The Official NFL Thread, Part Two

[Headache in a Suitcase]

perhaps W can send tank johnson to baghdad to clean house.

playoff predict time...

first round
chefs over colts (102 carries by Larry Johnson for 2,527 yards)
patriots over jets (but take the jets if you're betting... what a stupid spread)

giants over eagles (just to let cocklin keep his job and piss me off)
seabags over cowfolk (romo... sucks)

second round
baltimore over new england
san diego over chefs (chiefs have the lead, 1st down, with under a minute to go and san diego has no timeouts left... herm forgets what down it is and punts, LT throws a 75 yard Touchdown pass, which he catches himself, to win the game)

giants over bears (a grenade in tank johnson's pants accadently goes off in a huddle, taking out half the bears D)
saints over seabags

baltimore over san diego (marty has a 20 point lead at half time... baltimore makes a late run to win the game, marty is seen leaving with a mysterious brown stain on the back of his pants)
saints over giants (giants remember that they're a bunch of undisciplined punks, take a quick 10 nothing lead, lose 42-10. bob whitfield acquires a league record 270 yards in personal foul penalties)

super bowl
baltimore over new orleans (ray lewis stabs drew brees before the game, reggie bush hates black people)

 

[phanan]

Wild Card Round
Chiefs over Colts (Manning's worst nightmare in the playoffs, Ty Law, torments him again)
Patriots over Jets (I disagree about the spread - I think the Pats win this one by 14)

Seahawks over Cowboys (It's hard to win when you can't play defense)
Eagles over Giants (My preseason NFC pick goes down in flames)

Divisional Round
Patriots over Ravens (Brady burns Baltimore's vaunted D)
Chargers over Chiefs (The fastest playoff game ever)

Bears over Seahawks (Urlacher bails Grossman out)
Saints over Eagles (take the over on this one)

Championship Round
Patriots over Chargers (The Marty curse continues)
Saints over Bears (Chicago's D will collapse)

Super Bowl
Patriots over Saints (One of the most entertaining SBs ever)

 

[Hewson]

Take these to the bank:

Wild card round:

AFC: Colts 38 KC 20
Pats 27 Jets 21

NFC: Cowboys 38 Seahawks 34
Eagles 26 Giants 23

Divisonal Round:

AFC: Pats 24 Chargers 20
Ravens 16 Colts 10

NFC: Cowboys 20 Bears 12
Saints 30 Eagles 17

Championship Sunday:

AFC: Pats 23 Ravens 6

NFC: Saints 41 Cowboys 20

SuperBowl:

Pats 37 Saints 28

 

[phanan]

Why do you have the Cowboys so low in your playoff pool if you think they'll win two games?

 

[Hewson]

Cause I'm basically an idiot at a keyboard.

 

[phanan]

Ok, then.

 

[Got Philk?]

Wild card round:

AFC: Colts 30 KC 7
Jets 24 Pats 21

NFC: Seahawks 34 Cowboys 28
Eagles 17 Giants 10

Divisonal Round:

AFC: Chargers 24 Jets 14
Colts 28 Ravens 10

NFC: Bears 31 Seahawks 17
Saints 30 Eagles 17

Championship Sunday:

AFC: Chargers 24 Colts 21

NFC: Bears 24 Saints 21

SuperBowl:
Bears 27 Chargers 20

And I'll go to the game....

 

[Screwtape2]

Wild card round:

AFC: Colts 31 KC 20
Jets 17 Pats 13

NFC: Seahawks 18 Cowboys 13
Giants 22 Eagles 16

Divisonal Round:

AFC: Chargers 20 Jets 10
Colts 21 Ravens 10

NFC: Bears 19 Seahawks 9
Saints 28 Eagles 17

Championship Sunday:

AFC: Colts 31 Chargers 20

NFC: Saints 45 Seahawks 21

SuperBowl:
Colts 38 Saints 22

 

[phanan]

Wild card round:
NFC: Giants 22 Eagles 16

Divisonal Round:
NFC: Saints 28 Eagles 17

Divisonal Round:
NFC: Bears 19 Seahawks 9

Championship Sunday:
NFC: Saints 45 Seahawks 21

Ok, you have not one but TWO teams losing twice.

Is there a new playoff system here that I don't know about?

 

[Screwtape2]

Oops. Let me fix that.

AFC: Colts 31 KC 20
Jets 17 Pats 13

NFC: Seahawks 18 Cowboys 13
Giants 22 Eagles 16

Divisonal Round:

AFC: Chargers 20 Jets 10
Colts 21 Ravens 10

NFC: Seahawks 19 Bears 9
Saints 28 Giants 17

Championship Sunday:

AFC: Colts 31 Chargers 20

NFC: Saints 45 Seahawks 21

SuperBowl:
Colts 38 Saints 22

 

[U2Kitten]

Colts - Saints, that's the matchup I want. I hope you win!

 

[phillyfan26]

I'm nervous as fuckin' hell. This one will be rough if they lose.

I can't help but think the Eagles will spoil my birthday.

 

[DaveC]

Why do you have the Cowboys so low in your playoff pool if you think they'll win two games?

You weren't supposed to tell him.

Kansas City 24 - Indianapolis 17
Pey-Pey can't keep up with Larry Johnson, who will run all over the Colts D. The whole world is now convinced that Peyton Manning can NEVER win a Super Bowl.

Seattle 31 - Dallas 28
Another big running game. At least 2 Romo INT's.

New England 27 - NY Jets 9
I can't believe Brady and Belichick will lose to the Jets, unless Mangini coaches the unbelievable game New Yorkers seem to think he's capable of (callers on WFAN are idiots, but it's hilarious).

Philadelphia 24 - NY Giants 3
I think this will be a bit closer than the score, but the Eagles have all the momentum and the Giants have Eli Manning. That's not a compliment to the Giants.

 

[phanan]

KC forgot that in order to run the ball, they need to be able to pass every now and then, too.

They should bring in Huard, cuz Green is sucking wind big time.

 

[U2Kitten]

Looks like the Colts' defense got real pissed off that everyone on TV- and most of you here- were picking them to lose and saying how Johnson was going to run all over them. If it hadn't been for Peyton's fuck ups, it would have been a complete wipeout. If it took something like insults to bring the Colts' defense to life, it was worth it. And getting Bob Sanders back helped too! Go Colts!

 

[toscano]

If that's what the Chiefs defense did to Manning, Baltimore will be a bloodbath.

A Manning at the helm, playoff game on the road, Dungy....recipe for disaster

 

[Screwtape2]

If that's what the Chiefs defense did to Manning, Baltimore will be a bloodbath.

A Manning at the helm, playoff game on the road, Dungy....recipe for disaster

I think you have it the wrong way.

If that's what they did against Green and Johnson imagine what they'll do to McNair and Lewis. Now that's the bloodbath.

 

[toscano]

I think you have it the wrong way.

If that's what they did against Green and Johnson imagine what they'll do to McNair and Lewis. Now that's the bloodbath.

4 -Strikes

1. No Dome, on the road
2. Manning
3. Dungy
4. Ray Lewis et al

Baltimore Defense :

# 1 in pts/game allowed, KC was #12
# 1 in yds/game allowed, KC was #16
#2 in Rush yds/game allowed, KC was 18
#6 in Pass yds/game allowed, KC was 18
#1 in INTs, KC was 21
#1 in TDs for INTs, KC didn't have any
#1 in Def TD
#2 in passes defensed, KC was 28
#2 in sacks, KC was 23


In terms of offense, Baltimore ranked higher than KC in pts/game, passing yards, 3rd down %, and Time-of-Possession, in which they led the entire league.

We've seen how Manning does on the road in the playoffs against good defenses, it won't be pretty. And Offensively the Ravens will control the ball.

Oh, Baltimore is unbeaten at home this season, and all indy's losses have been on the road.

Wanna bet on the outcome ?

 

[Screwtape2]

The only stats you need are these:

Last two meetings between Colts and Ravens: Colts 2-0.

The only major difference between then and now: Steve McNair.

Last four meetings between Colts and McNair's Titans: Colts 4-0.

 

[Justin24]

Fuck T.O catch the fucking BALL!!!!!!!!

 

[kellyahern]

Fuck T.O catch the fucking BALL!!!!!!!!

 

[achtunganton]

sucks for Romo
*a*

 

[randhail]

He's so done dating celebrities now.

 

[Got Philk?]

I can't wait to hear what TO says about Romo after this game...

YES!!!!

 

[achtunganton]

I can't wait to hear what TO says about Romo after this game...

YES!!!!

HAHAHA ME TOO
*a*

 

[phanan]

So much for Romo being the next Tom Brady.

 

[phanan]

Looks like the Colts' defense got real pissed off that everyone on TV- and most of you here- were picking them to lose and saying how Johnson was going to run all over them.

That's a bit of an exaageration. Go into the playoff pool thread and see how many people have Indianapolis in the top half of the teams. You'll find it is pretty evenly split.

 

[Chizip]

Romo should blame it on a New Years Eve party

 

[LMP]

Pro Bowl-tastic.

 

[ljclary]

I wasn't really rooting for either team this evening but to see a game end on a botched snap sucks. I did like seeing 5 nothing Gramatica try to put a block on however.

As for the Indy game, if KC had actually come into the building today I would be giving Indy way more props but I just wouldn't be counting my chickens yet.



Go Pats.