Tuesday, January 17, 2012

NFL 11 Wild Card weekend.

Called it! Well, mostly. Let me also say this, the difference in most of these games was turnovers. That said...

Niners-Saints. I said I hadn't watched the Niner much this year. They flew under the radar to second place (first time I recall them doing anything playoff wise since Steve Young). They made me neverous, and the Saints have been on one week, off the next. I made no actually prediction for this game, but my explanations of what could happen did. The Saints turned the ball over, a lot. And the Saints cruised pass them to the championship.

Pats-Broncos. Called it again, just as I did regular season. The reason Tebow Time has been so effective is because their defense has kept them in games to the end. But just like in the regular season, they could not keep up. The Pats have Denver d's number for some reason, and the game just gets out of reach too fast. Offensive turnovers by the Broncos sure didn't help. But that's ok. We still love you anyway Tebow.

Ravens-Texans. The only thing I didn't predict was how long the Texans would stay in it. But again, turnovers were an issue. Yates also admitted before the game to being intimidated by Baltimore's defensive legends, and it showed. I will say this, Baltimore stuggled on offense, and if they don't find a way to get something going Sunday, the Pats will make another Super Bowl.

Giants-Packers. I told you! I can give you a list of names of people that I told. The Packers were good, but their defense struggled all season, and the Giants had a defense that could hold them down. And on offense, well, Eli Manning and the Giants have a knack for winning the big games that they shouldn't win, at least on paper. It's kinda their thing. So when their defense created take-aways and kept the Packer's score down, we saw why we bELIeve in Eli.

Next week's predictions: if the Ravens can get their offense going, their defense can get them the win. However, if they play like they did last week, the Chump will make another Super Bowl appearance (won't somebody run that guy over with a bus already?). The Niners are quietly unpredictable, so it will all depend if a bunch of New Yorkers play with a chip on their shoulder or not.

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