{"id":10667,"date":"2013-01-13T00:24:41","date_gmt":"2013-01-13T04:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bankrollsports.com\/blog\/?p=10667"},"modified":"2013-01-13T09:51:34","modified_gmt":"2013-01-13T13:51:34","slug":"texans-vs-patriots-predictions-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bankrollsports.com\/blog\/texans-vs-patriots-predictions-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Texans @ New England Patriots NFL Playoff Predictions 1\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"TomOur 2013 NFL playoffs predictions continue on Sunday, January 13th with the Houston Texans vs. New England Patriots. We are set to make our Texans vs. Patriots predictions, tips, and keys to the game for this crucial duel in the Divisional round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

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#3 Houston Texans @ #2 New England Patriots<\/strong>
\nTexans vs. Patriots Location<\/u>: Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
\nTexans vs. Patriots Date\/Time<\/u>: Sunday, January 13th, 4:30 p.m. (ET)
\nTexans vs. Patriots On TV<\/u>: CBS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Key #1: Houston has to come to Gillette meaning business<\/strong>
\nWe just can’t imagine that the Texans are going to come into this one the same way that they did the first time around. Everyone on the team was given a letterman jacket just before going up to Foxboro a month ago, and the club got the living heck beaten out of it. The lasting impression of that game was that the Patriots were playing the game against the Texans on Monday Night Football as all business, while Houston was really there overconfident in itself. This time though, it has to be 100% business for the Texans, who are playing in the biggest game in franchise history. This win would be the best thing that ever happened to the Texans in their 10-year history, but they can’t ultimately get caught up in the moment. This is just too big of a game to ultimately come up here thinking that it is going to be fun and games in Foxboro against a team that clearly is going to be taking this game as pure business.<\/p>\n

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Key #2: The Patriots have to figure out how to slow down JJ Watt again<\/strong>
\nThe Cincinnati Bengals just couldn’t do it last week. DE JJ Watt was remarkable against the Bengals, and though he only finished up with five tackles and a sack, he was all over the field and caused chaos for QB Andy Dalton and the gang. The Houston defense absolutely cannot play better than it did this past week, as it held the Bengals to just 198 yards of offense and kept them without a third down conversion. Of course, the catalyst of this team is Watt, and it really seems as though when he is non-existent, the defense is non-existent. When the Pats and the Texans played five weeks ago, Watt had just two tackles and two assists, but more importantly, he didn’t have a single sack, nor did he really get his hands on QB Tom Brady. The end result? Brady went 21-of-35 for 296 yards with four TDs and no picks. It is clear if Brady gets time to sit in the pocket and throw the football, he is going to pick any secondary in the league apart, especially against this Houston secondary that has been prone to giving up some big time plays.<\/p>\n

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Key #3: Arian Foster can’t have an off day after a huge day against the Bengals<\/strong>
\nRB Arian Foster rushed for 140 yards on 32 carries against the Bengals in the Wild Card round of the postseason, and he is now the only player in the history of the league to rush for at least 100 yards in each of his first three playoff games. What was amazing is that Foster did that against a great defensive front, and he didn’t have a single carry for more than 17 yards on the day. Foster now has eight 100+ yard games this year. The team went 8-0 SU and 6-2 ATS in those games. There were only four games in which he was held to 50 yards or fewer, and the team lost three of those four outings. In the one exception of a game against the Tennessee Titans, RB Justin Forsett rushed for 64 yards to pick up the slack. Of course, one of those games where Foster was held down came against these very same Patriots, as he had just 46 yards on 15 carries. He did score a touchdown on the day, but it wasn’t nearly good enough to get the job done. New England did finish the year ranked ninth in the NFL against the rush, but there were better defenses that Foster has run against in his career.<\/p>\n

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