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January, 15 2012 1:00pm EST
ATS: Baltimore Ravens -7.5 (100)
LOSS for -5 unit(s)

Houston Texans at Baltimore Ravens

Take Baltimore over Houston
Houston has had a great season, their best in the history of the Texans.  In spite of losing their top two quarterbacks and an All-Pro defender, amongst a total of 12 injured Texans lost for the season, Houston won its first ever Division title.  Now they face a team on the road that beat them in Week 6, 29-14, when Texan QB Matt Schaub was healthy.  Raven RB Ray Rice ran for 101 yards in that game while  Texan star RB Arian Foster only got 49 yards on 15 attempts.  Houston was outgained 402 to 293 and the final score looked closer than the game was due to the Texans scoring a TD on a fumble in the end zone.

Last week Houston had a +3 turnover margin with an INT for a TD that turned the momentum in their playoff win over the Bengals.  Rookie QB T.J. Yates was 11-20 for 152 yards and did enough to get the Texans' win.  Baltimore is rested and has a far superior defense to that of Cincinnati.  I look for them to control the offensive line of scrimmage which will open up the downfield passing attack of Joe Flacco to a returning WR Anquan Boldin, 8 catches for 132 yards in their first meeting.  Baltimore controls the clock and this time doesn't settle for five field goals as they did in their first meeting.  Houston's easy schedule after their loss to the Ravens in Week 6 catches up to them.

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New York Giants @ San Francisco 49ers Sunday January 22, 2012 6:30 pm
Take the NY Giants over San Francisco This year's version of the playoffs is similar to last year's when Green Bay continuously went on the road facing better teams, statistically, but kept winning.  That is what the Giants are doing.  Whether they can make it through ... read more

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Baltimore Ravens @ New England Patriots Sunday January 22, 2012 3:00 pm
Take Baltimore over New England A touchdown in a conference championship game is a lot to lay.  Especially against a team with as good of defense as Baltimore.  Add to the fact one team, Baltimore, struggled to win and were actually outgained in their game against Houston ... read more

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Houston Texans @ Baltimore Ravens Sunday January 15, 2012 1:00 pm
Take Baltimore over Houston Houston has had a great season, their best in the history of the Texans.  In spite of losing their top two quarterbacks and an All-Pro defender, amongst a total of 12 injured Texans lost for the season, Houston won its first ever Division title.  ... read more

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Cincinnati Bengals @ Houston Texans Saturday January 7, 2012 4:30 pm
Take #101 Cincinnati over Houston Since starting QB Matt Schaub went down in week 10 versus Tampa Bay, the Texans have only been able to top 20 points once, the final game of the season, a 23-22 loss to Tennessee, where TJ Yates only played briefly throwing just four passes.  ... read more

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Dallas Cowboys @ New York Giants Sunday January 1, 2012 8:20 pm
Take the #312 NY Giants over Dallas   This is for the NFC East Division title and a playoff ticket punched.  I like Eli Manning over Tony Romo, especially Romo with a nicked-up hand.  RB Felix Jones is hurting with a hamstring issue but is listed as probable.  ... read more

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Kansas City Chiefs @ Denver Broncos Sunday January 1, 2012 4:15 pm
Take #329 Kansas City over Denver Many of the Chiefs players had issues with departed coach Todd Halley.  Appointed interim coach was defensive coordinator Romeo Crenel, a coach who has the players' respect.  Kyle Orton is a huge upgrade at QB over Tyler Palko.  ... read more

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San Francisco 49ers @ Seattle Seahawks Saturday December 24, 2011 4:15 pm
#126 Seattle +2 over San Francisco We had the 49ers last week versus Pittsburgh and had an easy win.  San Fran clinched the NFC West for the first time since 2002 and would like to have the second best record in the NFC.  However, history has shown that teams needing to ... read more

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Arizona Cardinals @ Cincinnati Bengals Saturday December 24, 2011 1:00 pm
#109 Arizona over Cincinnati Arizona has gone under the radar in spite of winning six of the past seven games.  Oh, three of those wins were over Dallas, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.  QB John Skeleton (who?) has done enough to tally victories.  The Cards have ... read more

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Carolina Panthers @ Houston Texans Sunday December 18, 2011 1:00 pm
Take #315 Carolina over Houston If you could wish for the biggest letdown spot, you would have it for the Houston Texans.  They just clinched a division title and their first playoff spot ever.  AND, they did it with a QB with initials for a first name, T.J. Yates.  ... read more

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Tennesse Titans @ Indianapolis Colts Sunday December 18, 2011 1:00 pm
Take #317 Tennessee over Indianapolis Tennessee is in the playoff hunt.  They are off of a disappointing loss to the Saints that went down to the last play of the game.  The Titan running attack behind Chris Johnson with him getting 130, 153, and 190 yards in three of ... read more

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