if assholes could predict perfect seasons this place would be solitary confinement: the official 2007 ROLLING PLAYOFF PREDICTION thread

I'm pretty much with you unless something wacky happens for Indy to lose before the afc title game, I haven't watched any Chargers games since Pats-Chargers week 4 or so. After today, I'm just waiting for some karma to come back on the Colts because.. well, wasn't the lesson of the last Pats-Indy game to play 60 minutes every time & I'm just annoyed at how boring the Tennessee game was.

Patriots over Chargers
Cowboys over Packers
Patriots over Cowboys

NOT TO GO OUT ON A LIMB OR ANYTHING...

polyphonic OTM I think.

The TN game wasn't boring at all - it was a damn nail-biter!!

jags > steelers
chargers > titans
redskins > seahawks
bucs > giants

pats > jags
colts > chargers
redskins > cowboys
packers > bucs

pats > colts
packers > redskins

pats greatest team ever bret favre is not having fun !!!! :]

I think Pack beat Dallas this time around if someone else doesn't get them first. Dallas hasn't been looking so great lately. I'm cool with skins making it to NFC title game, I can see that.

I dunno about TN game I had it on the whole time but.. snooze.. Indy just didn't care

jags over steelers
chargers over titans
skins over hawks
giants over bucs (but the giants still suck)

pats over jags
colts over chargers
boys over skins
packers over gints

colts over pats OH YEAH
boys over packers

BOYS OVER COLTS A BOLD CLAM

i hope it comes down to pats/pack so the pats can exorcise the ghost of desmond fucking howard running back that kick.

do it for ben coates!

i agree w/ everything forks picked 'cept i think INDY WILL REPEAT. maybe pack beats dallas, actually...

though, actually, fuck, i dont think wash is going to beat seattle

agree w/ everything forks picked 'cept i think INDY WILL REPEAT.

lol, you gonna feel silly later.

Wild-card playoffs

Saturday

NFC: Washington Redskins (9-7) at Seattle Seahawks (10-6), 4:30 p.m. ET (NBC)
AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars (11-5) at Pittsburgh Steelers (10-6), 8 p.m. ET (NBC)

Sunday

NFC: New York Giants (10-6) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-7), 1 p.m. ET (Fox)
AFC: Tennessee (10-6) at San Diego Chargers (11-5), 4:30 p.m. ET (CBS)

Divisional playoffs

Saturday, Jan. 12

NFC: Seattle (10-6), Tampa Bay (9-7) or New York Giants (10-6) at Green Bay (13-3), 4:30 p.m. ET (Fox)
AFC: Pittsburgh (10-6), Jacksonville (11-5), or Tennessee (10-6) at New England (16-0), 8 p.m. ET (CBS)

Sunday, Jan. 13

AFC: San Diego (11-5), Pittsburgh (10-6), or Jacksonville (11-5) at Indianapolis (13-3), 1 p.m. ET (CBS)
NFC: Tampa Bay (9-7), New York Giants (10-6) or Washington (9-7) at Dallas (13-3), 4:30 p.m. ET (FOX)

WAS @ SEA - SQUAWKS
JAX @ PIT - PIT
NYG @ TB - TB
TEN @ SD - SD

SEA @ GB - SEA
PIT @ NE - NE
TB @ DAL - TB
SD @ IND - IND

IND @ NE - IND
TB @ SEA - SEA

SEA-IND - IND

http://www.flotsam-media.com/2007/12/pre-playoff-power-rankings.html

It makes me feel like I should do something wacky to get noticed, like when J0hn Kruk predicts Pittsburgh to go to the NLCS or has a testicle removed.

heheh. He's one of our local heroes, i heard over holiday this hilarious story about JK showing up at a local awards dinner years ago so drunk/cokedup that his own father almost beat the crap out of him. (FWIW dude has since cleaned up his act completely.)

redskins to go all the way. gibbs 2.0 revealed to have been playing dumb for the past three years - actually has possessed a powerful grasp of the modern game and has been saving secret package of painstakingly developed plays for exactly this moment, going in to the playoffs with winning momentum, an RIP to keep everyone motivated, and double-stealth "replacement" quarterback

super bowl: redskins 21, jags 19

Jags favored by two in Pit. I took the bait and put 100 on Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh and Jax are even-steven in my book but Pitt gets the edge at home and playoff experience.

LOCK OF THE WEEK

pitt has been kinda crappy lately though.

yes and they are banged up good but they will solve the riddle that is Fred Taylor.

I will be at least a little shocked if Pittsburgh wins that game.

GUYS I LOVE THE PLAYOFFS!!! EVEN WHEN THE PATRIOTS ARE RUINING MY LIFE.

NO PATRIOTS THIS WEEKEND JUST LIKE THEIR BYE WEEK WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND FULL OF HOPE AND NOW THAT HOPE IS REKINDLED IN THE FORM OF BEN ROFFLESBERGER LET US PRAY

I think the Chargers are going to blow out the Titans.

Feel free to quote this back to me after the Bolts lose, or after Haynesworth and Vandenbosch team up to stab Phil Rivers in the eyes with LDT's exposed rib bones.

WAS @ SEA - seahawks will beat wash
JAX @ PIT - jax will take this one
NYG @ TB - eli is magic, so NYG
TEN @ SD - SD

SEA @ GB - hasselbeck revenge? SEA
JAX @ NE - NE
NYG @ DAL - DAL
SD @ IND - IND

IND @ NE - NE
DAL @ SEA - SEA

SEA-NE - SEA (lol?)

Yes, lol.

WAS @ SEA - SEA
JAX @ PIT - JJ
NYG @ TB - NYG (AMAZING. COUGHMAN COMES BACK NEXT YEAR ;_;)
TEN @ SD - SD

SEA @ GB - GB
JAX @ NE - NE
NYG @ DAL - DAL
SD @ IND - IND

IND @ NE - IND (lol)
DAL @ GB - GB

GB @ IND - IND

Can someone please make a case for Indianapolis's defense? I am not sold on them at all, as much as I love Bob Sanders. Against teams like Jacksonville, San Diego, or Dallas ... teams that blitz a lot and pressure the QB, I think Peyton makes enough mistakes to underperform, and I don't see the defense as being good enough to make up for it. Maybe in September, but not the current cast of characters.

And against New England ... I don't know, I just don't see it. Maybe you can score points on New England by attacking their old linebackers with a power running game and a lot of dink and dunk passing, but I don't see anyone stopping their offense. When all else fails, Kevin Faulk is always wide open. There were a thousand moments in the Giants game where Ben Watson was WIDE OPEN in the middle of the field.

Osi and Strahan couldn't do anything against the NE offensive line (even with backups playing on the right side). Brady was 32/42 for 356 yards. The only Giants sack of the night came from Torbor on a play where his man just completely blew the assignment. They stopped the run, though.

yes and they are banged up good but they will solve the riddle that is Fred Taylor.

...too bad they also have Maurice Jones-Drew, and the Steelers now have no Willie Parker.

And against New England ... I don't know, I just don't see it. Maybe you can score points on New England by attacking their old linebackers with a power running game and a lot of dink and dunk passing, but I don't see anyone stopping their offense. When all else fails, Kevin Faulk is always wide open. There were a thousand moments in the Giants game where Ben Watson was WIDE OPEN in the middle of the field.

The Colts actually did a pretty good job of containing New England's offense (much better than New York) until they fell apart in the 4th quarter.

yeah, they played just well enough to lose at home.

so me and cankles are the only ones predicting a Pitt victory?

Ade, it's time to get the hell away from these maroons. I get to drive.

http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~dickbolt/RamsayAndBolt57.jpg

yeah, they played just well enough to lose at home.

I know you're a Pat fan and all but you don't exactly have to be defensive after a 16-0 season...:)

The idea that nobody can beat the Patriots is ludicrous. The idea that more than 2 teams have a legitimate shot at it isn't.

Of course, if the referees blatantly ignore Patriot corners mauling Colt receivers like in 2003, it will be impossible....

I think the Patriots can lose to any number of teams... I mean, they nearly lost to the Ravens for fuck's sake .... I just don't think they will.

Well, they are masters at closing out games...you can't come from behind against them, and even if you're winning you're not safe for long, so.....

I guess we'll see!

"The idea that nobody can beat the Patriots is ludicrous."

No more so than since Miami in 72 didn't lose a game that they are automatically the greatest team ever.

I'd feel a whole lot better on the Colts chances against NE if they had Dwight Freeney. They have gotten good play out of their backup lineman, but that is a big loss to have playing the Pats. Other than Freeney, their defense is pretty good and has shown some depth, as they lost Rob Morris early in the year and it didn't seem to phase things. Indy has a good rookie DT in Ed Johnson.

I think for Indy to win, they will have to grind it out and flip the scorecard on the Pats by keeping Brady off the field. Pretty wild...huh? Manning needs to get back into the mindset he showed in that first game against B-more last year and not try to force the deep stuff and instead just take what they can get and work the clock. I think Manning in a couple of games showed the same impatience that got him into trouble earlier in his career by trying to force it deep, especially in plays where really they just need a first down.

Personally, I think the Colts should have saved Addai bit more and given more carries to Kenton Keith. Addai has looked a bit worn as the season has gone on and Keith has played pretty well in the time given. I'd like to see them use Keith as a battering ram like they did with Dom Rhodes last year.

"Of course, if the referees blatantly ignore Patriot corners mauling Colt receivers like in 2003, it will be impossible"

They pretty much started enforcing the five yard contact rule on the entire NFL after that game. I'm just happy that Ty Law will be eating pizza during this off season. That dude has had Manning's number and it does not matter what team he is playing with.

I said the idea that nobody "can", not that nobody "will". major diff!

WAS @ SEA - hawks almost lost to rams, that means UR BAD
JAX @ PIT - no respect > no running back
NYG @ TB - STOPPABLE
TEN @ SD - Vince Young seems really dumb.

WAS @ GB
JAX @ NE - sad day
TB @ DAL
SD @ IND - the hero dies before he gets to the end boss :(

funtimes Favre < ROMOWENS
SD < NE - too litle LT, too many Rivers INT

Cowgirls beat Pats - every break finally goes against Pats

The idea that nobody can beat the Patriots is ludicrous. The idea that more than 2 teams have a legitimate shot at it isn't.

ugh, this board is rapidly declining into every other football board ever. i don't remember ever saying, typing, or thinking that nobody can beat the pats. in fact there were 16 (well, 14, cause y'know) games where they had a chance to lose. everyone is capable of beating anyone else on any given sunday (well, almost everyone because, again, y'know).

but the thing about this team is that THEY MAKE YOU BEAT THEM. you can't play well for most of the game, or play them straight up for 7/8ths of it and hope they'll make a mistake that gives you an advantage because it's not going to happen. you have to beat them.

so again, i think the pats have a chance at losing at home against jax or pit or sd or whomever. i don't think they will because i think they are better than those teams. and if indy makes it out of their first game and travels to new england i don't see why the outcome would change from when indy lost to them at home in week 9 or whenever it was.

I don't like picking past this weekend, but what the fuck:

SEA > WAS
JAX > PIT
NYG > TB (squeaker, poss. OT)
SD > TN

NE > JAX
SD > IND
DAL > NYG (Dal. will explode in Eli's face like a cartoon cigar)
GB > SEA

NE > SD (squeaker #2)
DAL > GB

DAL > NE, followed within a couple of weeks by T.O.'s celebratory suicide at 118 mph into a bridge approach, complete with a note saying "lol i TOLD you assholes im better than moss"

i kinda had the same feeling about the skins, tombot. todd collins fits in with the gibbs/journeyman QB narrative anyway. 2 bad the skins sukk~

i'm tempted to make a case for the colts defense, but i dont know how mathis has been playing on that knee of his. you can't like their chances if they go into NE minus freeney AND mathis.

i don't know why i picked pitt to win this weekend. willie's not a big loss, but they can't defend and they can't pass protect. they're fucked.

the jags-pitt game was on NFL Replay last night, I watched a few downs of the jags' offense on that and I'm not sure what LeBeau can bring to really control the line against them

yeah there's nothing tricky at all about the jags, they just either beat you physically or they don't beat you at all. aaron smith is a huge loss for that pitt defense.

jags over steelers
chargers over the worst fucking team to ever make it to the playoffs in nfl history
seahawks over redskins
bucs over giants

pats over jags
colts over chargers
seahawks over cowboys
bucs over packers

colts over pats
seahawks over bucs

colts over seahawks

chargers over the worst fucking team to ever make it to the playoffs in nfl history

last year's jets & chiefs teams were prob worse, plus the 2004 rams would like to speak2u

How about the 1985 Cleveland Browns team that won a division at 8-8 and actually gave up more points than they scored in the regular season?

wtf the chargers are totally on fire right now

I think he was referring to the Titans as the worst team.

"over"

lol reading comprehension

for once the NFC playoffs might not be so bad this year!

The Titans defense is definitely for real or at least it was until Haynesworth got hurt and teams started being able to run against them. This Tennessee club is not much less fugly than the ones that McNair led a few years back. Jeff Fisher seems to be all about winning 16 to 10.

I think one can say that the AFC South is the best division if not in football in 07 at least the AFC. Three clubs made the playoffs and the Texans went 8 and 8, while going 7 and 3 versus the rest of the NFL.

TN was a disgrace today (at least in the second half, where it fucking counts!)

Deion just predicted that the Jags beat the Pats next week. o_O

kiss of death. it'd only happen if nobody picked em

I'm 4/4, but I regret my SEA v. GB GB win choice.

According to my 4 team teaser, the home teams will prevail this weekend covering all spreads and winning all primaries.
Jax = overrated. Their offense won't score more than 10 points. Will rely on their D to outscore NE offense.
Seattle = possible upsetter with their dink and dunk bullshit but there's too much Favre fun for them to win
SD = playing very average, will get killed.
Giants = tore my hair out in the 1st quarter of the TB game wondering why I even wager, then became despondent, then euphoric, then hungry. When they got going they looked good. Dallas, though, is just better all around.

i've found it's easier to enjoy games now that i don't wager on them but i don't seem to enjoy them as much? i would imagine it's what being on lithium is like, the highs aren't as towering and the lows aren't as crushing.

I am such a homer that watching non-cleveland sports bores me. Wagering 25 bucks on a game makes it more like rooting for the browns. I don't think I could watch SD/Indy unless I'm betting on it or addicted to morphine.

Wagering 25 bucks on a game

what kind of bookie takes 25 dollar bets?

I don't think I could watch SD/Indy unless I'm betting on it or addicted to morphine.

i'm just the opposite, the only way i'd miss it is if i were too skagged out to watch.

what kind of bookie takes 25 dollar bets?
the desperate kind

i switched to betting online. Bet whatever you want.

oooooh, that sounds kind of tempting. because, y'know, i'm just not involved in enough things that have the potential to wreck my life.

i dont like betting cause then i often find myself in the middle of a game i dont really care abt wanting to route for the team i bet against - even shit like this predictions thread has that effect for me and it brings me down maaaaaan

SD/Indy seems like a great matchup. I look for Seattle to beat Green Bay, all the others the home team will win.

naw indy is gonna crush sd - jax is he only decent team coming out of the wildcard round and they have to play the pats in foxboro

I'd feel a lot better about SD/Indy if the Bolts had a healthy Gates. But I still think they can win that game (as a biased fan, of course).

indy over sd
gb over seattle
cowboys over giants
pats uber alles.

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0109/nfl_brady_romo_war_top.jpg

i have a weird feeling about this weekend but i am sticking to my picks of indy, seattle, dallas, and pats.

sea/gb game worries me for the upset potential but I still can't see any home teams losing this weekend- the disparity between GB/Dal/NE/Indy and the rest of the league is too great imho.

Seattle's better than Jax, oshea, and more ripe to pull off an upset. I agree Indy wins, but it will be tight. Any team with LT has a chance.

LT has always been a Charger, and sometimes they still haven't had a chance. (Patriots game, for example)

i think indy beats SD pretty easily. by like 3 everyone will be dying for DAL/NY to start.

i want to be convinced by seattle and i like the line of thinking that they played well at CHI last year, holmgren & hasselbeck will be amped to show well in GB...ehhh, idk, im waivering on it somewhat...think SEA's recievers vs. GBs secondary is a v. good matchup for GB..

man romo and brady look mad emo in that graphic
or perhaps I should say, you can't spell brady-romo without emo

"Patriots game, for example"

They should have beaten them in the playoffs last year. They had it in their grasp and inexplicably fucked it up.

indy over sd
ne over jax
nyg over dallas
gb over seattle

btw does anyone else thing nyg have a serious chance of winning?

yah im agreeing w/everyone that seattle prob has the best upset potential - jax a better team tho

Not me, not by a long shot. I hope I both the Chargers and the Hawks vindicate me.

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They should have beaten them in the playoffs last year. They had it in their grasp and inexplicably fucked it up.

The Patriots kinda upgraded their offense since then.

i think the giants have a better shot at upsetting than the squawks do. GB wins decisively imo~

I've seen just about every Giants game of the last three seasons; I don't think they have a chance in hell of beating Dallas. They've been playing well and are due for a disappointment.
Overdogs all the way this week, I do believe. I'd love to see Jacksonville STUN THE WORLD tho'.

The GB and Seattle game could be interesting. I think the Seahawk defense is pretty good and if Brett F. has one of THOSE days, I think it could go Seattle's way. Green Bay is at home, so that probably counts a bit more there than some places.

The Giants looked good last week, they just did not make the mistakes that seem to kill them. Dallas has looked kind of soft on both sides of the ball. I think if the Giants can keep the deep passing game in check and Eli doesn't have one of THOSE days, they might have a chance.

Wade Phillips has one really funky playoff loss as a head coach, if you remember the Music City Miracle that the Titans pulled off against him. I think this will be the first time he has coached a team in the playoffs since that game.

i agree w/ forks fwiw on the g-men (and i've prob seen most every game too)...think they caught lightening in a bottle vs. a mediocre bucs team & had rookies step up all over the place, esp. on D which you cannot count on...Dallas's line is better on both sides of hte ball which i think is real hard to overcome. nevertheless, i hope im wrong & if TO is out or gimpy & ineffective it could be a game...cuz then maybe the giants can cover witten.

also, think its interesting that i've heard at least some talk about would the 'boys let phillips go off of a loss in order to hold on to garrett?? it's not that crazy a scenario i dont think(of course i dont think dallas will lose, so..)

pats/jags won't be competative imo

Brett F. has one of THOSE days

that's just it.

BUT the GB defense is good enough to compensate for a Favre 3 int game imo.

btw what running game has Seattle put together? 0

tbh if they cut all of alexander's carries they'd have a pretty serviceable running game

NYG? Good road team, MAYBE A TEAM OF DESTINY. But seriuosly folks, can they rally around SHOCKEYS BROKEN LEG LIKE THE ENGLISH RALLIED AROUND THAT DUDE FROM TRAFALGAR SQAURE, ADMIRAL WHATHISFACE?

NO

xpost to me

i would be more inclined to buy this "cowboys were bad at the end of the season what's wrong???" line if the colts didn't win it all last year after losing 3 of their last 4 or whatever it was.

that said i just think the giants are the better team right now and i think there is something to be said about the roll they are on right now as opposed to the rut the boys might be in.

if i just contradicted myself i didn't mean to. basically i'm just trying to say that i'm trying to fall in between the "end of season matters" and "end of season doesn't matter" lines of thinking

I've avoided watching the Cowboys as much as humanly possible but they've won the best the division in the NFC.

Nothing to sneeze at!

Seahawks could fluster Favre with their blitz packages and contrary to the above poster, I dunno that they can overcome a 3 INT day.

Not that Seattle has some amazing offense or anything but Hasslebeck is a quiet stud.

The Quiet Stud

the key to the GB-SEA matchup, to me, is charles woodson. GB is an excellent coverage team with both those corners healthy, and that is bad gnus for a squawks team that cannot run the ball~

i think matt hasselbeck kind of sucks. there, i said it.

lol i love u hs

more like hasselbutts imo

he's not half the player his dad was. but he's twice the player his brother is. there was a 3rd hasslebeck brother who played wide receiver who was supposed to follow them to bc and he was allegedly the best athlete of the three but i don't know whatever happened to him.

I wish that parody of "Sexyback" that Hasselback did still existed. :(

hasselbeck moms ftw, am i right guys

it's funy how hasselbuttz is cocky as shit but when he gets out on the field he just sits back like a quiet pud as throws the ball effectively but without any kind of true game-changing ability imo.

my coworker is putting his nyg faith in the statement below. good thing Dallas won twice in the reg season! right where we want 'em! oh, and i don't understand the quote marks either:

Good "Karma" for NY Giants: The Giants have never lost to a team “three times” during one season. Dallas has “never” defeated a team thee times in one season. Have to go with the laws of probability here.

so it's "probable" that these two things were continue ad infinitum? football fans are crazy.

Right, it's just a uniform, today's Giants have nothing to do with the 1950 Giants.

I'll stay with my original picks, even though SD > IND isn't looking very good right now.

NE > JAX
SD > IND
DAL > NYG (Dal. will explode in Eli's face like a cartoon cigar)
GB > SEA

NE > SD (squeaker #2)
DAL > GB

DAL > NE...

Why, because of Gates?

fitzy made me actually lol in my cubicle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSIt596mEoM

Why, because of Gates?

It doesn't help that they struggled to beat the Titans a week after the Titans barely beat the Colts' backups, or that they only barely beat the Colts (without a bunch of their best players in the lineup) at home. Now they have to beat a healthy Colts team on the road, potentially without their second-best offensive player? It's a tough order.

dudes, i'm gonna miss the pats game on saturday so if they lose it's on me!

WHa! what the hell is so important!11?? For the first time since they ditched Pat Patriot I'm rooting for them and you won't be there.

missing the game for a chick. if i get chocolate chip cookies out of this they can disband the fucking franchise for all i care.

ha! happy birthday, Kev!

but you can still watch TV!!! that's the beauty of it

yeah, i'm trying to steer us into an earlier dinner and that way when we go out for post-meal drinks "HEY THIS BAR HAS A TV! WHAT DO YOU KNOW?" happens.

love will find a way

oh, and thanks horseshoe! we're going to try to reinstitute thirsty thursdays starting next week. i'm kind of afraid to imagine what old timer's smells like without that low cloud layer of cigarette smoke to mask it.

I'm kind of torn on the Hawks-Pack game.

I definitely think they can force Favre into mistakes and won't be surprised if he turns it over twice.

But, the Packers aren't really one dimensional anymore and Seattle is.

Then again, Brett losing wouldn't be the first time his team lost to an underdog (hell, Atlanta's win over them in 2001!)....

I'll take the safe route and say Packers 27-17

lol kevin and real life priorities intruding upon the thread!

I hate to admit that I usually choose football in those situations.

A girl once invited me to join her in the hot tub during the Dolphins-Broncos game in 2002.

I stayed inside to watch the game.

(I wound up dating her anyway tho....)

i'm too hungover to go on a date. fucking birthday celebration last night almost fucking killed me. ugh. i gotta rally.

good fo article abt ne/jax concluding that when a team that slummed late after being hot early plays one that got hot at the end of the year - the one that had the better overall season usually wins

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/2008/01/11/ramblings/game-previews/6012

and hey happy birthday kevin!

I'm at WORK!!! Is there anywhere online I can stream the GB / Seattle game??

BORING

NO LONGER BORING

OMG

what?? WHAT?????

ok this game

ruh roh

Brett is starting to have fun!!!

this game had so much promise

ryan grant was sean salisbury's x factor on sportscenter

little did he know

x factor for both the Seahawks and the Packers!

man there is going to be some favre dicksucking going on this afternoon.

i luv bret favre having fun lol!

this is the game I was least looking forward to, but that was an awesome first half.

whoa fred taylor is NATTY lookin

holmgen looks hilarious today

fred taylor is a goodlooking young man.

at least this weather is conducive to a comeback

what a wild fucking first half.

how did Green Bay score again? i just drove home from the bar so I missed it...

(i mean how is it 35-17 now)

they scored effortlessly is how

ahh...was thinking maybe a turnover or something

gee thanks Fox for your awful on-field camera angle during Ryan Grant's run...making it impossible to see the distance of it!

this game sux get to pats now

game ovah.

Kinda nice to see Ryan Grant overcome his two fumbles and score three TDs.

good fucking thing he fumbled or this woulda been bloody bloodbath 1st quarter

i know. it would be 56-6 right now.

guys the pats are gonna blow the jags outta the water right

i'm talking like 49-14 type deal

as much as I hope that doesn't happen, it ain't gonna be very warm in Foxboro (37 as of last I saw) and I have a bad feeling.

pats will score triple digits on the jaxfags~

trip digies jag fags

can't help but think how much more fun the last two rounds of the playoffs would be without the Patriots in it

omg these seattle receivers w t f

Brett Favre is throwing snowballs.

really, Bill didn't challenge that?

wtf

but um, that drive should prove to any naysayer Garrard is the real deal.

two clutch plays....Brady-esque, especially the 4th and 1 gamble pass

as if it matters

the jags are scoring 28 points max

the pats will score at least 6 touchdowns

Holy shit that Brady pass was a laser.

I wonder if either team is going to punt this game.

j0rdan--95 yard drive. you sure about that?

ok so maybe i'm the most RONG person in the world

i still think the pats are gonna win by 20+ but we'll see

THIS PEYTON/DOLPHINS COMMERCIAL STILL TRIPS ME OUT

the problem is the jags better keep scoring bcuz they are "not built to come from behind"

The problem is the jags better keep scoring bcuz they are "not going to stop the patriots from scoring"

of course the patriots might stop themselves from scoring by missing field goals and making stupid personal fouls

Gostkowski sure misses some short kicks at times.....stroke of luck

It would be nice to finally see the Patriots beat themselves a little tonight too, for once.

The Garrard fumble killed me....his 300 pound lineman gets thrust into him. Jags could be up at the half if not for that gaffe...maybe.

Bottom line, the Jags have got to get some pressure on Tom. the Patsies line is pretty tough, but if not, they may have to bring a blitz every now and then (although abusing it will just open up the middle of the field).

Of course a QB is gonna be perfect when he has a group of 4 solid receivers, an amazing offensive line, and all day to throw.

and lastly, I'll conclude by saying that if the game is going to wind up being won by the Patriots, please pull away by a sizeable margin in the THIRD quarter so I can save myself wasting an hour only to be disappointed yet again.

jags over steelers
chargers over the worst fucking team to ever make it to the playoffs in nfl history
seahawks over redskins
bucs over giants

pats over jags
colts over chargers
seahawks over cowboys
bucs over packers

colts over pats
seahawks over bucs

colts over seahawks

-- Mr. Snrub, Saturday, January 5, 2008 4:24 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Link

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome fake.

Jags are going to have to adjust their defensive philosophy or take some risks in the second half.

the "bend but don't break" philosophy has yielded 21 points, and would have yielded more if not for an errant kicker/offensive lineman.

the jags aren't winning this game but i think the colts have like a 50/50 shot of winning

the way the jags are moving the ball at least

to think when people quipped on the Fins board 2-3 years ago that we should look at Garrard, and I laughed it off and said he was another retread.

Granted dude was mostly known as a protector of the football but my God has he made some plays tonight. And his throws have been dead on.

lol there is fins board?

also lol at jim nantz saying him and simms are "on the scene"

NORTHCUTT YOU STUPID PIECE OF ASSLICKING, GOATRAPING SHIT, HOW THE FUCK DO YOU DROP A PASS THAT'S RIGHT IN YOUR HANDS, I'LL KILL YOUR WHOLE FUCKING FAMILY AND SERVE THEM WITH A SIDE OF CAMPBELLS SOUP YOU....GODFUCKING DAMMIT

That was not an easy catch. Esp. when you know you are about to get creamed.

OJ Simpson Overdrive

That was not an easy catch. Esp. when you know you are about to get creamed.

"Words Not Said By Elite Receivers"

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Well he's not an elite receiver. You want an elite receiver you have to trade a fourth round pick to the Raiders dontchyaknow.

and to your earlier question, it was a board called PhinFever or something. Full of a load of idiots and maybe 2-3 people of any substance.

Finheaven.com is far better. Still your numbskulls, but a lot of people who know football, and a very professional setup.

ya, but that was a very catchable ball. The excuse "you know you're gonna get creamed" is just lame

fanboards like that are the 8th circle of hell

and here come the mental mistakes

I'm not watching this anymore. I know what's going to happen.

Maroney isn't THAT great a RB (don't get me wrong, he's really good). they're just playing so back on their heels on defense! he shouldn't be gaining 20-30 yards on rushes around the outside

(and yes, the o-line for the Patriots is helping as well)...

looks like I quit watching at the right time. ballgame!

Helping A LOT! Jags aren't pressuring the run, aren't pressuring Brady, aren't really doing anything except stopping Moss AFAICT.

RONG RONG RONG RONG RONG RONG

maroney is better than taylor and jones-drew

Jones-Drew is pretty special.

maybe Taylor now, but not in his prime. and not the type of back that should be chewing up 30% of the field each carry.

not being someone that played football competitively, maybe I'm missing some nuances, but why does it look to me like the Jags defense didn't make any adjustments after halftime...

Helping A LOT! Jags aren't pressuring the run, aren't pressuring Brady, aren't really doing anything except stopping Moss AFAICT.

Yea, their strategy paid off! They'll lose by 17 points but hey, Moss only had one catch guys! :)

maybe if they get a fumble or something...

I'll start watching the game again if the Jags have the ball with a chance to take the lead....

if this were any other game, I'd still have it on, but I can't takeeeee this shit

omfg

1st-10, Jacksonville 26
T. Brady passed to D. Stallworth to the right for 53 yard gain

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ that?

WELKER YOU STUPID PIECE OF ASSLICKING, GOATRAPING SHIT, HOW THE FUCK DO YOU DROP A PASS THAT'S RIGHT IN YOUR HANDS, I'LL KILL YOUR WHOLE FUCKING FAMILY AND SERVE THEM WITH A SIDE OF CAMPBELLS SOUP YOU....GODFUCKING DAMMIT

Brady probably said that.

why can't Brady injure his thumb playing Pacman or something....

i guess one way to keep the pats offense off the field is to get 2 possessions in a row...

meaning obv they will have to get onside kick

ok or not

alright, I'm Nancy Kerrigan-ing this team....see you in a week

t-t-t-totally dude

the yellow first down line looked so cool against the snow today

I watched & watched.

1stQ for the Sqwawks = the best quarter they will ever...

And against New England ... I don't know, I just don't see it. Maybe you can score points on New England by attacking their old linebackers with a power running game and a lot of dink and dunk passing, but I don't see anyone stopping their offense. When all else fails, Kevin Faulk is always wide open. There were a thousand moments in the Giants game where Ben Watson was WIDE OPEN in the middle of the field.

I agree with this dude.

whenever I watch the first half I think every team has a chance

it never ends that way

GB, NE, DAL, IND

sorry

GB,NE,IND,DAL

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daer tom bardy,

waht did it look like when you finished in a moynahan?

--USA

dear jimmy the mod,

dnw

--ilnfl

lol...1st game wuz awes just for weather tho seahawks played so bad. pats were just toyin w/ jags, it was just almost watchable but painful

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that was exceptionally weird game like it almost wasnt "football" right

I almost think taking some risks and going to man coverage more often, exposing themselves to the deep ball would have been a better approach (Jacksonville). Granted they probably still would have lost, maybe by more points, but there was no way in hell they were going to win by keeping everything in front of them. That's how the Patriots used to win before this season! Now they can win that way and by spreading the field!

But the occasional blitz isn't bad, even though Brady is a pro at beating them. If your front four ain't making it, someone has to get pressure on Brady. And opening yourself up for the occasional deep ball try isn't the worst thing in the world. They're still lower percentage passes, no matter how you look at them, and even if he hits on all of them, you know, maybe once he underthrows it and you get a pick. But Brady will go 15 for 15 all day if you play "bend but don't break".

to clarify, I meant the Patriots won last year by taking what the defense gave them, but now they have many more ways to beat you...

i think the giants have a better shot at upsetting than the squawks do. GB wins decisively imo~

-- cankles, Wednesday, 9 January 2008 22:57 (5 days ago) Link

hay guys lol

omfg guys

t.o. breaking down while defending romo post-game

RomoWorld - now at South Of The Border.

Peyton Manning did the same thing in this game that he has done at times on and off all year, when the guy needs a key first down on third and five he keeps going for the deep bomb and they didn't work this year like in the past. That killed two of the last three Colt drives. I don't know what his completion percentage is on the deep ball this season, but it is well under 50% and the timing of some of the deep bombs were bad.

The Giants did kind of a similar thing on the third down plays near the end of the Cowboy game. Dallas is blitzing everyone and Fox shows the scene from the back of the end zone, Eli Manning is running for his life and there is no one running a pattern under 15 yards. Criminy...you need 6 to get a first down, what is the freaking point of sending every receiver deep when your QB is going to have to get rid of the ball quick?

yah p manning was way off on the deep ball - weird

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everyone on the cowboys is going to go home and be big blousy perioding girls about this shit, aren't they.

"we were the team of destiny"

Missing on the deep ball being run in a bad time is a big reason that NE got back into the game with Indy earlier this year. There was two drives that stalled with Manning misfiring on deep bombs on two downs out of three. I think Manning also missed on bombs and it helped keep j-ville in the game in Indy this year, as the Jags got the ball back and made a couple of scores to make it tight in the end. He also was forcing the ball deep a bunch in the first SD loss. There was another game that was tight for the same reason.

Don't get me wrong, I love the deep passing game, but there is a time and place for everything. When you need a first down to grind out the clock or you have plenty of time driving for a needed score, it might not be the right time.

The thing is that a big reason they won last year in B-more and was able to crawl back into that NE game was being patient and taking what was available. I love watching Manning play, but sometimes his over-aggressiveness is a definite liability.

On the Cowboys, I love that they lost with old man Jerry on the side line. I love that big mouth Patrick Crayton dropped two or three huge passes. I love that T.O. wasn't even a factor. I love that Dallas did not have the discipline to keep from making dumb penalties, which has been a Cowboy trademark since Jones bought the club.

The Giants have been impressive, these last two wins are straight out of the 80s Parcells play book. The thing that has blown me away is that they have NOT been making the dumb penalty, which has killed that club in games going back to when Fassel was coach. I'm not sure, but the best thing to happen to the NYG offense is that Schlocky got hurt.

The Packers game yesterday was freakin' beautiful. I love snow football. Ryan Grant showed some stones after blowing those two early carries and then keeping it together to have such a game. I tend to doubt that someone like Ahman Green would have been able to do the same.

As much as I ragged on Peyton's play calling, you have to give it up to the Chargers for playing tough. Billy Volek is a pretty good QB to have coming off the bench. I thought he might have deserved a shot at being a starter with the Titans, he looked pretty good at times. SD is freaking is as freaking deep at RB as you can get. That Sproles guy would be a big part of many teams offense and Turner could start for a whole bunch of clubs. I also have to hand it to the SD front office for getting a couple of WRs that can catch passes, which seems to me to be the biggest improvement over the Chargers offense over the past few years. (I could also say the same thing for Seattle, who seems to have pretty good play out of their wide outs these days, where it used to be drop city for years.)

I almost think taking some risks and going to man coverage more often, exposing themselves to the deep ball would have been a better approach (Jacksonville). Granted they probably still would have lost, maybe by more points, but there was no way in hell they were going to win by keeping everything in front of them. That's how the Patriots used to win before this season! Now they can win that way and by spreading the field!

But the occasional blitz isn't bad, even though Brady is a pro at beating them. If your front four ain't making it, someone has to get pressure on Brady. And opening yourself up for the occasional deep ball try isn't the worst thing in the world. They're still lower percentage passes, no matter how you look at them, and even if he hits on all of them, you know, maybe once he underthrows it and you get a pick. But Brady will go 15 for 15 all day if you play "bend but don't break".

-- Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, January 13, 2008 2:21 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

jesus! you could not be more wrong, man. jacksonville's defensive gameplan was literally perfect. listen, jax just does NOT match up well with ne in the secondary, so they prevented the deep ball with their umbrella coverage and blitzed ONE time (the big stallworth catch) - if they'd been aggressive the game would've been over a LOT earlier. that's the exact way that jax could NOT have defended ne - brady's OUTSTANDING at reading the blitz & getting rid of the football, u HAVE to play deep and force ne to work the checkdowns, and then come up and try to make something happen after the catch. jax are NOT a blitzing team and they're not a man coverage team - they played as good as they could play!! they did turn ball over early, other than that they played as well as they could. if they played the pats 10 times i'm not sure if they could've come up with a better gameplan or a better effort.

and listen, this is just the only way you can play NE. it's the only way you play Indy, too - that's pretty much an established fact. look how Ten and Jax play Indy every year, they always give them tough games because they know that you have to force the Colts to sustain 15-play drives and hope for some mistakes along the way. it's the same with this Pats team.

*when i say they're not a blitzing team, I mean they're not good at it! just sending an extra guy to blitz doesnt do ya anything if you dont have good avoid skills on the blitz or you're not good doing it - indy's the same. indy relies on 4-man pressures and even though they were being dominated at the line of scrimmage today, they would've been insane to start throwing blitzes at SD.

btw, I think that was easily NE's most impressive offensive performance of the year. what i really loved is that - like, jax knew their only chance to win was to force NE to play 'their' game, and they succeeded at that. except NE beat them at their own game. super patient and efficient, not making mistakes but taking chances when the opportunities were there. defensively they weren't very good, BUT in the second half they did get jax into some third and longs and held them to field goals on some drives, which jax couldn't do to them, so that ended up being a pretty crucial difference.

"SD @ IND - the hero dies before he gets to the end boss :("

me = mangenius (aside from all my other picks). I like to think of Peyton being all Red Dawn like now "ELI, AVENGE ME! AVENGE ME!"

the Chargers vindicated me. thanks Norv.

btw, I think that was easily NE's most impressive offensive performance of the year.

yah brady's only 2 incompletions were drops! and a almost every one of his passes was crazy otm. the one to watson at the back of the end zone was particularly impressive.

also the fake direct snap wtf lololololololololololol

between that and the romo toss it was favre memorial day this weekend

not sure I could actually root for the Pats, but Rivers smacktalk douchebaggery will make it easier to watch the Chargers gets stomped.

dudes: isn't rivers basically ryan leaf w/ talent?

so u dont like it when players yell at fans do not understand?

speaking of douchebaggery, bob sanders the karma police say you lost your team the game.

otm there.

I have no beef with Rivers.

This really could be The Best NFL Season Evar

wasn't that Rivers talking smack to Cutler a few weeks ago? He just ain't earned his stripes yet imo.

don't you think rivers looks like leaf, though? being as big of a tool would be a tall order, i grant you...

The difference between Leaf and Rivers is that everyone on the team hated Leaf, whereas everyone on the OTHER team hates Rivers.

Theo Fleury syndrome.

Is Rivers really that much of a douchebag? I haven't seen any evidence of this, really...

are you serious???

jesus! you could not be more wrong, man. jacksonville's defensive gameplan was literally perfect. listen, jax just does NOT match up well with ne in the secondary, so they prevented the deep ball with their umbrella coverage and blitzed ONE time (the big stallworth catch) - if they'd been aggressive the game would've been over a LOT earlier.

So, what you're saying is the exact same thing would have happened, only Jacksonville wouldn't have dicked with the nation for about 2 and a half quarters? My opinion is...

WHO GIVES A FUCK? You CANNOT beat the Patriots by playing bend but don't break, and even the sportscasters started to question the gameplan after about two quarters. Yes, you'll take away the deep ball, yes they'll score more slowly, but they'll STILL SCORE.

And for the record, the Giants didn't start to get torpedoed until pretty late in the game without using the Jaguars approach, AND it took Sam Madison INJURING himself for it to happen!

that's the exact way that jax could NOT have defended ne - brady's OUTSTANDING at reading the blitz & getting rid of the football, u HAVE to play deep and force ne to work the checkdowns, and then come up and try to make something happen after the catch. jax are NOT a blitzing team and they're not a man coverage team - they played as good as they could play!!

*Trying to remember where I said Jacksonville should have blitzed every down*.

*Can't remember because I said 'once in a while'.

they did turn ball over early, other than that they played as well as they could. if they played the pats 10 times i'm not sure if they could've come up with a better gameplan or a better effort.

Yea sure, defensive adjustments are wastes of time when you have an all or nothing shot.

and listen, this is just the only way you can play NE.

Based on what, the fact that it has worked precisely zero times, which is how many times the other approach has worked? It is STATISTICALLY NO BETTER than the other approach at this point of the season. At this stage of the season, you aren't jockeying for positioning, it's all or nothing.

You have to have balls on occasion.

it's the only way you play Indy, too - that's pretty much an established fact. look how Ten and Jax play Indy every year, they always give them tough games because they know that you have to force the Colts to sustain 15-play drives and hope for some mistakes along the way. it's the same with this Pats team.

Uh, except the Colts are typically quite successful with sustained drives, with the exception of yesterday.

*when i say they're not a blitzing team, I mean they're not good at it! just sending an extra guy to blitz doesnt do ya anything if you dont have good avoid skills on the blitz or you're not good doing it - indy's the same. indy relies on 4-man pressures and even though they were being dominated at the line of scrimmage today, they would've been insane to start throwing blitzes at SD.

If you'll reread my post, you'll see my main problem was that after it was long established that their four man front was not going to get pressure on Brady, they continued to use that approach, and hell, on a few occasions, rushed THREE, and dropped the rest into coverage...which still didn't work.

I never said they should have blitzed every down, because Brady beats it with the screens. However, it works if you use it periodically and disguise it well. and hell, at some point you just have to fling shit at the fan and see what sticks.

The Patriots' only unsuccessful drive in the first half came on a missed field goal, and a possession at the end of the half in which they knelt down. That's it.

Brady has made a career of the dink and dunk shit. To win using that approach against the Patriots, you have to have the ball bounce your way a couple of times. It looked like Arena Football out there for a while.

there's a difference between having balls and being stupid

cankles is otm dude. you have to put the patriots in the position to make mistakes and hope that happens. blitzing them doesn't do that. the pats would have shredded them with their dbs in man coverage. by keeping the pats in front of you you allow them to fumble, for brady to force passes into coverage (happened in the fins game) or for their guys to drop passes (i.e. welker)

if they had blitzed brady as you advocate moss and welker would have had 20 catches 250 yards and 3 touchdowns combined

probably 5 touchdowns actually!! do you remember what happened when the bills blitzed them???

your argument's already lost when you're comparing the Bills and the Jaguars....

if they had blitzed brady as you advocate moss and welker would have had 20 catches 250 yards and 3 touchdowns combined

*Struggling to understand why it matters WHO had those numbers, seeing as Ben Watson and Wes Welker had 3 touchdowns combined, and Brady's 262 yards were spread amongst 8 different receivers*.

Not sure what is so hard to comprehend about the concept of blitzing 'once in a while'--for them to put up the numbers you suggest, they'd have to do it more than 'once in a while'.

But hey, I'll go along with you all and say the best defense is to make no adjustments after your approach fails in the first half!

christ

the skins who had (w/ sean taylor still btw) arguably the best dbacks in the league got burned blitzing too

yeah meaning the welker/moss stats + the other 6 recievers getting their 90-100 combined. the jags would have been swamped. plus keeping them in front of you eliminates the big play which keeps the pats offense on the field which benefits you by reducing their number of drives

basically the argument boils down to this: you aren't gonna throw brady off his game by blitzing two more linebackers or a safety or something. this mutated-prevent isn't the perfect solution either, but blitzing only exacerbates the problem. as cliche as it sounds, you really do have to make maroney, watson, stallworth et al beat you. blitzing just fosters passes to moss and welker and then you're immediately fucked

So, what you're saying is the exact same thing would have happened, only Jacksonville wouldn't have dicked with the nation for about 2 and a half quarters? My opinion is...

ah, so that's what it's about. you're pissed that you had to sit through all those boring death-by-a-thousand-paper-cut drives. i feel u dude!!!!

You CANNOT beat the Patriots by playing bend but don't break, and even the sportscasters started to question the gameplan after about two quarters.

well shit, if PHIL SIMMS doesn't think it's strategically sound...

*Trying to remember where I said Jacksonville should have blitzed every down*.

*Can't remember because I said 'once in a while'.

If you'll reread my post, you'll see my main problem was that after it was long established that their four man front was not going to get pressure on Brady, they continued to use that approach, and hell, on a few occasions, rushed THREE, and dropped the rest into coverage...which still didn't work.

I never said they should have blitzed every down, because Brady beats it with the screens. However, it works if you use it periodically and disguise it well. and hell, at some point you just have to fling shit at the fan and see what sticks.

Based on what, the fact that it has worked precisely zero times, which is how many times the other approach has worked? It is STATISTICALLY NO BETTER than the other approach at this point of the season. At this stage of the season, you aren't jockeying for positioning, it's all or nothing.

You have to have balls on occasion.

so "throwing shit at the wall and hoping something sticks" (as opposed to installing and executing a thoughtfully-conceived gameplan) = having balls? Also, re: "However, it works if you use it periodically and disguise it well" - that was my point when I talk about Jax not being a good blitzing team! They don't have very good blitzers and they don't have a lot of disguise pressure packages. They can't just magic up a blitz package in the middle of the fucking game, and sending extra guys in of itself won't really do you much good.

Uh, except the Colts are typically quite successful with sustained drives, with the exception of yesterday.

that's the point, u immeasurable dipshit! indy excels at that kind of drive, yes, and they've had to become the kind of team that can do that by necessity - because everyone realized the only way to defend them was to take away everything deep, force them into long 15-play drives, and hope that for their 13 good plays there will be 2 bad ones that can help turn the tide. sustained excellence is difficult even for these offenses, and giving them easy shots at explosive plays won't do you any favors. you also have to consider that a lot of teams - like jacksonville - aren't built for quick-scoring and explosive plays like this, so making indy/ne play at a slower pace keeps the game within reach for your offense.

To win using that approach against the Patriots, you have to have the ball bounce your way a couple of times.

I hate to break it to you, but that would've been Jacksonville's only chance no matter the approach - lucky breaks and sloppy play by NE. That's it, period. So they employed a gameplan that would force NE to play 'their' style of game and play it perfectly - which they did. What you're proposing is no less dependent on luck; if you're bad at blitzing, and tom brady is great at reading blitzes, then sending extra rushers can only succeed if you're really, really fortunate.

hey guys guess which team is not bad at blitzing

actually, the skins did not blitz and played inexplicably soft coverage against the pats.

^^ a joe gibbs "senior moment" ^^

more like a gregg williams paranoid moment. he was all captain queeg like at the beginning of the year due to his concer about the big play. beating the crap out of the lions w/ his four man front seemed to lend creedence to his theories.

i think the way to beat the pats is to have one corner who can keep randy moss in check. i'm not saying shut him out but keep him from having a monster game. you need to have your safeties involved in denying welker/gaffney/watson/faulk the ball because you DO need to pressure brady. and the pats o-line is good enough where you'll need more than just your four down linemen to do it, so you'll need to send a linebacker (or safety if your linebackers can run w/watson or faulk) and hope for the best. and even then it's like a 60/40 proposition that brady'll find the open man and you'll get burned.

If you go hog wild blitzing against the Pats you're fucked, unless you have Night Train Lane and Deion Sanders as your corners.

blitzing a linebacker or safety isn't exactly going hog wild. but you need one corner who can at least impede moss without help on every play from a safety. i'm guessing that gb's dbacks are probably the most capable of this of the 3 remaining teams.

Cromartie is a little overrated, but Jammer has been really quite good this year. Nobody throws in his direction anymore, which is why Cromartie got all those picks. Florence gets picked on a lot in the nickel, but he was a capable starting cornerback.

The safeties are the weak spot, though. McCree and Weddle are both big hitters, but they make poor decisions in space. Hart doesn't have any appreciable skills that I've noticed.

I predict another big game for the role players .... Watson, Faulk, Stallworth, Gaffney. Those guys will be open all day long. And when Welker gets one-on-one with Jammer, it could get ugly on a few slants or screens if McCree and Hart can't give effective backside help.

the point spread is killing me in all this games

Turner can run! He may be the reason I go with SD. But Billy Volek! He may be the reason I go with NE.

pats offense is why you should go with new england.

Pats D has shown their age late in the season, but if Rivers and LT can't go, forget it. See you in AZ

I would still pick New England even if every Chargers player happened to be completely healthy. I don't think Volek will do much worse than Rivers would do, and Turner is arguably playing better than LT lately.

I fucking sold out goddamnit.

took NE (-7.5) and GB (-.5) in a two team teaser to win $37.

37 dollars!

These are toubled times.

OH PLUS THE $5 HS OWES ME *cracks knuckles*

I'm 7 for 8 up to now, but I don't have a clue for today. Still looking at a SD/NE squeaker... my head tells me GB will trounce NY, but I wouldn't bet more than a dime on it.

rly????????? both of these games are STONE COLD LOX imo. they should've just given ne and gb the week off and let them prepare for the SB~

I'm sure some people were saying that about Dallas last week.

In this day and age, there are no stone cold locks. Everyone thought the Colts were a lock to run the table in 2005....

I didn't think the Giants would suddenly remember how to play football or that TO would get injured, but otherwise things have gone pretty much according to plan.

yea, I'm suuuuuuuuure everybody thought the Colts would lose to the Chargers, and most of the pundits expected Tampa Bay to beat NYG (even Sporting News predicted it).

hell 2 of the teams expected to be in the conf championship game aren't there and 1 expected to be in the Super Bowl isn't...granted things will probably turn out as expected though with the Patsies (which, for me has been the one disappointing item of the playoffs, not because its the Patsies, but because the conclusion seems inevitable!)

Preparing for a Pats / GB superbowl...

Rivers looks good despite throwing two interceptions...

bring LT's Darth Vader-looking ass in there and we'll have a great second half!!

super bowl: redskins 21, jags 19

-- El Tomboto, Monday, December 31, 2007 10:39 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Link

rly????????? both of these games are STONE COLD LOX imo. they should've just given ne and gb the week off and let them prepare for the SB~

Ahem.

not big on making picks, but I wasn't surprised about something coming back on the Colts for giving away the last game to TN and the Cowboys choking. wishful thinking on my Redskins keeping it together in the postseason

yea, I'm suuuuuuuuure everybody thought the Colts would lose to the Chargers.

Well, I did pick them, and not just because I'm a homer.

yea but you have to admit you were in the minority on that one.

OMG brownie i totally owe you $5 where do I mail that? perhaps I will enclose some buffalo wings.

With the falling dollar the US will shortly be going to a Buffalo Wing based economy. So just send me the wings. I can use dollars to wipe the sauce off my mouth.