NFL Playoff Picks

[Cptn Corizon 0]

::would like to point out that he early, as in friday afternoon, predicted that the Pats would lose, as would the Colts...waves his Terrible Towel::

[Ens. Lizzy Troi 0]

My guess Chicago Bears Will win but I don't know I will watch it

 

Lizzy S

[WxMurray 0]

::would like to point out that he early, as in friday afternoon, predicted that the Pats would lose, as would the Colts...waves his Terrible Towel::

Grr... ;)

 

I would have thought that both the Pats and Colts would do better. Both teams lost to their mistakes.

 

And I hate to say this, but I think the Steelers are going to manhandle the Broncos. If we could hold their offense, the Steelers can, too. :rolleyes: Whoever goes to the Super Bowl, though, I want to lose to the NFC team, preferably the Seahawks.

 

And as I predicted Chicago is losing. :P

[WxMurray 0]

Say it with me:

 

O-VER-RATED! ::clap clap clap-clap clap::

O-VER-RATED! ::clap clap clap-clap clap::

I so called this. They had a good D, but their O not so much.

[Travis Kroells 0]

I so called this. They had a good D, but their O not so much.

::Gives Murray a merit badge and a "No one cares" sticker::

 

::Makes other plans since the Super Bowl is no longer important::

[eagle 0]

Told ya to watch out for the kitties(panthers)......heh,heh... :rolleyes: ;)

[John_Anderson 0]

Ugh... what a terrible weekend. The teams that should have won, lost because of there own stupid mistakes (Except for the Panthers. They won because Steve Smith just whooped the Bears Defense). Let me just add... the officials at the Denver/New England game were terrible. Ugh... Alright ladies, time to pick the Conference Champs. Lets see em'.

 

AFC Championship Game:

Pittsburgh at Denver

Winner: Pittsburgh wins 20-10

 

Talk about the last matchup anyone thought was going to happen in the Championship game this year. I will give props to Pittsburgh, and it's shocking win over Indianapolis yesterday (And if you all know me, I loath Peyton Manning, so it's always fun to see him choke in the playoffs ;)). They earned it, even though they nearly lost it, they still got the W.

 

In this game, I see Denver doing what it did last weekend with New England: Not being able to move the ball very much, especially against a very physical defense like Pittsburgh's. Denver's defense is going to be it's only hope to keep itself in the game, but Roethlisberger and Pittsburgh's passing game has been greatly improving. They'll plow right on over the Defense, and as previously mentioned, the Denver offense won't do much like it did last time.

 

NFC Championship Game:

Carolina at Seattle

Winner: Seattle wins 27-20

 

Carolina just lost DeShaun Foster, their number one rusher on the team. This will hurt Carolina big time, especially with a team who lived off of their rushing game when they went to the Super Bowl last time. I don't see Mike Holmgren letting Carolina's other big weapon, Steve Smith, run over Seattle's hope to make it's Super Bowl appeareance this year; one that they clearly deserve.

 

Seattle proved that even without MVP Shaun Alexander, they can rely on Matt Hasselbeck to keep them alive, even against a strong Defense like Washington's. This momentum is going to carry them pass the Carolina Panthers (This is from someone who actually likes them, if it wasn't for the fact that they were too inconsistent during the regular season for my tastes, like last years Atlanta Falcons). EDIT: I meant the parenthetical remark towards the Panthers and not Seattle, FYI; Seattle played great this season.

 

Seattle will make it to the Super Bowl.

 

And I'll keep it at that. I save my actual winner of the Super Bowl for when we know for sure who's going to make it. :rolleyes:

Edited January 17, 2006 by John_Anderson

[WxMurray 0]

Ugh... what a terrible weekend. The teams that should have won, lost because of there own stupid mistakes (Except for the Panthers. They won because Steve Smith just whooped the Bears Defense). Let me just add... the officials at the Denver/New England game were terrible. Ugh... Alright ladies, time to pick the Conference Champs. Lets see em'.

 

AFC Championship Game:

Pittsburgh at Denver

Winner: Pittsburgh wins 20-10

 

Talk about the last matchup anyone thought was going to happen in the Championship game this year. I will give props to Pittsburgh, and it's shocking win over Indianapolis yesterday (And if you all know me, I loath Peyton Manning, so it's always fun to see him choke in the playoffs ;)). They earned it, even though they nearly lost it, they still got the W.

 

In this game, I see Denver doing what it did last weekend with New England: Not being able to move the ball very much, especially against a very physical defense like Pittsburgh's. Denver's defense is going to be it's only hope to keep itself in the game, but Roethlisberger and Pittsburgh's passing game has been greatly improving. They'll plow right on over the Defense, and as previously mentioned, the Denver offense won't do much like it did last time.

 

NFC Championship Game:

Carolina at Seattle

Winner: Seattle wins 27-20

 

Carolina just lost DeShaun Foster, their number one rusher on the team. This will hurt Carolina big time, especially with a team who lived off of their rushing game when they went to the Super Bowl last time. I don't see Mike Holmgren letting Carolina's other big weapon, Steve Smith, run over Seattle's hope to make it's Super Bowl appeareance this year; one that they clearly deserve.

 

Seattle proved that even without MVP Shaun Alexander, they can rely on Matt Hasselbeck to keep them alive, even against a strong Defense like Washington's. This momentum is going to carry them pass the Carolina Panthers (This is from someone who actually likes them, if it wasn't for the fact that they were too inconsistent during the regular season for my tastes, like last years Atlanta Falcons).

 

Seattle will make it to the Super Bowl.

 

And I'll keep it at that. I save my actual winner of the Super Bowl for when we know for sure who's going to make it. :rolleyes:

I agree with everything you said, from the mistakes and officials to loathing Peyton Manning to Super Bowl teams. And I also do not have a SB victor at this time. This one'll take a lot to figure out.

[STSF NDak 0]

We got Bill Cowher Power runnin' the show,

Got a 36-Speed Bus ready to go!

 

Wave Terrible Towels of Black and Gold, 'cause

PITTSBURGH'S GOIN' TO THE SUPER BOWL!

 

Wave Terrible Towels of Black and Gold, 'cause

PITTSBURGH'S GOIN' TO THE Super BOWL!

[WxMurray 0]

We got Bill Cowher Power runnin' the show,

Got a 36-Speed Bus ready to go!

 

Wave Terrible Towels of Black and Gold, 'cause

PITTSBURGH'S GOIN' TO THE SUPER BOWL!

 

Wave Terrible Towels of Black and Gold, 'cause

PITTSBURGH'S GOIN' TO THE SUPER BOWL!

Oh, God. And so the torture begins. :blink: :blink:

[Kansas_Jones 0]

We got Bill Cowher Power runnin' the show,

Got a 36-Speed Bus ready to go!

 

Wave Terrible Towels of Black and Gold, 'cause

PITTSBURGH'S GOIN' TO THE SUPER BOWL!

 

Wave Terrible Towels of Black and Gold, 'cause

PITTSBURGH'S GOIN' TO THE Super BOWL!

Well, SOMEBODY'S a Steelers fan. :blink:

[John_Anderson 0]

Alright ladies and germs, it's Super Bowl time, let's see those picks!

 

Super Bowl XL

Seattle at Pittsburgh

Winner: Seattle wins 31-27

MVP: Matt Hasselbeck/Shaun Alexander (Tie)

 

Alright, I will not deny that I have very impressed by Pittsburgh's run to the Super Bowl. They did after all beat the #1, 2, and 3 seeds in the AFC; a very impressive feat. But, I just don't see them being able to take away Seattle's chances for its first Super Bowl win. This is one of the strongest teams not only in the NFC, but the entire NFL. Seattle's offense is just as explosive as the Colts was, but don't expect Matt Hasselbeck to make the same mistakes that Peyton Manning made. Seattle did beat two of the best of Defenses (By a combined total of 54 points! Now that's impressive) in the entire NFC, and arguably in the NFL, to make it this far in the playoffs.

 

Shaun Alexander is going to come ripping and roaring through that great Pittsburgh defense, like he did against the Panthers. Hasselbeck is also going show why he was one the best QB's in the league in this game. Neither team is going to underestimate the other (Even though Seattle is coming into this game as the underdog). But the Seattle defense did lead the league in sacks, and against a Pittsburgh offense that's been going to it's passing game a lot more than it's expected running game in the playoffs, this will add up, and it'll help Seattle build up a little bit of a lead.

 

It's gonna be a close game though, I would not be surprised if it's decided by less than a Touchdown. So there ya go. Mock it all you want, I have a good feeling that this is the way its going to go.

 

Let's see what you all say. :blink:

[Elgor 0]

I say ahem LISTEN TO THE FOOTBALL PROPHET IF HE'S WRONG I OWE MY SELF 20 BUCKS BECAUSE I MAKE ALL MY BETS BASED ON HIM. Man I yelled a lot there, but you get the idea

[Grom 0]

w00t!

 

Seattle- 31

Pittsburgh- 3

[WxMurray 0]

Here are some responses I posted on a sports forum:

 

Some of the world's most...electronic people...and let's start of, as always, with the First Word....Stink-o! The stink-o was the NFL Conference Championship games...Seattle beat up the Panthers 34-14 and the Broncos-Steelers game wasn't much better, Pittsburgh winning 34-17. So, what do you all make of Sunday's games?

 

If the Conference Championships are supposed to be between the top two teams in each conference, then I have no clue what was on on Sunday. Both the Steelers and the Seahawks manhandled their opponents. The Broncos and Panthers never had a chance. The Steelers and Seahawks knew what they wanted and knew what they had to do so they did it.

 

There are two possible Super Bowl scenarios. A) It will be an exciting game between to great teams. 2) One team falls apart and the other runs away with the game.

 

 

The first betting line for the Super Bowl came out Monday. The Steelers are 3.5 to 4 point favorites (depending on which source you use) over the Seahawks.

 

So, Buy or Sell the Steelers being 3.5 to 4 points better than the Seahawks?

 

The Steelers have outscored their opponents 366-247, while the Seahawks have outscored their opponents 432-263. In TDs the Steelers have 42 (opponents 25) and the Seahawks have 54 (oppenents 23); the Seahawks have more TDs for and fewer against than the Steelers, meaning that the discrepancy comes down to field goals, where the Seahawks have been outscored 102-54.

 

Given the nature of these two teams this game could easily be a shootout with TDs left and right (it might not be, but we'll save that discussion for later). In the end, it could come down to field goals, maybe even a Vinatieri-like situation. The Steelers winning by about four is a plausible outcome.

 

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And with that, here are my picks: I have absolutely no clue. It'll probably be game time before I choose. :blink: