they of course have tom brady. even though he's beaten up a bit, he will play. and bill belichick can game plan for a single game. i don't know if the patriots could make it through to the super bowl, but in a given game, not just this one at home, but if they manage to win it, in a given game, i don't think anybody looks forward to facing them. >> no, new england is a great football team and they've got that big game experience, but it's going to be difficult without welker. he was so much a part of their offense and keeping the chains moving. now they're going to have to rely on kevin faulk, and some other guys, but they still have bill be bill belichick and tom brady. saturday night is another rematch, the cowboys and eagles, cowboys beam thismt. al and cris will call that one, cowboys looking for their postseason win. the other wildcard is green bay at arizona, packers won 33-7 today, but kurt warner barely played. the saints and vikings get the byes, so tony, let's talk about the packers and cardinals. i don't know how much we can take away from today's gam

. >> tom brady where am i going to throw it to randy moss? >> you're talk about a true professional in the way he plays the game and he's surrounded with crazy talent. >> while ray lewis rand the ravens call tom bayday one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, there wouldn't be a quarterback history without one of his biggest weapons. wes welker has him sitting along with his nfl leading 123 catches. the ravens defense isn't ready to change the game plan. >> i don't think it's real limiting. he's a great player. he's a looming receiver. he's done things in this league that haven't been done before, but they do a great job with personnel and they have weapons all over the place and nettleman is very similar. he doesn't have wes' experience, but he has tremendous talent. obviously, we have confidence in him. the challenge remains the same. >> it don't change not a bit the way we prepare. if you look at the young guy 11 coming in the game, he's kind of the mold of wet welker. of course, he's not him, but he has a great chemistry with tom bra

they of course have tom brady. even though he's beaten up a bit, he will play. and bill belichick can game plan for a single game. i don't know if the patriots could make it through to the super bowl, but in a given game, not just this one at home, but if they manage to win it, in a given game, i don't think anybody looks forward to facing them. >> no, new england is a great football team and they've got that big game experience, but it's going to be difficult without welker. he was so much a part of their offense and keeping the chains moving. now they're going to have to rely on kevin faulk, and some other guys, but they still have bill be bill belichick and tom brady. saturday night is another rematch, the cowboys and eagles, cowboys beam thismt. al and cris will call that one, cowboys looking for their postseason win. the other wildcard is green bay at arizona, packers won 33-7 today, but kurt warner barely played. the saints and vikings get the byes, so tony, let's talk about the packers and cardinals. i don't know how much we can take away from today's gam

the loss came before tom brady entered grade school. m knows they want to make history, not repeat it. everything you become throughout the course of the season is who you are as a football team. 247 yards passing, two touch duns. he will probably need bigger numbers. his teammates expect playoff experience. he understands how to play in a play off. don't try to do no more than he has to. >> for the ravens, this game will come down to a critical factor. in the regular season, they went 1-6 against team that's went out in this year's playoffs. >> kick off is at 1:00 p.m. today. >> remember wbal tv 98 rock and am 1090 are your ravens playoff teams. >> trying to count your calories. research suggests food labels under cut calories but about 20. look at you. body rested. stress gone. mind sharp. because unisom gave you deep restful sleep all night. morning early birds. unisom. good night. good morning. only $100. but am i wearing them now? hello. i'm wearing my older sister's jeans that she ruined with bbq sauce... or so i thought. see, my m

. >> what the ravens might be thinking about, tom brady and randy moss and a patriots team that didn't lose a game at home all season and hasn't lost a playoff game in decades. the patriots may be favored but the ravens are not embracing the role of underdog. >> if you're in the playoffs, you deserve to be in the playoffs. there's no underdogs. obviously, they're probably favored because they're at home. i don't think they're look at us. >> if the ravens can pull out a victory today, it would be the first ever against the patriots, it would give baltimore a second round playoff game at indianapolis against the top-seeded colts. i'll be in box foxboro today to give us our post-game wrap-up. >>> don't forget, you can catch the game here on wjz. our coverage kicks off at 1:00. >>> turning now to national news this morning, new numbers bode well for the senate's healthcare reform bill. a medicare report shows the senate plan would raise costs slightly but over time would reduce the annual increases in healthcare spending. the study finds that health spending which accounts for 1/6 of the e

wjz fan cam question can the ravens beat tom brady and company next sunday? >> run the ball, run the ball and they will beat new england. >> of course they can beat new england participates rot next week and the way they could do it is basically flacco is more mobile. >> ravens can beat new england on sunday. they have the playoff experience. >> the ravens have all the potential to beat yes, yes, yes we can go we made it this far, we can go all the way to the end. >> reporter: new england -- in new england is hurting because they are losing the guy walker and that's going to hurt them very much. >> i believe the ravens can beat anybody on any given sunday. >> no question they can beat them but they have to stay disciplineed and no penalties and good defense and stick to what they know and they can do it. >> reporter: the odds makers made the patriots 4 point favorites. if you are heading to foxborough, bring your purple flamingo. wear your long johns. sunday extend forecast is mostly sunny with a high of 21 degrees. thank you rebecca. >> that bird is happy to

tom brady to wes welker. welker untouched here, basically, goes down and it looks like a serious knee injury. he would be carted off the field. less than two minutes to go in the game and ariane foster scoots in for a three-yard touchdown one and the texans win 34-27 and cinchheir first winning season ever at 9-7 so it will be very interesting to see how the last games play off. the redskins winning

. -- he bailed out tom brady on command. >> the players we have out there, we will get our players prepared and ready to go. they will work hard to be ready for sunday's game. >> it surprising move on friday as the chief officer phi out -- they fired their head coach and have discussions with another four and a contract. we will see you back here tonight. >> how cold will it be out there tomorrow? >> it will be in the 20's and the windchill will make it feel like the teens. we are still dealing with a breeze today. next week we warm up and could be in the 40's. it may sell out west in the mountains. >> it will come back to us. -- it made snow out west. >> thank you for watching. we will see you tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. >> the news broke that lawmakers possibly receiving pay raises. it became apparent on talk radio. after all, knowing legislators are drawing over $43,000 a year as part time lawmakers. they had money for meals, lodging and other things during the recession. it is a good deal for part-time work. on tuesday, realizing the public's distaste, there is a pay freeze beck could

it's just football. >> reporter: the ravens know they'll have their hands full against tom brady andthe patriots passing attack, but the secondary has been playing much better, especially over the last eight games where they had 15 interceptions ranked second in the nfl. ray lewis was asked about the improved play in the secondary, especially with losing three starting quarterbacks this year. he said he's very impressed but he's also impressed with his defense as a whole. the defense that ranks third in the nfl. in owings mills, with the ravens, brent harris, comcast sportsnet. >>> back to the redskins now: everyone knows about mike shanahan's two super bowls with denver. some know about his championship with san francisco, but for a real look at the head coach, i spoke with one of shanahan's former players, bill romanowski. first of all, i have to ask you, i mean this guy, mike shanahan obviously comes in with a huge resume, with huge success. as a player, um, how much of an immediate effect does that have? does he have to earn respect still? or is it there already? >> well, of cour

jude law or gibson or tom brady or me, make sense for guys like that. dweebs are having their day. i've been saying it for years. lewis got the girl in "revenge of the nerds." he's joining us. thank you for coming. >> good to be here. >> neil: your movie was a great inspiration for me because it reminded anyone who doubted me and the 28 girls who turned me down for the prom that it would be their loss. but what do you make of the orszag sni thing? when you say it, it's like wow! >> it's so weird, becaubecausbe you know, i was just talking to one of your producers and the question i have is what part of his m.o. is his fiancee missing? you know, nerds are really morally correct guys. like in the movie, you know, we don't mess around. we go for the gold. and once we get her, we don't let her go. >> i'm amazed how much then you look like orszag now, but that's another issue. you know, it just surprises -- no offense to you and no offense to nerds in general, he didn't and doesn't look like a guy who would be getting caught in darn near a sex scandal. what

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tom brady is all banged up. >>> a tradition goes back a lot of years.olks at the jarrettsville volunteer fire company make their train garden something special every year. they have multiple train sets running and abc2 is always live at the train garden with the live truck in the middle of things. volunteers take weeks to put this together for the christmas holiday. it will be up and running until january 17th. >>> to the arena, exciting action in baltimore. professional bull riders heading to charm city for two nights. chills, thrills and spills. the professional bull riding tournament took place at first mariner arena saturday and sunday. the second stop of the 2010 built ford tough series. >>> that's all for us now. our next update is in 30 minutes. see you back here on "good morning america" at 7:30. then back here at 9:00 with "good morning maryland." >>> this is the scene in much of the country this morning a the new year starts off with a new blast of wintry weather. >> look at that. >> it's freezing in many parts of the country. only the southwe