NFL Conference Champships - Analysis - What team looks like recent champ?
This is the first time that I have to admit to being completely wrong *cough* on something but the last round of the playoffs, boy did I suck harder than Bum Joe Don and his stink-sucking job on Mad TV. That’s right, I went a drastic “O-fer” and absolutely none of my picks were right. Sure, the Titan’s definitely should have won their game and the Panthers will probably not have another game that bad for 10 years but that doesn’t matter.
Let’s move on to this weekend now, shall we? The match ups in these two games are very interesting with at least one team reminding me (almost eerily) of a recent Super Bowl Champion. Find out why…
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NFL Divisional Playoffs Day 2 Wrap-Up; Eagles over Giants - Steelers out Chargers
Eagles 23 - Giants 11
I’m not really sure if I’m just paying more attention this year or if things are actually just this bad. I have yet to watch a game that has not been decided by a team shooting themselves in the foot. After watching the Titans and the Panthers fumble and throw their games away I was expecting a “return to normalcy” with a Tom Coughlin lead coach and I couldn’t have been more disappointed.
The game started off well for the Giants with a big kick return and a 4th and 2 conversion. However, the Giants were only able to get a field goal out of it. New York’s D came out really hot and held the Eagles to a 4th and 21 but there were two flags on the punt return making the Giants start on their own 12.
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NFL Divisional Playoffs Day 1 Wrap-Up - Ravens best Titans - Cardinals destroy Panthers
Wow, just wow. I need to stop picking teams since I think I’m just jinxing them at this point. This was the first day of play to determine who would go to the conference championship games. Would it be the Panthers, Ravens, or their rivals? Well, if you read my predictions you would have already figured this out.
Ravens 13 - Titans - 10
A game that was totally predictable as a defensive struggle. Both teams started their initial drives punting and that pretty much was most of the game. The first half was not totally stale with the Titans shifty rookie, Chris Johnson, burning up the Ravens for some big gains and putting the first points on the board with a slick scamper around the right side for 6 points. It really was looking like the Titans were going to be able to continue running the ball.
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Cris Carter Needs to STFU
What the hell is the matter with Cris Carter? Someone might want to make sure he hasn’t fallen off the wagon. Hey now, hey now, I’m all for a guy getting rehibilitated from drugs and/or alcohol but Carter’s latest comments make me think he’s lost it.
First, I’m surprised it has taken this long for something this bad to get around. Carter, apparently, started off his after Christmas Monday in a fine mood and was a guest on the Mike and Mike show. Mike and Mike, as they always do with their guests, let Carter speak pretty freely and he definitely took advantage of that. The comment of the day was that if he had one bullet he’d shoot TO. Let me say that again. Cris Carter, one of the all time great WR’s and a guy who once got his ass cut from the Eagles for off the field character issues, declared that if he had one bullet it’d be going in Terrell Owens.
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6 NFL Coaches that should be Fired (that won’t be)
6. Dick Jauron - Buffalo Bill
Let me say I was all over this guy’s nut sack like a barnacle on a cruise liner last year. The Bills, last year, managed to be extremely competitive while scraping together a team with random people from Ottawa. 2008 was a totally different world for Jauron. Buffalo did lose it’s starting QB and went back to, as a colleague puts it, JP LOSERman but they didn’t take advantage of their running game the way a good team should have. I also have not seen a team that never appeared to have any type of “edge” like these guys were missing and that really cost them some games. In addition to the above, Jauron took the blame for a horribly bad play call that definitely cost the Bills a game. Jauron will stay because the owner is too much of a pussy to make a change right now. JauronaGO!
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NFL Divisional Playoff Picks; Updated Printable Bracket!
Round 1 is long gone along with any respect I had for myself to accurately pick the outcome of a football game. 1-4 is how I finished my first round though in my own defense I think most of the “experts” went 2-2. On the flip side of that, I am usually ripping on how terrible most of those “experts” are so this is quite the little conundrum. Who cares, I’m still the frackin’ man! Here comes the NFL Divisional Playoffs in Round 2.
Don’t forget to get your updated printable bracket at the end of this column!
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NFL Playoffs RD 1, Day 2 Wrap Up - Ravens beat Dolphins; Eagles Soar On
Round 1 of the NFL playoffs concluded today with results that most people were expecting. The games were at least worth watching as the playoffs almost always are. Could Chad “only 7 INT’s on the season” Pennington get it done against the Ravens ridiculously good defense and could the NFL’s leading rusher, Adrian Peterson, move the ball against the smug Eagles D.
Ravens - 27 Dolphins - 9
It was the Dolphins to get the first turnover off a LeRon McClain fumble which looked like nothing more than a love tap. Unfortunately for the Dolphins they tried to love tap it in from the goal line and got stuffed resulting in a field goal. Baltimore matched that field goal with one of their own and then proceeded to take the game over.
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NFL Playoffs RD1, Day 1 Wrap-Up; Cardinals top Falcons, Colts fall to Chargers
Day 1 of the NFL Playoffs, Wars, Finals, and Road to the Big Show has ended in spectacular fashion. One thing that was not a surprised are which players stepped up to win the game for their respective team. Phillip Rivers, Darren Sproles, Kurt Warner, and Larry Fitzgerald all pushed their teams over the top along with great play from the Chargers and Cardinals Defenses. I, however, am starting off this playoff season 0-2 on my picks but I can’t say that I am totally surprised.
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NFC Super Bowl Pick; NFL Playoff Predictions; Printable Bracket!
There is order among the chaos that is the ending of the regular NFL season and that is the aligning of the playoff stars. First, I have to officially make my NFC Super Bowl pick since I was too much of a wuss to declare two weeks ago. Hey, what can I say? I am not a typical sports guy who is just going to blab out my first thought or reaction and say “Eat it, bitches.” Jake Delhomme and the Carolina Panthers will be matched up with the Indianapolis Colts in this years Super Bowl. There it is! Boom! Tough actin’ predictions!
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AFC Pro Bowl List / Snubs / Analysis
AFC - Offense
QB
Starter: Peyton Manning - Indianapolis
Backups: Brett Favre - New York (Jets), Jay Cutler - Denver
Snub 1: Phillip Rivers - San Diego
What a perfect example of how the fans screw it up. Phillip Rivers has the highest passer rating in the NFL (104), leads the AFC in yards per completion (8.3) and has stepped up the Chargers to contend for the division. Favre, while having a solid season, hasn’t even been close. Rivers is ridiculously deserving of this.
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