Who had plans to watch an NFL playoff game in Houston this year?
Anyone…?
I’m sure the Houston Texans are as surprised as the rest of us that they’re hosting the Cleveland Browns in the AFC Wild Card Round later today.
After a topsy-turvy Week 18, the Texans earned the AFC South title and the home postseason game that goes along with it. Their Super Bowl odds sit at +3,500, and oddsmakers are giving the nod to the visitor in this game, setting Cleveland as a 2.5-point favorite in the Wild Card odds.
I break down the NFL odds for this afternoon’s 4:30 p.m. ET kickoff and give my best NFL picks and predictions for Browns at Texans on Saturday, January 13.
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The New York Giants bring an 0-2 record to Huntington Bank Field when they take on the Cleveland Browns this Sunday.
Meanwhile, the Browns will look to make it two wins in a row, and my Giants vs. Browns predictions are calling for Cleveland’s lead tailback to stuff the stat sheet.
Find out more in my NFL picks for September 22.
Giants vs Browns prediction
My best betJerome Ford Over 49.5 rushing yards (-111 at BetMGM)
My analysis
The New York Giants have surrendered a healthy 5.81 yards per carry to opposing running backs through two games, and the Cleveland Browns backfield is down to Jerome Ford and D’Onta Foreman, with Pierre Strong already ruled out of Sunday’s game with a hamstring injury…
Jack Charlton was to the Republic of Ireland what Pelé was to Brazil. He defined the national team to the world, establishing a style against which all of the country’s sides since have been measured, for better or worse. Charlton, Ireland’s first foreign manager, even helped to alter society.
The beauty of a game depends on the beholder. For nearly 10 years Charlton’s Ireland were hard to watch and harrowing to play against, yet they gave unprecedented joy to millions. He was fortunate that during his reign Ireland had some of the greatest players in their history but it took an exceptional leader to rally them. The manager, a surprising appointment, brought a charisma and a clarity of vision that had been missing.
Jack Charlton, …
Chelsea were stunned by Everton’s and Jordan Pickford’s heroics last time out and will be desperate to return to winning ways as both Arsenal and Tottenham still could overhaul them in the top-four race. Granted, for Spurs to have a realistic chance they will need to beat Liverpool on Saturday so Chelsea should be fine, but the wheels could still fall off with the sale of the club still in limbo. Fortunately their chances of staying third until the season’s end are boosted by facing Wolves. No goals in a run of three defeats suggests Bruno Lage’s side have somewhat checked out on the campaign and may be looking forward to a hard-earned rest. Thomas Tuchel will be in the mood to give them anything but. Graham Searles
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Amid all the joylessness that can come with being a modern football fan, concerned by takeovers, the cost of attending matches and the inevitability that your club is not as successful as you desire, there is one thing that will always bring cheer: a local academy graduate making an impression in the first team.
The latest such Manchester United prodigy is the Stockport-born 18-year-old Kobbie Mainoo, who at Newcastle on Saturday night will be aiming to make his second Premier League start. Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford and Mason Greenwood have made an impression over the past decade, helping maintain the club’s record of a youth-team graduate in every first-team squad since 1937, but it is rare that a local player progresses through the …
With the Los Angeles Dodgers losing superstar Mookie Betts for six to eight weeks with a broken hand, let’s look at the 10 most indispensable players in the major leagues:3B Jose Ramirez, GuardiansIs there a more underrated MLB star? He’s a five-time All-Star who’s finished in the top five in AL MVP voting four times and likely will again in 2024. The 31-year-old is not a household name outside Cleveland but should be. He entered Friday on pace to post his first 40-homer campaign and a career-high 150 RBIs as the unquestioned leader of the AL Central frontrunners.SS Bobby Witt Jr., RoyalsAlready Kansas City’s cornerstone in just his third season, the 24-year-old signed an 11-year, $288.7 million deal in the offseason that could extend to 14 years and a total of $377.7 million with…
Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown, winner of the 2004 and 2008 Olympics women's 200m and reigning world champion, reportedly failed a drug test after testing positive for a banned diuretic used as a masking agent. After Campbell-Brown voluntarily withdrew from competition, her manager stated that she denied using any substances to give her an unfair advantage. The case will be reviewed by a disciplinary panel. [ Daily Mail] Photo: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images …
Some people are fans of the New York Giants. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the New York Giants. This 2019 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. Your team: New York Trust Fund Yokels. Your 2018 record: 5-11. You people better fly to Oakland to personally kiss Jon Gruden on his foaming mouth, because that man spared you from being the most embarrassing non-Washington franchise in this sport two years running. There’s not enough room on the internet to go through the honey-do list of fuckups that the Giant have checked off in the past 12 months, but I’mma give a whirl anyway, because I hate them just that much. Let us begin… They lost at the gun to Carolina thanks to Graham Gano dead-eyeing a 63-yarder. They beat…
The Deadspin staff pick their favorite sports moments from 2016, and explain what made them so special. Here they are. When LeBron Almost Dunked On Draymond Green At The End Of Game 7 I realize this looks like a very stupid selection, given that this almost-play came after The Block, The Shot, and The Stop, but it’s a moment from this year’s Game 7—probably the greatest basketball game I will ever see—I keep coming back to. I think I keep coming back to this moment because it was the one that allowed me to crawl back into my head and really think about all the things I had seen over the previous two minutes. I had just watched three plays that, had they occurred on their own, would have a place among the best in the history of sports. But I watched them happen seconds apart from …
Some people are fans of the New England Patriots. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the New England Patriots. This 2013 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the 2013 NFL previews so far right here. Your team: New England Patriots Your 2012 record: 12-4, culminating in a thorough curb-stomping at home courtesy of Joe Flacco. When Joe Flacco is the best player on the field in your home stadium in the playoffs two years in a row, you are not poised for some magical return to dominance. Also, fuck you. Your coach: MILF-hunting sociopath Bill Belichick, who makes draft choices like a music snob who intentionally chooses the most obscure bands possible for his year end top-10 list. I honestly think Belichick is bored with the idea of winning Supe…