NFC Playoff Picture, Yep Who Cares

Yooooo to all of our readers (especially Mikey D). Tonight I want to talk about the NFC playoff picture, ok? So what really has me excited is this Sunday nights game between the Cowboys and the Giants. I am pulling for the g-men and betting that they will win. Romo is a little banged up and I would trust Eli in a big game situation over Tony. Anyway, that should be the game of the week and will hopefully send the giants on a nice playoff run. So here is the seeding:




1). Packers
2). 49ers
3). Saints
4). Giants
5). Lions
6). Falcons








Here's how I see it playing out. Saints, at home, beat the falcons who aren't all that great. Drew Brees has a big game and they look like they could beat the packers. The Lions and Giants go at it in a great game with the g-men barely slipping by the Stafford-Megatron connection. Eli picks apart the Lions secondary in the 4th quarter and the Giants win 30-28.

Packers and the Giants once again square off and the giants, who play to the level of their competitor, stay with them until the end once again and the packers win 38-31.

The Saints and 49ers do the dance and since the 49ers are so terribly overrated, they lose to Brees' cannon and we have a packers-saints NFC bout.

This is really tough to call, because one of these teams is winning the superbowl. I almost think Brees can out-play Rodgers, but not on the road in the cold. The packers win and go back to the Superbowl, which they again win and we're all pissed off.

Better Situation: The giants steam right through everybody, meet the Jets in the superbowl, and I go to the parade either way. Go Jets. I'm out. PACE!

-J.G

Wandering Mind and the 2011 AFC Playoff Picture

I don't know what to write about right now so I'm going to start babbling and discover what I like to talk about as I'm typing. My hands are a little tired and prune-y however from sitting in a hot tub (great story). Anyway. So first may I say that the Jets really made me sad this year. Lost to some bum teams (Eagles, Raiders, Broncos) and are going to miss the playoffs this year. They are going to lose to the dolphins this week and the bengals are going to get the playoff birth. The Bengals will lose to the ravens, but the chargers will beat the raiders and the broncos will lose to the chiefs. The broncos have the edge on oak-town and the titans won't get in because if I remember correctly the bengals beat the titans in the regular season; therefore they would hold the tie breaker.So here's the AFC Playoff picture:



1) Patriots
2) Ravens
3) Texans
4) Broncos
5) Steelers
6) Bengals




Here's where it gets interesting. The Pats and Ravens enjoy their bye weeks respectively and the Texans battle the Bengals, the Broncos welcome the Steelers. The Broncos beat the banged up big ben at home because the steelers have to travel to mile-high. Broncos shock only to be destroyed the very next game by the Pats. The Texans sneak by the bengals with TJ Yates having a very average game and go on to lose to the ravens. This sucks. The pats and ravens play for a superbowl shot and the Pats head into the superbowl against _____.
This could all change with a NY Jets playoff berth. You see, the Jets would play the texans, and beat them, because the Jets are a different team in the playoffs and in my opinion match up well with the Texans. This is one of the few times having a coach like Rex Ryan pays off; he motivates them and they play hard for him when they really need to. The Jets would then play the ravens. Yes, the ravens beat them in the regular season, but thats because their defense and the Jets lack of offense allowed them too. Flacco was awful, absolutely terrible. I could see the Jets beating the Ravens for the first time in franchise history (because of a good game from Sanchez) and then playing against the Pats, who they could and would beat, and they could make it to the superbowl. It could happen, it just won't.
Another scenario would be the Steelers and Ravens switching seeds. In this case, the ravens lose to the broncos, the Steelers get the bye, then take down the texans, and then beat the pats again. Boom- superbowl repeat. I would rather them in then the Pats or Ravens though, so this scenario isn't too bad. Anyway you slice it, an NFC team is taking home the trophy this year.

I will tackle the NFC playoffs before sunday. I am tired of typing. PACE!

Schaub Down; Favre In?

So as you all have probably heard, Houston Texans QB Matt Schaub is out indefinitely with a foot injury of some sort. This leaves the AFC favorites (in some eyes) in a bit of a jiffy. Matt Leinart will be replacing him and what we've seen of him so far hasn't been too promising. I find it interesting that he got the boot in Arizona and didn't play a game for Houston last season (is this historically accurate?) and yet they are relying on him to get the job done. Profootball talk had a post today about the Texans possibly bringing in all-time great Brett Favre. Yes, I know I talk about Favre a lot on the blog but it is not enough. And this time I am dead serious; Favre to Houston could be a possibility. Bring Favre in with Andre Johnson, Foster and Tate with a revamped Wade Phillip defense and you might just get to the superbowl (and lose to the packers). I think it would be a brilliant move. Who could stop them in the AFC? Not the pats or ravens...maybe the steelers but I doubt it. The Jets won't make playoffs (at least I don't think so...but I am overly critical because I analyze every game), and I don't see the Bengals stopping them or the Titans if they come close. Raiders and Chargers are both hit-or-miss teams. I don't know, I just think they'd go to the house. The world would hate Favre more for coming back but don't count the idea out, the man is still a player and would beat out more than half the QB's for a starting job. Best Ever.
BTW- The movie "The Punisher" with Thomas Jane and Travolta is horrible. Couldn't watch more than 40 mins.
PACE to my Crab-peeps