(Wildcard Weekend)

Raiders-at-Houston..Rookie Connor Cook-Michigan State starts at QB with Derek Carr-Matt McGloin injured….Raiders also may be without LT-Donald Penn-out with knee issues all week in practice…S-Karl Joseph and DT-Stacy McGee cleared to practice and play….Texans will start QB-Brock Osweiler (17Int-27-QBsacks) benched two weeks ago because of interception problems.

Miami-at-Pittsburgh…Backup QB-Matt Moore will start…Moore (8TD-3Int-105R) since taking over….Starting QB-Ryan Tannehill not cleared to practice nor play-recovering from knee injury..Dolphins RB-Jay Ajahyi banged up also…Steelers rested Ben Roethlisberger-Antonio Brown-Le’Veon Bell last weekend…Roethlisberger (29TD-13Int)…Miami will have to play in 19-degree weather on Sunday-but no snow.

Giants-at-Green Bay….Packers screaming into the playoffs…have ripped off 6-wins in a row…Aaron Rodgers (16TD-0Int) in hot spell…Rodgers (40TD-7Int) this season…Eli Manning (26TD-16Int) and Giants passing attack will have to play in 7-degree weather with windchill (-5) on weekend.

Detroit-at-Seattle…Lions out to break losing streak…QB-Matthew Stafford (3TD-5Int) since suffering index finger injury 4-weeks ago…Has 24TDs-but 37-QB sacks this year…Seahawks Russell Wilson taken 41-QB sacks-thrown 21-TDs behind poor offensive line

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