Houston, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Green Bay move on as expected

NFL Playoffs

It was pretty cut and dried. The home teams survived the wild card games in the NFL playoffs last week with Houston downing the Raiders 27-14, the Seattle Seahawks winning over the Lions 26-6, the Pittsburgh Steelers easing by the Dolphins 30-12 and the Green Bay Packers with an easy win over the New York Giants, 38-13.

Eight teams left to fight it out. The bye teams last week -- New England, Kansas City, Atlanta and Dallas --will now join in on the action this week.

My predictions this week: New England over Houston; Pittsburgh over Kansas City; Atlanta over Seattle and the Dallas Cowboys over Green Bay.

Then again, there maybe an upset brewing. It'll be interesting the rest of the way.