Marcus Peters and Chiefs get last laugh over Texans

The Steelers snuck in the playoffs with a Week 17 win and will try to win their first postseason game since the 2010 playoffs.

Pittsburgh and Cincinnati split their season series, but differences in available personnel will make this game distinct from the other two. Texans have used 4 quarterbacks this season, but Brian Hoyer remains the starter for them again this time around.

Pittsburgh and Cincinnati split their two matchups during the regular season, with the Bengals winning 16-10 as a 1-point road underdog in November and the Steelers winning 33-20 as a 1-point road underdog in December. Both teams feature elite pass rushers – J.J. Watt of the Texans and Justin Houston of the Chiefs.

As for the Bengals, without Andy Dalton, I just can not see Cincinnati winning even though they are home.

The Chiefs – who ranked second in the National Football League with 22 interceptions and fourth in sacks with 47 this season – did that. He has a knack for winning championships, as he won two while attending Alabama. DeAngelo Williams or Andy Dalton? You have a playoff-tested Ben Roethlisberger against Cincy. Brown has 1,834 receiving yards on the season and he is looking to stay red-hot entering Saturday.

The Bengals should have no problem beating the Steelers if the running back tandem of Jeremy Hill and Giovanni Bernard performs to their potential.

In fact, Rodgers and the Green Bay offence have looked a pale shadow of previous seasons as they battle injuries and poor form to finish the year 4-6 after starting with six straight victories, and that record would be even worse if not for the incredible Hail Mary pass which beat the Lions.

– The Texans are 4-5-1 ATS in their last 10 games as home underdogs. I would expect both Adrian Peterson to be full go on Sunday. He had only 8 attempts for 18 yards the last time around.

As you can see, the only game where most agree is Steelers/Bengals. “How will they perform in the playoffs?”

– With Russell Wilson at quarterback, the Seahawks are 5-2-1 ATS in the playoffs.

The last time these two teams faced off was on September 15, 2013. The Denver Broncos, who join the Patriots, Cardinals, and Panthers on a bye this week, are set at +650, with the Steelers at +1000, the Chiefs at +1400, the Packers, Vikings, and Bengals at +2500, and the Redskins at +4000. They got a second life when the Jets couldn’t handle the big moment with the last wild-card spot on the line.

Green Bay: Although Mike McCarthy is back to calling the plays, there are not enough playmakers to carry out his plans.

888 Sports has the tightest odds of any other sportsbook for this game, with the Redskins as marginal favorites at 1.82, while the Packers are at 2.02.

On top of all that, Alex Smith is playing some of the best football of his career, and the Chiefs offense has looked pretty good, despite missing Jamaal Charles. The Packers’ season got off to a tough start when receiver Jordy Nelson was lost in the preseason to a torn ACL. While the Green Bay Packers and Washington Redskins matchup seems like a blowout on paper, the Redskins have a real shot to win against the struggling Packers.

This game usually would be a no doubter, but it’s not.

“I’m not going to go out there and change the way I play or the way I think because it’s a playoff game, honestly”, he said.

The Packers are the No. 5 seed.