston Texans 31



HOUSTON -- No first-time playoff jitters for the Texans.

Rookie defensive end J.J. Watt returned an interception for a touchdown, and Andre Johnson and Arian Foster put the game away with second-half scores to power the Texans over the Cincinnati Bengals 31-10 on Saturday in an AFC Wild Card Game.

In the postseason for the first time in their 10-year history, the Texans came up with big plays on offense and defense to move into a divisional playoff game next Sunday at Baltimore.

Watt returned the first of Bengals rookie quarterback Andy Dalton's three interceptions 29 yards for a score that broke a 10-all tie with 52 seconds left in the half.

Texans quarterback T.J. Yates, also a rookie, then hit Johnson on a 40-yard touchdown pass late in the third quarter, and Foster added his second touchdown run, a 42-yarder, to put away the Bengals.


Detroit Lions 28--New Orleans Saints 45



NEW ORLEANS -- Record-shattering Drew Brees threw for 466 yards and three touchdowns, and the New Orleans Saints poured it on in the second half for a 45-28 NFC wild-card victory over the Detroit Lions on Saturday night.

Brees hit on 33 of 43 passes while throwing for the most yards in a regulation playoff game. He highlighted his night with three completions of at least 40 yards.

As usual, the quarterback had plenty of help from an offense that set an NFL record for yards from scrimmage this season (7,474). The Saints (14-3) gained a whopping 627 yards of total offense, and will travel to San Francisco for next Saturday's second-round game.

Matthew Stafford threw for 380 yards and three TDs for the Lions (10-7), who simply could not keep pace in their first playoff appearance since 1999. They have lost seven straight playoff games.

All-Pro receiver Calvin Johnson had 12 receptions for 211 yards and two touchdowns in his playoff debut for Detroit.

Todays Wild Card Playoff Games:

Atlanta Falcons @ New York Giants (1:00PM EST)




» The Falcons could also have trouble rushing the football. Turner is averaging just 56 yards running per game with a poor 3.3 yards per carry average.

» The Giants' run defense has struggled this season, giving up 126.1 yards per game coming into Week 17. That said, they shut down the Dallas ground attack Sunday night (49 yards allowed).

» These two teams have never met in the postseason. The Giants lost the NFL's first NFL Championship game in 1933. The Falcons started play in 1966.

Pittsburg Steelers @ Denver Broncos (4:30 PM EST)



» Elvis Dumervil and Von Miller combined for 21 sacks this season.

» The Steelers put up 161 yards rushing in Cleveland. Expect Isaac Redman (92 yards) to get the ball often with Rashard Mendenhall's knee injury.

» These two teams last met in the playoffs in the 2005 AFC Championship. The Broncos were the two seed, but were bested by the sixth-seeded Steelers, 34-17.

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Wild Card Sunday (1/8/2012) Playoff Results:


Atlanta Falcons 2 New York Giants 24

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Eli Manning threw three touchdown passes, and the New York Giants ran all over the Atlanta Falcons in a 24-2 rout in an NFC wild-card game Sunday.

Manning, who's having his best NFL season, connected with Hakeem Nicks for a 72-yard score and Mario Manningham on a 27-yarder as the Giants (10-7) pulled away from the inept Falcons (10-7) in the second half.

Manning also threw a 4-yard TD pass to Nicks in the first half, which came after the quarterback scrambled 14 yards to spark the 85-yard drive. While Manning came through with touchdown passes, the tempo was set by New York's defense, which never allowed Atlanta to get going, and the league's lowest-ranked rushing game, which ran for a season-high 172 yards.

Brandon Jacobs led the way with 92 yards on 14 carries.
The Giants travel to Green Bay next Sunday to play the defending Super Bowl champion Packers (15-1), who beat them 38-35 in December.


Pitsburgh Steelers-23 Denver Broncos-29

DENVER -- One of the most storied NFL playoff teams ran into a rejuvenated Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos.

Sorry, Pittsburgh Steelers. The magic is back.

Tebow connected with Demaryius Thomas on an electrifying 80-yard touchdown pass on the first play of overtime, and the Broncos defeated the stunned Steelers 29-23 in the AFC wild-card playoff game Sunday. The play took 11 seconds and was the quickest ending to an overtime in NFL history.

Thomas hauled in a high play-action pass at the Denver 38, stiff-armed Pittsburgh cornerback Ike Taylor, then outraced safety Ryan Mundy to the end zone. Tebow knelt in his own end zone, pounding a fist in triumph before taking a victory lap in jubilation.

Behind Tebow's 316 passing yards, the Broncos (9-8) are heading to New England for a divisional playoff game against the top-seeded Patriots on Saturday night.

The Steelers (12-5) lost despite Ben Roethlisberger rallying them from a two-touchdown halftime deficit with 10 points in the final 10 minutes.



Playoff Picture For Next Weekend (1/14 & 15/2012):


New Orleans Saints @ San Francisco 49ers (Sat @ 4:30 EST)


Denver Broncos @ New England Patriots (Sat @ 8:00PM EST)


Houston Texans @ Baltimore Ravens (Sun 1:00 PM EST)



New York Giants @ Green Bay Packers (Sun 4:30 PM EST)

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