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Bam's Divisional Weekend Predictions

Found January 13, 2012 on Blitzburgh Blog:
PLAYERS: Tom Brady,  Ray Rice,  Arian Foster,  Joe Flacco,  T.J. Yates,  Drew Brees,  Jason Pierre-Paul,  Eli Manning,  Victor Cruz,  Hakeem Nicks,  Aaron Rodgers
TEAMS: New England Patriots,  Baltimore Ravens,  Houston Texans,  New Orleans Saints,  New York Giants,  Green Bay Packers,  Pittsburgh Steelers

There aren't many positives to come out of the Steelers dismal loss last weekend at Denver, but one of them is that I can now enjoy the rest of the playoff games without any stress. Every game the Steelers play in January takes at least a year or two off of my life and I'm looking forward to the next two football weekends, where I can just enjoy watching the games. Here's my best guess at what happens in all of the divisional contests: Denver at New EnglandNobody thought Denver would beat the Steelers, so I'm hesitant to totally write them off this week, but if this game is played 10 times, New England is at least winning 9 of them. New England's defense is as porous as they come, but I trust their coaching staff to come up with a solid gameplan to defend Tebow. The Pats are going to hold Tebow and Co. to a lower point total than the Steelers allowed them to score last week despite having 1/3 of the defensive talent that the Steelers do. Also: Even thought the Pa...
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