Wild Card Round Day 1

I am 8-0 for the past two seasons on Wild Card weekend so the pressure is on to keep it going. In 2011 I had a feeling the 7-9 Seahawks would defeat the Saints and last year I the Denver Tebow's over my Steelers (still not over that game) 80 friggin yards on the first play of overtime. Sorry, I know the Steelers are done. I know there will be an upset this round but I'm not as confident as I was in the past. It should be an interesting weekend.

Texans 24, Bungals 21 --- CIN +4  The Bengals have been playing much better than the Texans. Cincy finished the year 7-1 and the Texans have lost three of four and cost themselves home field advantage. I think the Bengals could pull off the upset but the reason why I'll take the Texans outright though is because they are the Bengals. They haven't won a playoff game in my lifetime and frankly I would like to be able to say that tomorrow and in the future. Also in Marvin Lewis' three playoff games he is 0-3 and they have lost by an average of 15 points. It makes me nervous to pick the slumping Texans but they are at home and Reliant Stadium is a very good home field advantage.

Packers 31, Vikings 20 --- GB -8  The Vikings beat the Packers just six days ago but that was inside in Minnesota. The Vikings are only 3-5 on the road this season but they are 0-4 when playing outside. Meanwhile the Packers are 7-1 at home this year and they did finish the season 9-2 in their last 11. As long as the Packers can find a way to contain Adrian Peterson to under 200 yards they should be able to outscore the Vikings. Plus this is Christian Ponder's first playoff game so it would surprise me if he made a few key mistakes that really hurt the team. The Packers are going to want to redeem themselves from last year's embarrassing loss to the Giants in their first playoff game after going 15-1.

PLAYOFFS?!?!? PUMPED (even though the only game I'll see will probably be the Ravens vs Colts tomorrow)