Week 13 NFL Picks: Road Teams That Will Conquer Hostile Environments

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The following teams are ready to invade and conquer the city of their opposition. Winning on the road gets harder as the season goes on. However, certain matchups dictate that the task of being a victorious visiting team is not always a difficult one.

These three team will make it look fairly easy.

Baltimore Ravens at Cleveland Browns

The Ravens will roll into Cleveland fresh from extra rest. The Ravens have not played since Thanksgiving. And that is just the nail in the coffin for a Browns team that is not nearly as good as the Ravens to begin with.

The Ravens are third in rushing yards and fifth in passing yards allowed this year. Their defense has been as good as ever.

Meanwhile the Browns' offense has been abysmal.

Cleveland has only scored more than 13 points twice since Week 3. And both of those efforts came in losses. They are going to struggle to get any points in this one.

Meanwhile, Baltimore will have enough success on the ground against the Browns' 29th ranked rush defense to more than seal the deal.

Prediction: Ravens 20, Browns 9

Atlanta Falcons at Houston Texans

The Texans' QBs are dropping like flies. They now have to start rookie third-string QB TJ Yates against a solid Falcons' defense.

While all hope is not lost for the Texans, they don't stand a chance in this one.

The Texans will be able to rely on the NFL's third ranked rush offense. However, they will be facing a Falcons team that is second in the NFL in rushing yards allowed.

That is going to put way too much of the onus of moving the ball against the Falcons.

On the other side of the ball, the Texans will have their No. 1 ranked defense keeping the score respectable, but the Falcons balance offensive attack will be too much for them to keep down all game.

The Falcons have scored at least 23 in each of their past five games, and they will not need that many to win this one.

Prediction: Falcons 24, Texans 13

Dallas Cowboys at Arizona Cardinals

This game can only tentatively be called a road game for the Cowboys. There is likely to be as many Dallas fans at this game as there are Cardinals fans.

The real reason to pick the Cowboys in this game has nothing to do with the crowd though. It is because the Cardinals are nowhere near as good as the Cowboys.

Arizona has won three of their last four, but two of those wins are against the Rams and the other is against the disintegrating Eagles.

The Cardinals defense is getting shredded this year. They are 20th in rushing yards allowed and 25th in passing yards allowed.

Dallas' balanced offense will feast on this weak D. The Cowboys are 13th in rushing yards and seventh in passing yards. They will be able to dominate in both areas in this one.

Prediction: Cowboys 31, Cardinals 20

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