The Jan 15 – Texans versus Ravens game has the opportunity to be a extraordinary and intriguing game from beginning to end, or a significant letdown. The reason: both teams have seemed spectacular sometimes this season and absolutely awful at others.

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The Texans have a justification for their occasionally discouraging play, as the team has been plagued by accidents all season. 1st, their all-pro wide receive Andre Johnson went down with a hamstring injury. As if this setback to their offense wasn’t serious enough, they then lost their starting quarterback, Matt Schaub. Then they went on to lose their 2nd string quarterback, Matt Leingart, to injury. This put rookie T.J. Yates into the starting role. Even though Yates has competed admirably so far, it’s still to be determined how he can fare vs the vicious Ravens’ defense. The Texans struggle through these accidents to a 10-6 record, but limped into the playoffs when they lost their last three competitions of the season.

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Even though the Ravens have seemed impressive by and large this season, they’ve come up short at inexplicable times. After defeating Houston 29-14 earlier this season, they lost their next game to sad Jacksonville as they played some of the toughest offensive football exhibited by any team this season. Then, after defeating Pittsburgh 23-20, they lost their following game to Seattle. So, whilst it would look Baltimore has the more healthy, more total team, that’s assuming the Baltimore who won those big competitions this year appears.

Oddsmakers are counting on that. Baltimore is a 7.5 favorite at home. Whereas the Texans have a gritty defense themselves, the question remains as to whether Houston’s rookie quarterback can play well under the stress of a divisional playoff game in a aggressive atmosphere. As the Ravens are more experienced and competing at home, they have the upper hand.