Update: I won 3 out 4 on the weekend; both games today and the Greenbay game, yesterday. I thought Houston would lose to Cinn. That was was not a good pick for a number of reasons.
Baltimore will beat the Colts, today, on the strength home field advantage and the return of Ray Lewis. More than this, the Colts play caller, Bruce Arians, will not be on the sidelines, calling plays for Andrew Luck. Sudden illness is the problem.
You should know that Andrew Luck is the first quarterback to be selected as the number one draft pick and take his team into the playoffs, in NFL history.
Seattle is traveling to Washington. I have no idea how to call this game. If I had to make a call, I would go with the better team, Seattle. But Washington is playing at home and its two offensive stars, RGIII and running back, Alfred Morris, are both, first year rookies. Each are leaders in their field, just ahead of Seattle's quarterback/running back tandem.
Seattle's Russell Wilson is a first year rookie quarterback with numbers so similar to RG III as to be scary as are the numbers for his running back, Marshawn Lynch.
Keep in mind that RG III is not perfectly healthy. His left leg is damaged, but he will play, as he did last week.
Top three running backs in the league, this year are:
Peterson for Minn. - 2097 yards
Alfred Morris of Washington - 1613 yards
Marshawn Lynch - 1590 yards.
Seattle's receiving corp has more yards receiving than Washington's (1450 to 1,200 yards).
RG III has more than 800 yds rushing, far exceeding Russell Wilson.
But the big, big difference between the two teams is their defenses. Seattle allows just 15.3 points per game, #1 in all of the NFL; Washington allows 24.3 pts per game.
Seattle finished the season with five consecutive wins including Chicago in Chicago and a true butt kicking of the San Fran 49's, in Seattle.
Washington finished the season with 7 consecutive wins including Dallas in the last game of the year.
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