NFL Divisional Round Playoffs - Often Imitated, Never Duplicated!

[Tyche]

The berating you guys gave the poor soul who made the thread on a god damned Monday (or was it Sunday night?) was excellent. I think you made him feel kind of bad. Anyway, here we are just a weekend away from conference championships and I'm seeing an alarming trend in the playoffs...Defense

Tennessee
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
New York Giants
Philadelphia
Arizona(JUST KIDDING!)

Most of these teams have a respectable defense to say the least. If you're a fan of offense, this year isn't your year. In one game we have a rookie vs a journeyman, in another we have a douchebag vs a guy who headbutts windshields...not real exciting offensively this year unless the Cardinals actually show up again (and hey, they could!). Onto the picks!

Baltimore Ravens @ Tennessee Titans - Kerry and the Ravens have quite the little history here. Kerry's Giants were beat in the superbowl in 2000 by the Ravens. Kerry got his revenge earlier this season with a win in Baltimore. Since that point though, Baltimore has faced tougher matchups and came out firing. They navigated a a tough schedule and won a road game in the playoffs with a rookie head coach and a rookie QB. Simply amazing. Ed Reed. Ed fucking Reed. That's all I have to say about him. Two high potent defenses vs 2 average at best offenses (although I think Baltimore did get, like, 10th in scoring. Coin flip game for me. I can't see Joey Flacco going in and stealing another in the environment that is Nashville. Drunk tits in cowboy hats and chaos on Broadway. Tennessee wins.

San Diego Chargers @ Pittsburgh Steelers - Boy was that last game close? Well, kinda, but not really. Refs botched a call (lolchargers) at the end of the game and didn't give Pitt a TD they earned. Stat of the day...Pitt is 13-0 against the Chargers at home in the regular season, and 0-2 at home in the playoffs. Not only did Pitt beat them in the scorebox, but Pitt overly owned them in the stat categories. Pitt had a damn good offensive game comparitively speaking. Game time weather.com prediction...21 degrees with a 30% chance of snow. Cold as balls. I see little darren getting eaten like a turkey in this game and Parker finally showing up again. Steelers win.

Philadelphia Eagles @ New York Giants - I said, like, 15 weeks ago or something that the Eagles were on the cusp of something special. It's finally coming to fruition. McNabb is playing well and Reid is (AND FUCKING HAS BEEN) a great coach. On the flip side, the Giants are as healthy as ever and their last meeting was their first (I think?) without Burress and Peirce was a train wreck. On top of all of that, it's damn hard to beat a team at home twice. If Philly can do to the Giants running game what they did to Adrian Peterson (who was all-for-one-run, a noshow last week), they will win this game. That defense is excellent. I'm picking my Birds I've been flying in on for the past month...speaking of birds!

Arizona Cardinals @ Carolina Panthers - Here we get a rematch of a very very good game from earlier in the season. Sure, Arizona is like, 0-70 going east this year, but they were damn competitive in this game, and they know they have the ability to beat Carolina. Arizona led by 14 in the third quarter of that game. Warner threw for damn near 400 yards in that game, but a late surge by the CLUTCH Jake Delhomme brought down the mighty cardinals. I have this feeling that birds will fly high again in this game, and a Cardinals team high off a home playoff win will play lights-out again for the second strait week and march back into Arizona for a fucking nuthouse NFC championship game.

[Boyiee]

Still saying pitt/nyg superbowl.

[Headspace]

Ravens are my upset pick this week.

[Lbelle]

I'm going for the Ravens over the Titans too.

[tyven]

hey remember when that other guy tried to make this thread. that shit was funny

edit: oh man i typed this before i read your full title. nice work

[Tyche]

Girls can't watch pro-football. You'll probably die from the chaos at UF this weekend anyway, you'll never see it. You guys do set couches on fire to highlight a national championship right?

[Devolver]

Yeah idk, calling the ravens an upset pick is kinda ugh. It might be the upset on paper, but i just see them destroying the Titans

And i hate Collins, fucking alcoholic complaining prick (from his time at Carolina)

[Stiker]

Ravens, Pitt, Carolina, Giants.

[Gregorio]

Titans - I'll take a veteran QB in a playoff game at home over a rookie on the road any day
Steelers - Just cause I still hate D-Bag Rivers
Philly - Homer pick. If they can continue stuffing the run and rattling Manning they should win
Carolina - I know Arizona looked good last week, but I don't know if they could keep it up vs. a solid Carolina team

[Akiyama]

Steelers, Titans, Panthers, Giants. Going all chalk this weekend, which I know is stupid. Cardinals could wi-... no. I'm sorry. I just can't.

Anyway, I could see the Ravens/Titans going either way, but I'm hitching my pick on the Ravens having a short week and coming off of a physical game with Miami. The 27-9 score doesn't say much about how physical it was. I don't know about the Chargers. They can be so good one week, and lay a complete egg the next. Giants/Eagles could really go either way too. If we get McNabb of the second half from the Vikings game, it'll be super close with Philly possibly winning. If we get first half Philly, then uh.. Giants could win by more than a TD.

[Deejay]

Baltimore
San Diego
New York
Carolina

I think that extra week of rest + the home crowd will help NY win this game. However, I'm ok with Philly beating us as long as they win the superbowl. If not, I will be hella pissed/depressed. I've always secretly rooted for Philly/McNabb, although I hate their fans and the city.

[Devolver]

Well. I think if Carolina wins, they really need to win by alot, the style points really kick in this time of year, and it'll wake up the eyes of some of those voters

The Eagles could really mess up the pre-season rankings with a win over the Giants, also with....

...wait...

[Null]

Remember that dude that made the topic on Monday? Yeah...that was funny.

[Royal]

Chargers vs someone superbowl!

[Lbelle]

Girls can't watch pro-football. You'll probably die from the chaos at UF this weekend anyway, you'll never see it. You guys do set couches on fire to highlight a national championship right?

Last time we won the national championships I don't remember any couches being set on fire, although it definitely wouldn't surprise me. It's just a mass of like 30,000 people screaming their drunken brains out down one street for like two hours then everyone goes to sleep for school the next day haha.

Aside from that though, ever since coming to this school I've been really into football, but since I'm from MD my older brother and dad said I have to like the Redskins. Since they sucked the D this season like they always fuckin do, I'll just hope the Ravens do well instead!

[Sol-Blackguy]

Ravens Superbowl this year with Ed Reed as MVP (unless Flacco does something awesome from here on out)

[Kyo]

Ravens, Giants, Panthers, Steelers.

The carolina game has potential to be a shootout, panthers secondary isnt very good and besides a game or two arizona hasnt stopped the run well, other two games, giants by 7 and ravens by a field goal, I really like joe flacco, I really like seeing rookies play well him and ryan were inspirational this season how they matured and played all season. Also Ed Reed, Ed Reed, Ed MOTHERFUCKING REED.

P.S GO GATORS

Ill be at the game thursday night.

[Mizango]

Ravens are my upset pick this week.

^

That is by far the most exciting game to me. Oh man I cant wait to see that shit.

[Mizango]

Ravens, Giants, Panthers, Steelers.

The carolina game has potential to be a shootout, panthers secondary isnt very good and besides a game or two arizona hasnt stopped the run well, other two games, giants by 7 and ravens by a field goal, I really like joe flacco, I really like seeing rookies play well him and ryan were inspirational this season how they matured and played all season. Also Ed Reed, Ed Reed, Ed MOTHERFUCKING REED.

P.S GO GATORS

Ill be at the game thursday night.

Agreed 100%.

Go Gators indeed, going to the game? You lucky motherfucker you. Ill be at the Panthers game!! Dude I cant wait, ima be the dude cookin' Livermush and Grits at the tail gate party lol.

[Abraxas]

their last meeting was their first (I think?) without Burress and Peirce was a train wreck

Pierce played in that game, it was just Burress who was out. unless you count Jacobs who had limited play due to his knee.