Cardinals vs. Saints
Hey, the Cardinals are who we thought they were, The Packers defense took the weekend off and handed it to them. The Saints are struggling but anytime you got Drew Brees at QB you have a chance to light up the scoreboard. Plus both of these teams are equally capable of being utterly incompetent on the defensive end. The Packers and Cardinals may have combined to break a bunch of playoff records last weekend. I wouldn't be shocked to see those same records being broken this weekend. Definitely a lot of potential for an Arena Football Style score.
Saints 70 Cardinals 56
Ravens vs. Colts
Not sure which direction I want to take here. I'm still not sold on the Ravens being Super Bowl bound despite their win over New England. The Colts are way more talented but since their starters haven't gotten serious playing time in almost a month, they probably won't bring their A-game. Colts ain't going all the way but they at least live to see another week.
Colts 28 Ravens 14
Cowboys vs. Vikings
It would be totally sweet if these teams could lose to each other. There is absolutely nothing redeemable or likable about either team and their QBs (Romo and Favre). A match-up between two QBs who horribly under perform in the clutch, either way whoever wins is getting ambushed by the Saints. Since Tony Romo has never held the Packers hostage I will begrudgingly pick him to win his second playoff game.
Cowboys 17 Vikings 10
Jets vs. Chargers
So they Jets have a nice little win streak going and somehow found their way to the second round. They were playing a team from Cincinnati which these days is a victory for the opposing team regardless of it's the NFL (see above), College Football (my body is probably still mad at me for this one) or College Hoops (i've seen Cincinnati's basketball team choke in the clutch twice in the last week in a half while working out at the gym).
In addition to being immensely more talented, the Chargers have played so well, they couldn't lose even if they wanted to. Another advantage for San Diego is they play the weakest team that made it to the second round.
Chargers 35 Jets 21
That's a great pick for the score of the Saints/Cards game. I'd like to find some loophole that would allow both the Cowboys and Vikings to lose also.
ReplyDeleteIt looked like there was a chance for the prediction to come true for the first few minutes of the game but then it got too one-sided, being forced to play Leinart didn't help any for the Cards.
ReplyDeleteAt this point, i'm placing hope on the Saints completely demoralizing the Vikings next week.