{"id":9012,"date":"2012-01-12T14:21:57","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T18:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/?p=1512"},"modified":"2012-01-12T14:21:57","modified_gmt":"2012-01-12T18:21:57","slug":"nfl-preview-the-packers-and-the-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/nfl-preview-the-packers-and-the-patriots\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Preview: The Packers and the Patriots!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this weekend\u2019s divisional round of the NFL<\/a> playoffs, the games being played by the Packers<\/a> and the Patriots<\/a> are definitely the big storylines. But those are only two of the four games being played this weekend, and the others are storylines in their own right as well.<\/p>\n

Denver Broncos\u00a0vs. New England Patriots<\/strong>
\n<\/a>Tebow shocked everyone last week when he proved that having a little faith is sometimes all you need, but his team\u2019s going to need a lot in order to beat the New England Patriots. Tom Brady has been unstoppable this year but the Pats have had a tendency to fall apart in the playoffs in years past, including their loss in the Super Bowl to the New York Giants in 2008. This season though Tom Brady has proven that his offensive team is nearly impossible to slow down, a stark contrast to Tim Tebow, whose heavy reliance on a running game won\u2019t be enough to hang in with the Pats on Saturday. This is one of those rarities that while it\u2019s a predictable game, it\u2019s still going to be a great one to watch!<\/p>\n

Houston Texans\u00a0vs. Baltimore Ravens<\/a><\/strong>
\nIn a game that\u2019s going to be just as predicting but not nearly as exciting, the Houston Texans are looking for their second playoff win in franchise history against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. While they had an incredible defensive game against Cincinnati last week, the Ravens are third in the league on defense and their offense is far more dangerous than that of the Texans. This one may not be a blowout, as the game was determined by only 15 points the last time these two teams met, but Baltimore will still emerge the victors.<\/p>\n

New Orleans Saints\u00a0vs. San Francisco 49ers<\/a><\/strong>
\nIt might be tough to tear yourself away from the Packers\u2019 game on Sunday afternoon, but if you want to see Drew Brees at his finest, you\u2019ll watch at least some of the New Orleans game in San Francisco. This is one where it\u2019s truly all about the quarterback, and that one being on the side of the Saints. To give them their due, the 49ers have had a terrific season thus far and have proven themselves fit enough to be a playoff team. It still won\u2019t be enough to stand up to the Saints, but it will be fun to watch them try.<\/p>\n

New York Giants\u00a0vs. Green Bay Packers<\/a><\/strong>
\nThis is the one that everyone\u2019s waiting for, and it\u2019s not just to see if the Packers will have a chance to go on to win the Super Bowl one more time. But don\u2019t let the aura of Aaron Rodgers completely overwhelm you, he\u2019ll need to go up against Eli Manning. Looking at the season of the two teams it might be easy to give it to Green Bay, but Manning\u2019s coming off the best season of his career. Green Bay probably will end up taking it, but this one\u2019s also going to be a close one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this weekend\u2019s divisional round of the NFL playoffs, the games being played by the Packers and the Patriots are definitely the big storylines. But those are only two of the four games being played this weekend, and the others are storylines in their own right as well. Denver Broncos\u00a0vs. New England Patriots Tebow shocked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}