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Default NFL Playoffs Results & Updates

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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