Not much time for detailed write ups this week so lets go bullet points
In the last ten games the Falcons have only scored less than 14 Pts in the first half one time, in mid November at Philly.
Seattle has 5 losses this year and 1 tie. 4 of those losses and a tie are all on the road. Obviously they are on the road here.
Atlanta has been sitting for two weeks preparing for Seattle, not many gave Detroit a genuine chance to win last week and the Falcons knew that.
Earl Thomas not playing is much bigger than most realize.
Since Thomas went down Seattle has given up 38 to Green Bay and 34 to Arizona both who have similar offenses to Atlanta. Even San Francisco managed 23 points on them.
Simply put, this isnt the same Seattle team that the public has become accustomed to.
The Falcons may be the most under the radar team in the entire playoffs this year. They quietly led the league in points per at 33.
Atlanta ranked 4th in Give/Take differential with their opportunistic defense taking away the ball 22 times and the offense only giving away 11 times.
Atlanta feels like they should have won the previous meeting in Seattle. Sherman mugged Julio Jones on one of the last plays and it wasnt called.
Pats vs Texans is pretty self explanatory.
Everyone talks about the Houston defense and rightfully so but it was the Pats defense that gave up the fewest points per game in the league this year at 15.6 per.
New England only gave up 25 more yards per game defensively than the Texans defense.
Simply put the Pats defense is just as good if not better than the Texans defense.
The Texans are not playing a third string QB in his first start today. They are playing the GOAT and he is laser focused to shove one up the NFL and Goodells ass right now.
Houston averages 17 ppg scored and Pats give up 15, this is not a good mix.
Brock is about to come slamming down to earth today in my opinion.
Houston will not get to Brady today, New England has only given up 24 sacks all season and Houston only had 31 all season.
