Hi, today I'm posting about 2 match-ups to look foward to watching in the last 2 weeks of the NFL season before the playoffs begin. These 2 match-ups are playoff defining for the four teams that will be playing in these games. Both these games sadly aren't this week, they are next week. Here is some quick news that Eagles RB Ryan Matthews got injured last night and will be out for the last week of the season so that was last you saw of him until next season. Here it is:
Titans @ Texans:
This will be a great game. This game will be for the playoff spot no matter what happens this week. If they both win, both lose, or one wins and one loses this week it doesn't matter because this game will decide which one of the teams wins the division and makes the playoffs. I am sort of a Titans fan so I hope they can pull it off but it will be a very close even matched match-up. The fun part is that the Titans have a great offense and the Texans have a great defense so that will be a fun match-up and then the Texans offense and the Titans defense are both decent so we will see how that goes down. Also, after this weeks game vs the Bengals, will Tom Savage remain the starting QB or will the Texans go back to former starter Brock Osweiler. It will be fun to see. DeMarco Murray, Marcus Mariota, and Delanie Walker have been on fire on this offense lately while Derrick Henry has been breaking out some weeks and we will see if he shows up. Tom Savage looked like a pretty good QB and so I don't know if he will play badly and he is targeting star receiver DeAndre Hopkins more which is good for the Texans because Brock Osweiler didn't target him enough. Lamar Miller is always a great RB and should be the same this week and maybe have a TD or 2. It will also be fun to watch pro bowl LB Jadeveon Clowney again and see if he can sack Marcus Mariota alot and get through the Titans great O-line. This will be a fun showdown with the atmosphere of a playoff game and we will see which teams comes out on top for the division win and the playoff berth. I am picking the Titans to win this one even though it is in Houston.
Packers @ Lions:
This is another playoff important match-up for the division. If the Packers lose and the Lions win this week, the Lions will win the division no matter what so if they can some how beat the Cowboys and the Packers lose to Minnesota, this game won't matter, but that is unlikely. This game will be a very close one and even though I am a Seahawks fan and hate the Green Bay Packers, I think they have a real chance at claiming the division that has been the Lions' all season. Both defenses are medicore but lately the Packers D has been decent so they have the defensive edge but the Lions do have Ziggy Ansah on the defensive line and he dominates all the time. Both the offenses will be the things to watch. They both have starpowered offenses. Starting with the Packers, Aaron Rodgers looks like the best QB in the NFL, tossing touchdown after touchdown to star receiver Jordy Nelson and breakout Davante Adams along with the Packers pair of tight ends Jared Cook and Richard Rodgers. Then theres Ty Montgomery who last week ripped off an insane game scoring multiple TD's and lots of yards and sometimes he even plays receiver. Christine Michael the backup RB is very dangerous and had one big TD run last week when he was on the field similar to what he did when he was with the Seahawks. The Lions offense is almost as good. MVP candidate Matthew Stafford is an insane clutch player, the Lions have 8 4th quarter comebacks this season lead by Matthew Stafford which is an NFL record. Receivers Marvin Jones and Golden Tate are sometimes really good and sometimes really bad along with their weird running backs where they have random guys in as running backs like Dwayne Washington or Zach Zenner 2 running backs no one really knows about. Matthew Stafford literally trucks people when he runs to try and get extra yardage which is something I've never seen a QB do, especially a QB that doesn't really specialize in rushing. Stafford is one of the best QB's I've ever seen. This will be another straight up divsional battle and I can't wait to see how it turns out. Even though I really want the Lions to win because I don't like the Packers, I think that the Pack can pull off the upset in Detroit meaning that the Lions might even miss the playoffs after the season they've had. Sorry Lions fans but you will have to wait another year until the Lions make the playoffs.
Thanks for reading and I hope you watch these games because they will be really fun to watch.
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