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\"NFL:<\/a>So The Machine was 1-1 yesterday.\u00a0 Not bad, but we think we can make a clean sweep of it today with our picks.\u00a0 Let\u2019s get right to it.<\/p>\n

Cincinnati at Indianapolis (-3.5)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Bengal<\/a>This is a no brainer.\u00a0 Colts all day.\u00a0 Despite the fact that The Machine wants to see a ginger quarterback win a Super Bowl (America\u2019s not ready for it) today\u2019s not the day.\u00a0 With AJ Green not suiting up, the Bengals offense goes from good to not so good.\u00a0 They will have to rely on Jeremy Hill and their running game to set up the passing game.\u00a0 But Indy will be able to load the box all day.<\/p>\n

The Colts, meanwhile, are an interesting team.\u00a0 You know the philosophy that you need a balanced offensive attack, both on the ground and in the air?\u00a0 Well, throw that conventional wisdom out the door.\u00a0 The Colts running game is very bad\u2026anyone that was stuck with Trent Richardson knows that.\u00a0 However, their passing game more than makes up for that deficiency\u2026anyone that had Andrew Luck knows that.\u00a0 The Colts love to throw the ball, and Luck has an arsenal of potent receivers.\u00a0 Andrew Luck is a freak, and is reminiscent of a young Peyton Manning.\u00a0 Let\u2019s hope that Andrew doesn\u2019t inherit Peyton\u2019s playoff woes.\u00a0 He won\u2019t, at least not today.<\/p>\n

The Machine likes the Colts to roll at home.<\/p>\n

Detroit at Dallas (-7)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Cowboys<\/a>Oh man, what a way to end Wildcard Weekend.\u00a0 The team with the player everyone hates against the team that everyone hates (you guess who I\u2019m talking about).\u00a0 Yes, Ndamukong Suh being back in the lineup certainly helps Detroit\u2019s chances, and they do have a pretty potent offense.\u00a0 And yes, Dallas has a very solid recent track record of choking in the playoffs, and Tony Romo making some very head scratching decisions.\u00a0 And The Machine loves it when they cut to the owner\u2019s suite to see Jerrah all pissed off, and then watch him go down to the sidelines.\u00a0 Oh, it would bring us much joy if the Lions could take down the Cowboys in Jerryland\u2026but alas, it won\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n

\"Tony<\/a>

Tony will eventually prove us right, again.<\/p><\/div>\n

Dallas probably has the most balanced offense in the playoffs, with Demarco Murray leading the league in rushing and Dez Bryant leading the league in touchdown receptions.\u00a0 The Lions might hang for a little while, but Dallas\u2019 firepower will be too much.\u00a0 Jerrah and the boys will make it through.\u00a0 Don\u2019t worry, Cowboy haters, there\u2019s still plenty of time left in the playoffs for Romo to lose.<\/p>\n

For now, The Machine likes the Cowboys to win, and cover.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/a>

How ’bout dem Cowboys!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So The Machine was 1-1 yesterday.\u00a0 Not bad, but we think we can make a clean sweep of it today with our picks.\u00a0 Let\u2019s get right to it. Cincinnati at Indianapolis (-3.5) This is a no brainer.\u00a0 Colts all day.\u00a0 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nfl"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s2Bp3y-2008","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2008"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2016,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008\/revisions\/2016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}