Divisional round of National Football League playoffs: First up, Seattle Seahawks at Atlanta Falcons

In our first game on Saturday, the Seattle Seahawks will stroll into Atlanta to take on the Falcons, and in the nightcap, top-seeded New England will face off against the Brock Osweiler-led Houston Texans.

Fox will broadcast the game at 3:35 p.m. Needing a touchdown to win, the Falcons had to go for it on 4th down with a minute left to play, deep in San Francisco territory.

Seattle beat the Falcons 26-24 on October 16. The Sherman-Jones matchup will be “awesome”, he said.

If Seattle wants to compete in this game, their offense will have to play like they did last week. They score points on everyone and can chew up yards in the air or on the ground.

Most of Hester’s potential Hall-of-Fame career came with the Chicago Bears. “On to the next”. Given Cook’s inexperience and lower skill level than starter Derek Carr or even Matt McGloin, it’s not surprising that the Raiders’ offense struggled against a good Texans’ defense. “It was hard to watch”. “He’s probably used to it by now”. The star cornerback has had little to say this week about the rematch. Just when he plays the Falcons I do not prefer him. “[Jones] is a great player”. Of course, the Seahawks also had Earl Thomas in those games, and he’s out for the rest of the year. Michael Bennett suffered a knee injury in the contest and played only 43 snaps. The Falcons hosted Colin Kaepernick and the San Francisco 49ers, scoring 10 quick points in the first quarter. What’s the winning two-pick parlay for this game? In Week 6, he had six catches for 89 yards and took advantage of openings in the middle of Atlanta’s defense. We’ll check him after the whole week’s (done) and then see how it goes – all the way to game day. “We’ll anticipate that one happening a bunch”. Our friends at AppTrigger employed Madden 17 to see who should win this game.

“It’s tempting, but we’re not too sure”, defensive coordinator Kris Richard said. They’re just competitors. They’re kind of like us.

Seattle was able to win because the Lions offense failed to generate anything, and running back Thomas Rawls’ effectiveness opened things up for the Hawks’ passing game. Except it does, because these two guys have a back story from earlier this year. Ryan is an MVP frontrunner, but he’s had great seasons before falling flat in the postseason. A 42-24 Week 11 loss to the Redskins dropped Green Bay to 4-6, with many in the national media calling the team flat-out very bad. These Falcons are noticeably hungrier and don’t quit on any game. DE Cliff Avril had two sacks last week.

This will be Hester’s first return trip to the Georgia Dome.

The Seattle Seahawks are eyeing their third trip to the Super Bowl over the past four seasons, and their pass defense has been at the heart of that success.

The Steelers, Chiefs, Falcons, Cowboys, and Packers have all been up and down in recent years, but all had very solid seasons in 2016.

Patriots: New England needs to not get in their own way, which for them should be pretty easy.

– Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan led the NFL with a 117.1 passer rating, the fifth-best mark in league history. “However, as his mobility has improved, so have Wilson’s duress numbers, owing largely to improved accuracy and an increased willingness to throw downfield”, writes Sterling Xie. WR Julio Jones second in National Football League with 1,409 yards receiving despite missing two games with toe injury.

Can the Seahawks continue their strong play away from the comforts of CenturyLink Field?

The Falcons finished tied for third with 20 rushing touchdowns and during the second half of the season rushed for 129.5 yards per game.

Atlanta originally opened as a 3.5-point favorite but that number was bet up nearly immediately to 4. This one is in Atlanta.

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.