***NFL Playoffs Thread***

[shel311]

Ok, I really just wanted to start this thread to post this awesome picture.

[DRiccio21]

thats real?

[Cnasty]

AFC Championship:

Baltimore over New England

NFC Championship:

Green Bay over 49ers

Super Bowl:

Green Bay over Baltimore

Discount Double Check x 2 titles.

[shel311]

thats real?

Lots of speculation both ways, I don't know. If real, it's so awesome. If it's fake, that's a helluva photoshop job.

I'm leaning towards fake, but I want it to be real.

[DRiccio21]

AFC

Cincy over Houston
Pitt over Denver

New England over Cincy
Baltimore over Pitt

New England over Baltimore

NFC
New Orleans over Detroit
Atlanta over NY

New Orleans over SF
Atlanta over GB

New Orleans over Atlanta

Superbowl
New Orleans over New England

* disclaimer, my confidence level on any of these predictions is about a 1. especially in the NFC. Besides the Giants, i can see any of these teams running it and winning it. My most confident prediction is that i don't think GB wins it again.

[shel311]

Dave is right!

/ sticking up for my boy

[Cnasty]

Superbowl
New Orleans over New England
.

You are more married than I thought.

[DRiccio21]

Superbowl
New Orleans over New England
.

You are more married than I thought.

so true.

picking the Saints is my homer pick without being an obvious homer picking the Steelers

[trendon]

Here is my one thing: if you don't pick the Patriots because of their defense, you don't pick the Packers either.

[cougnix]

AFC

Cincy over Houston
Pitt over Denver

New England over Cincy
Baltimore over Pitt

New England over Baltimore

NFC
New Orleans over Detroit
Atlanta over NY

New Orleans over SF
Atlanta over GB

New Orleans over Atlanta

Superbowl
New Orleans over New England

* disclaimer, my confidence level on any of these predictions is about a 1. especially in the NFC. Besides the Giants, i can see any of these teams running it and winning it. My most confident prediction is that i don't think GB wins it again.

NFC picks are unlikely because they are all road team winners until the NFC Championship. When has that ever happened? I don't think Atlanta beats GB.

[shel311]

NFC picks are unlikely because they are all road team winners until the NFC Championship. When has that ever happened?

Probably doesn't happen often.

But, road teams were 3-5 in the 1st 2 round last season, so the homefield advantage in the playoffs is somewhat overstated sometimes.

[Cnasty]

Here is my one thing: if you don't pick the Patriots because of their defense, you don't pick the Packers either.

I dont pick the Patriots because they always have a hard time with Baltimore that I can remember.

But Baltimore is a different team on the road, especially Flacco.

I just dont see Rodgers being stopped in Lambeau.

[swellvermin]

AFC has no chance except for NE. Not enough offense to keep up with any NFC team. We'll find out tomorrow who's going to run the table this year.

[DRiccio21]

Here is my one thing: if you don't pick the Patriots because of their defense, you don't pick the Packers either.

i just think the Pats have the road of least resistance, so i pick them. i don't think they're that good but neither is any AFC team, especially if the Ravens on the road and Big Ben is hurt.

The NFC is full of good teams... there isn't one outcome that would surprise me.

[nick]

if its NE vs GB Superbowl I probably wont even watch. it'll be Baylor-Wash 2 with absolutely no D and first team to 50 wins.

I hope SF makes it cause I got a soft spot for Harbaugh

[GeorgesGoons]

I'll start off by saying I CANT FUCKING STAND THE NFL!!!!

I heard yesterday here in the Springs that of the last 5 .500 or below (Seatle) teams, 4 of them have won. I wouldn't completely count out Denver, Pittsburg is all banged up.

Plus I want Denver to win because I have a bet with my Leautenant, who is from Pittsburg, that if Denver wins he has to come accross the finish line of his two mile run on his PT test and do the "Tebow." He'll be at the game and this will be the first time I ever have rooted for a Tebow led team.

[vicktim7]

nothing would be sweeter than dispatching new york and heading to lambeau. well, i'll take that back. dispatching new york and watching the saints get beat by the lions so we could go to san fransico might not be bad. it's two birds with one stone.

[iRoccafella]

Wild Card-
Falcons over Giants
Saints over Lions
Texans over Bengals
Steelers over Broncos

Divisional-
Niners over Saints
Pack over Falcons
Texans Over Pats (prayer)
Ravens over Steelers

Championship-
Niners over Pack
Texans over Ravens

Superbowl-
Niners over Texans

I don't even like the Niners, but I'd like to see some teams that haven't been there in a while/ever. Lions/Texans would be epic, but I don't see it happening sadly...

[VeniVediV1ci]

Rocco has been drinking

my guesses:
CIN > HOU
PIT > DEN
NO > DET
NYG > ATL

then
NE > CIN
BAL > PIT
NO > SF
GB > NYG

next
GB > NO
BAL > NE (no clue I just think NE sucks)

super bowl
GB > BAL

...i need to fill out a pool where you assign a team 1-12 points based on when they win you get the number of points you assigned to them. With this prediction I have:

3 wins: GB (12)
2 wins: BAL (11), NO (10)
1 win: NE (9), PIT (8), CIN (7), NYG (6)

that would leave: DET (1), DEN (2), ATL (3), HOU (4), SF (5)

I hesitate a little with this because I need to consider likelihoods to sort of cover my ass if a prediction I get is wrong. I would be shocked if Detroit won, feel similarly but a little less confident with Denver. Atlanta could go on the road and win, but Houston's gotta have a better chance at home. Am I foolish putting the Giants at 6 because I think they'll win a game I think is a toss-up or should I hedge a little and put SF at 6 with ATL 4/NYG 5. What would you do? (need to submit something by noon)

[Block M]

I'd say there was no shot had this been the first meeting between Detroit and New Orleans but since they played just over a month ago I think it's a close game with Detroit definitely covering the 10.5 pt spread.