Playoffs??!!??

New York- Wow, 1 for 1 already (I made it a rule, its not madatory to make a selection when 2 rookie QB's meet in a plyoff game, trust me its for the best.) Looking to go 3 for 3 this wild card weekend.

Who Dat? Who Dat? Who Dat said dey gone beat dem Saints??? Honestly dont knowif anyone will at this point but my first contender from the playoff preview looked damn good against one of the best D-Lines in football. Hell the Saints covered the -13.5 with relative ease and only brought their A game for the second half. I credit that win to the shee fact that you give folks from Nawlins a reason to start partying early (tailgating) by game time they will be a rowdy raucus mess of hummanity. The Saints have won every prime time home game by about 1,000,003 points. If the double upset occurs next week and both the 9ers AND Packers are sent home (which i think is a damn good possibility) the road to the Super Bowl takes a U-Turn back through the Bayou meaning the Saints defenitly for real.

Falcons @ GIANTS (-3)

Like every other sports blog out there the home team is in caps and you know what that mean, Matty Ice is being forced to play outdoors, in January, against the most clutch 4th quarter QB of all time. Say that back to youself one time and tell me you honestly feel comfortable laying a dollar on the most unprove comodity in the NFL, Matt Ryan. Everyone bags on Marino for not wining a ring, Matt Ryan is considered borderline elite and he has yet to notch a January win. The Falcons are the most left handed running team in football and that means theyre going to give Michael Turner the ball and hope he doesnt get his arms and legs ripped off by this man.

Dude is defenitly related to the Cracken monster from pirates of the caribean. Just a freightining mess of arms and legs storming through your O-Line, I would be suprised if Turners head is on using anything but duct tape. Roddy White lea the league in drops, Julio Jones is still a year away from bing the player they need him to be and the Giants are the one team in the playoffs that can get excelent pass rush without blitzing as their ends are that good. I don't see it being a blow out, but the Giants will tack on a late score and cruise to he finish line, onto Title Town for a rematch with the cheese heads.

GIANTS 35 Falcons 20

Giants D Line: Over 4 Sacks.
Matty Ryan: Over .5 INT's
Victor Cruz: Over 1.5 times my GF mentions how sexy his Salsa is.

Steelers @ Broncos +9

Look, God had to take Sundays off at some point. I dunno maybe a bolt of lightining rains down from the sky and smites Big Ben for his drunken southern debauchery and failure to obey helmet laws. Is it likely, no, but then again how likely is it Tim Tebow would ever start a playoff game, yet here we are. (For shame AFC West, for shame)

I think its way more likely we see two very strong, hit you in the mouth, but cant take the ball from you deffenses sluging it out. They were both way down towards the bottom in the league in Turnover Differential, in fact only 2 teams were worse than Pittsburghs -13. This is a huge factor when you think of just how much that number means. I dont give you good starting field positon, you give me good starting field position. For all the swiss cheese holes in Green Bays D, they're +24 (A.K.A. good for one and a half a game) in turnover differential, an they can let their offense shut it down for them.

I know its cliche but i think that changes in the playoffs, i think hard gritty determined deffenes win titles. The added caviat in todays league is you need a compotent offense, the 85 Bears migt not even be able to hack it in todays QB friendly era so D isn't quite enough. I think the Steelers are due. Now I know just about everyone rolled their eyes, but I was reading articles in week 6 about how the Steelers couldn't keep playing this well and remain unlucky with the turnovers. Eventually that will have to be true.

And what better time then when paying a visit to Mr. Sunday himself Tim Tebow. We all know the Rudy like story of the home schooled son of 2 Missionary parents who travels the world helping desolate viliages and retaining his virginity. And because we all think life should be a Disney movie we want to see that guy suceed. Look, theres a reason no one like Tebow has been successful up to this point, because this is not a scrapy tale of rag tag 7 year olds who are gonna win it all by doing it their way (we already have the Mighty Ducks thank you very much) This is the damn NFL. Things are done a ceartin way because they work now stop asking questions, go cut your hair and get a job.

Wow sorry sounded like my father for a second there. look Teow is fun and he will make a great TE or Full Back on day, hes a great runner, excelent leader and a great man. Dating my dagter sure, throwing the football in January? Not unless his team is out of the playoffs and hes in the Philipines showing some other poor child the incorrect way to toss the Pig Skin. Tebow has been on the upswing after not turning the ball over at all on his miraculous win streak to averaging 1.33 picks over his last 3 weeks. And were not talking Ravens an 9ers here, 2 of those defenses were the Pats and Bills, neither one of which hold a candle to the Steelers. I think both numbers grow this week as Tebow throws enough INT's to round that average out at 1.5 an the losing streak goes to 4, now will someone wrestle that sniper rifle out of John Elways hands please?!?

Steelers: 28 Broncos: 10

Steelers D: Over 2 Take Aways
Broncos D: Under .5 times they look like they can win it on their own.
Tim Tebow: Over 5 times my GF asks me why they let that terrible white guy throw the football.