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Found January 04, 2013 on Football Extra Points: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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The Colts and rookie Andrew Luck faceoff against Joe Flacco and the Ravens.  Who comes out on top. The Playoffs start this weekend and some teams will be one and done.  Here are this weekends winners and losers. AFC Wild Card Game - #6 Bengals at #3 Texans This is a very interesting game.  The Bengals have been red hot headed into the playoffs and the Texans have been a disaster the last several weeks.  At one point the Texans were the best team in the league, now they look like a mess.  I picked the Texans to play in the Super Bowl before the season started, now I think they're done. The Bengals defense and passing game take down the struggling Texans.  Bengals win. AFC Wild Card Game - #5 Colts at #3 Ravens The Colts and Andrew Luck are the feel good story of the NFL this season.  The Ravens continue to struggle on offense.  The Ravens have the RB and WR to put up points, the problem is their QB isn't any good.  Looking at the Ravens schedule they haven't be...
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