***PLAYOFFS***

[SteppingRazor]

OK, so what's the playoff picture?

Week 1
NFC
Byes: Seattle, Chicago
Washington at Tampa Bay
Carolina at NY Giants

AFC
Byes: Indianapolis, Denver
Jacksonville at New England
Pittsburgh at Cinncinnati


My picks for the whole playoffs:
Wild Card Weekend
Wash. over Tampa
Giants over Carolina
New England over Jax
Pitt over Cincy

Divisional Playoffs:
Seattle over Wash.
Denver over New England
Indianapolis over Pitt.
Chicago over NY Giants

Conference Titles:
Seattle over Chicago
Denver over Indianapolis (Believe it!)

Super Bowl XL:
Denver over Seattle

[kick-ass-bob]

1. Interesting...

This week:
Washington at Tampa: Young QB vs old QB, hot team vs up and down team, Joe Gibbs vs John Gruden.
Washington takes it.

Carolina at NY Giants: Again, inexperienced QB vs a Super Bowl experienced QB, rain? Add a top notch defense against Eli, and does Tiki still have a dropping the ball problem?
I'm going with Carolina.

Jacksonville at New England: Tom Brady, Teddy Bruschi. Foxboro.
New England, even beating the spread.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati: This one is really tough. These 2 are pretty even, Cincy has a great turnover rate and Pitt is favored!? On the road? That is like the death knell for a road team in the playoffs.
Cincinnati takes down the men of steel.


I really can't trust QBs that haven't played in the playoffs yet, so Palmer is the only one who will win his first game.

I'll have to wait to pick anything else. I don't get good feels until the games actually approach.

[kick-ass-bob]

15. 3-1. Would've been perfect if

Palmer hadn't had his knee blown out on his first throw. x(

I know how that knee feels, personally

x( x( x(

[kick-ass-bob]

18. 2nd Round:

NFC:
Washington @ Seattle: Hawks at home, I think the offense is too much for the Skins this week, they'll keep it close, but Seattle moves on to the NFC Championship game.

Carolina @ Chicago: The rematch that I personally have been waiting for. The Panthers seem to bring their A game when it matters to them, and the playoffs are something that matters. Couple that with Grossman starting (he's played, what 1/2 of a football game this year?) and that it is his first playoff start, and the Panthers win a low scoring grind it out game, maybe as high as 17-10.


AFC:

New England @ Denver: Another rematch from early season, but this time New England is healthy. I still don't fully trust Jake Plummer, and seeing that he is going against Mr. 10-0 Playoffs on the other side of the ball, NE goes in and disrupts the running game enough to force Plummer to throw - and throw badly. I just can't shake that feeling.

New England advances.

Pittsburgh @ Indianapolis: I still don't think Pitt wins against Cincy if they had Palmer, so I sure don't think they are going into Indy and pull an upset.

Indy in a shockingly easy walk.

[nickinSTL]

2. My week 1 picks

(I'm not going to pick week 2 until week 1 is over...my record of below 60% in the regular season should make it clear why)

Week 1
NFC
Tampa Bay over Washington
Carolina over NY Giants

AFC
Jacksonville over New England
Pittsburgh over Cinncinnati

[nickinSTL]

13. 50% in week one...Week 2 picks

Seattle over Washington
New England over Denver

Indianapolis over Pittsburgh
Chicago over Carolina

[nickinSTL]

29. eww...only 25% for week 2...

here're my week 3 picks:

Seattle over Carolina
Denver over Pittsburgh

:shrug:

[nickinSTL]

36. 50% for the Conference championship games....

so now for the big one...

Seattle over Pittsburgh.

(of course, this is probably due more to my personal preference than any actual assessment of the teams involved. :D )

[bigwillq]

3. LET'S GO GIANTS!

:bounce:

[Stephist]

4. Week 1 Playoff picks

Tampa Bay Over Washington
Carolina Over N.Y.Giants
New England Over Jacksonville
Pittsburgh Over Cincinnati

[devilgrrl]

5. My week 1 picks...

NFC
Washington at Tampa Bay - Tampa
Carolina at NY Giants - NY Giants

AFC
Jacksonville at New England - New England
Pittsburgh at Cinncinnati - Cinncinati

:shrug:

[SteppingRazor]

6. Dude, why's no one got any cojones?

I picked every playoff game, dammit!

You can change latter when your initial picks don't work out, but for God's sake, at least try! Ya bunch o' wussies! :evilgrin:

[nickinSTL]

11. hey, considering how my picks for the Saturday games went...

Just as well I didn't pick further...

I think I'll wait...:/

[kick-ass-bob]

16. I get confused about who plays who if such and such wins

with this seeding stuff.

I can't remember who is what seed.

:shrug:

[trotsky]

7. Coolio

I'll go with a few crazy picks, what the hell!

Wildcard:
Tampa Bay over Washington
Carolina over NY Giants
New England over Jax
Cincinnati over Pittsburgh

Divisional:
Carolina over Seattle
Chicago over Tampa Bay
Indy over New England
Denver over Cincinnati

Conference:
Chicago over Carolina
Indy over Denver

Hope I got all those seedings right.
Super Bowl:
Indy over Chicago

[SteppingRazor]

8. Carolina over Seattle is a BOLD statement!

Love It! :thumbsup:

[trotsky]

14. I feel even better about that pick after they dismantled the Giants!

Even though now it won't happen until the NFC championship, if at all.

[fishwax]

9. My picks

Wild Card Round

New England over Jacksonville
Cincinatti over Pittsburgh

Washington over TB
Giants over Carolina

Divisional Round
New England over Indianapolis
Denver over Cincy

Seattle over Washington
Chicago over Giants

Conference Title Round
Denver over New England
Seattle over Chicago

Super Bowl
Denver beats Seattle in a AFC West Throwback game ...

(As a Bronco fan, I'll admit there's some wishful thinking here, but I've think they've got a legit shot :))

[carolinalady]

10. I pick Pittsburgh and don't care who they play!!!

Go Billy, Ben and team. I will forever be your fan. (and if by some strange unlikely chance you don't make it-I solemnly swear to root against whoever lucked out and beat you-except if they play New England)

[carolinalady]

12. Woo Hoo!!!!

One down..........

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[kick-ass-bob]

17. I don't think Steeler fans can woohoo too much.

Knock out an all-pro QB and you basically win by default.

[livetohike]

19. We have lost our #1 QB and managed to win games with the #2

Charlie Batch did a great job.

If the Bengals are "one-dimensional" then that is their fault.

GO STEELERS!

[kick-ass-bob]

20. in the playoffs?

if so, then hats off to them, because 90% of teams would not have a chance to win a playoff game with their starting QB getting hurt so early in the game.

[livetohike]

21. No, not in the playoffs

You are 100% right.

The Bengals are a good team. I'm sure they will be back in the playoffs next season.

Our bitter rivals are the Browns :-).

[JVS]

22. Woo fuckin hoo!

[kick-ass-bob]

23. well, woo hoo if you want

but don't think this really proves anything to anyone.

Good luck against the horsies. :)

[carolinalady]

27. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

watch out Denver!

[fishwax]

31. it will be one hell of a game next weekend

I can't wait. I'm so excited. Damn!

[kick-ass-bob]

33. NOW YOU CAN WOOHOO ALL YOU WANT!!

:7

[friesianrider]

28. Looks like Steelers fans have a right to "woo hoo" don't they?

Unlike Patriots fans :rofl:

And of course, Eagles fans, too ;)

[fishwax]

30. but Broncos fans are another story

we're still :woohoo:ing, and we'll be :woohoo:ing at home next week :)

[kick-ass-bob]

34. ABSOLUTELY!

I just posted that right above this one!

:7

[carolinalady]

35. Yeah Baby! I knew you could do it. Woo Hoo!!!

Living here in NC now, I do feel bad for the Panthers.
SEATTLE......knock knock

[SteppingRazor]

24. My updated picks for Week 2 and beyond...

Ah, so close. But 3-1 ain't bad. Would've been 4-0 if my deep and abiding love of the NY Giants hadn't clouded my judgement. So here we go:

Divisional Playoffs:
Seattle over Wash.
Denver over New England
Indy over Pitt.
Carolina over Chicago

Conference Titles
Seattle over Carolina
Denver over Indianapolis

Super Bowl XL:
Denver over Seattle

[BobEPeru]

25. Divisional Round

Washington over Seattle: Seattle has proven nothing as of yet this year (Indy was resting their starters when they played them), and I like a good defensive team in big games nearly every time. Yes, DC didn't produce much offense last week, but that was against a very good Tampa defense, which was a much better one than they'll be facing this week. Redskins keep it close, contain Alexander, and take the game by a field goal.

Chicago over Carolina: This one will be close. Chicago is good at stopping the run, but they are excellent in pass defense, and don't give up touchdowns very often. Carolinas defense is no slouch, but I can't forget how the Panthers looked late in the year when they had the opportunity to take control of their division. This will be a tight game decided by turnovers. By the end, I believe Bears by 7.

Denver over New England: I like Denver because they are at home, they play very well on both offense and defense, and the Pats aren't quite as healthy as they've looked recently. Don't be fooled by last week; Jacksonville was the weakest team in the playoffs. Denver by 10.

Indianapolis over Pittsburgh: I really hope I'm wrong about this, but the Steelers looked awful on defense, particularly against the pass, against the Bengals last week in the first half. They have been terrible on third down all year long, as well, and this will kill you against an offense like Indys. I saw a lot of bad tackling too. Manning has been bad in big games, but I don't think he's going to feel any pressure against this team. Indy by 14 or more.

[Stephist]

26. Picks for This Weekend

Seattle over Washington
Carolina Over Chicago
Indianapolis Over Pittsburgh
New England Over Denver

[BobEPeru]

32. Wow

My picks were awful last week, but I'll trade that for the Steelers beating the Colts, despite officials making up rules during replays, and ill timed fumbles.