The Ravens put a stop to their Week 17 nightmare finishes Alex Lewis Jersey , winning the AFC North and eliminating the Steelers from the playoffs. In the year long battle to predict all of the NFL matchups,  first place in the regular season. With a clean slate, can the Beatdown staff prove smarter than the masses in the playoffs? Vote for all of the Wild Card games in the polls below. Regular season final standings:Readers (166-88)Kyle A. (162-92)Vas (161-93)Frank (160-94)Jake and Sage (157-97)Logan and Kyle B. (153-101)Dustin (150-104)Zach (149-105)Wild Card gamesColts at Texans (HOU -1.0)Photo by Bob Levey/Getty ImagesDespite traveling to Houston, many are high on a Colts “upset” of the Texans. While Indianapolis is .500 on the road this year, they are also coming in with four consecutive victories, tied with Chicago for the longest active streak. Both regular season games were decided by three points, and these divisional opponents are very familiar with each other.In Andrew Luck’s comeback season, he has taken a team that finished 4-12 in 2017 to the postseason. His 98.7 passer rating is the best of his career Cheap Lamar Jackson Jersey , silencing critics who speculated about his ability to fully recover and play at a high level. In his first full season, Deshaun Watson has completed over 68 percent of his passes but has shown a tendency to turn the ball over, throwing nine interceptions and committing six fumbles. The verdict: 56% of the Beatdown staff predicts the Colts to win on the roadRavens head coach John Harbaugh says he respects and appreciates Rams for joint practices For the next couple days the Baltimore Ravens will host the Los Angeles Rams in joint practices in Owings Mills, Maryland. John Harbaugh expressed his excitement today at the podium post-practice.“Sean [McVay] and I have spent a lot of time talking,” Harbaugh said of the Ram head coach. “Our coordinators have been back-and-forth.”Harbaugh mentioned both teams practice with a similar structure.“I think it will be very smooth running because we kind of practice the same way,” Harbaugh said. “It’s going to be great to have them in here. We respect them and we appreciate their help coming in.”The practices will feature the same parameters as the Ravens have run thus far.“It’s the same parameters as we have at our practices,” Harbaugh stated. “There will be no tackling to the ground. . . It will just be ‘bumping’.”As it has been mentioned, Baltimore has not run a full-tackling practice Eric Weddle Jersey , unless the cancelled stadium practice featured so. I don’t suspect they did as it was the first day in pads.Bobby Engram, the Ravens wide receiver coach, also expressed his excitement for the joint practices.“I love it,” Engram said. “I think it’s old school training camp. I think we’re tired of going against each other, to a certain extent. Obviously, they’re a really good football team. It will be a good challenge for our guys, in particular our young guys that have only had one game under their belt and didn’t get extensive reps. For them to go against another quality team, NFL caliber Authentic Brandon Williams Jersey , in practice, they’ll get to test themselves against somebody else and see where they are.”John Brown, who also spoke at the podium, mentioned his feelings towards playing against a former divisional rival.“Most definitely, I’m excited,” Brown said.