REGULAR SEASON FINAL
Last Week: 1-2
Overall: 29-20-2
Pick of the Week: 10-6-1
As much as I would have liked to finish 10 games over .500, I'll be happy finishing around 59% for the regular season. It's an improvement over my 24-24-3 of last year.
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I'm going to continue on with the weekend playoff games:
New Orleans at Seattle (+10.5)
I'm going to do it. I'm going to overthink this game. Qwest field is already one of the loudest stadiums in the NFL and with everyone telling Seattle they don't belong in the playoffs I believe the fans will be rabid. Seattle also was 5-3 at home this year. Please don't look at their 5 wins though. It will make that record a lot less important (fine, the were a combined 29-51...but still). Everyone is 0-0 now and 10.5 is a giant number for a home playoff dog.
New York Jets (+2.5) at Indianapolis
I will not be putting any money on this game. I do now wager on or against my Jets. But for this purposes of this blog I will pick the game. I'm normally a very pessimistic fan but I really have a relatively good feeling about this game. The Jets defense is not as good as they will advertise it is but they are good enough against the run that I think that aspect of the game will be a non-factor. The difference between this year and last year is that I feel the Jets are more equipped to cover the Colts receivers due to the combination of Colts injuries and Jets additions in the secondary.
Baltimore @ Kansas City (+3)
I guess I'm overrating stadiums this week. Arrowhead is another one that's notoriously tough to play. The Chiefs were nearly unbeatable at home with their only loss coming in Week 17 when there really wasn't a whole lot at stake. Unlike the Seattle game where I just think 10.5 is a huge number for a playoff game. I ask myself in this game if I would be shocked if Kansas City wins this game and my answer is no. So I'm taking the points.
Green Bay @ Philadelphia (-2.5)
Green Bay is back to being a popular pick to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. I picked them in the beginning of the year but that was before Michael Vick. If you follow this blog you'll know that I'm a big believer in the storyline. I thought Brett Favre was destined to make the Super Bowl last year and that should have happened. Something was very weird about that NFC Championship. As much as Favre was trying to blow it they some how stayed in the game. This year's biggest story is Michael Vick. I just don't believe the story ends this week.
I'm still picking week by week in the playoffs but my predictions for the whole tournament are:
New Orleans over Seattle
Philadelphia over Green Bay
Atlanta over New Orleans
Philadelphia over Chicago
Philadelphia over Atlanta (Michael Vick going back to Atlanta in the NFC Championship is too fun of a story not to happen)
New York over Indianapolis
Kansas City over Baltimore
New England over New York
Pittsburgh over Kansas City
New England over Pittsburgh
New England over Philadelphia
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