Wild Card: New York Jets at Baltimore Ravens
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Owning the tie-breaker over Pittsburgh is ultimately how the Ravens will earn the AFC North: both teams are going to finish with matching 11-5 or even 12-4 records. But neither team will earn a bye.
The Ravens opponent in that Wild Card showdown at home will be another team that has a young quarterback with a penchant for winning road playoff games: the Jets.
However, this will be the year that
Rex Ryan's bunch is unable to overcome their offensive woes and survive in the postseason away from East Rutherford.
The Jets just have so many problems on offense (
Mark Sanchez and the running game woes) right now that they won't be able to put up nearly enough points to match the Ravens, who have finally found the deep threat in Torrey Smith to complement Anquan Boldin.
Prediction:
Ravens 20, Jets 9