Thursday, January 22, 2009

Superbowl Time

This year's superbowl is strange to see the least. I'd never thought i'd see the cardinals in the superbowl ever. They are like the tampabay rays except the rays are going to have staying power for a long time. The cardinals are a flash in the pan and got lucky the usual teams didn't make the playoffs or got elminanted early such as the Cowboys, Giants, or Saints. My feeling about the superbowl is, that it will be a boring game IMO. The cardinals, i'm rooting for but if I'm a betting man and my gut is going to the steelers in an ugly game. My score pick is 27-17, but the Cardinals will get a garbage TD with the game over. Parker will win the MVP as he will yet again break a big one in the superbowl. Warner will struggle again against a 3-4 defense and have a repeat performance like he did in 2001 against the Pats. Oh well, what are going to say, spring training is just around the corner.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to everyone. I will be putting down my predictions for the Wild card weekend for the NFL Playoffs.

Atlanta Falcons vs. Arizona Cardinals in Arizona NBC 4:30 PM Saturday.

My thoughts on this match up is, can Atlanta slowdown Arizona's air attack. If Atlanta can do that they can win this game by more than 10 points. Can Michael Turner continue to run wild as he approaches 400 carries on the season and can Matt Ryan hit a couple of deep passes to Roddy White and Harry Douglas. My opinion of this game is, that Atlanta will prove how weak the NFC west was and how good of a division the NFC south was this year. I think Turner can get 120 Yards and a TD, while Matt Ryan throws for 230 Yards and 2 TD's and 1 INT. Kurt Warner will attempt to keep this game close by throwing for close to 400 yards and 2 scores. However, Atlanta wins the game 27-17.

Indianapolis Colts vs. San Diego Chargers in San Diego NBC 8:00 PM Saturday.

My thoughts about this match up is, can Indy slow down Philip Rivers as he has been on fire the last 5 weeks of the season. Can the Chargers get to Manning as they have in the past or will Manning pick them apart. If the Colts can slowdown Rivers just a little bit and control Darren Sproles, then they have a great chance to win. Personally I think the Colts will be just a bit too much for the 8-8 Chargers and win in a shootout type of game. I see this game being Indy 38, San Diego 31.

Baltimore Ravens vs. Miami Dolphins in Miami CBS 1:00 PM Sunday

Can the 2008 Dolphins who went 1-15 last year and claimed their only win over Baltimore upset Baltimore again. I don't think it will happen, but they have a shot. If Joe Flacco falters, this will be a very low scoring game. I don't think Miami can score more than 13 points on the vaulted Baltimore defense. However, my prediction is that Flacco will have a solid game, not allowing Miami to stay in the game from costly turnovers. Chad Pennington will be hurting after this game as Baltimore will get to him at least 4 or 5 times in this game. My predictions is Baltimore 24, Miami 10.

Philadelphia Eagles vs Minnesota Vikings in Minneapolis FOX 4:30 PM Sunday

Can the Eagles continue their hot streak or get beat by one of their fomer cordinators in Brad Childress. The biggest question of this game is, can Taveras Jackson be able to perform with the eagles sending their blitz packages. If Jackson can, Minnesota can win this game. If not, this game will be a blowout. I think that Jackson will struggle and play poorly in the 1st half of the game. Gus Ferotte will be in the game in the second half while Jackson gets benched. Donovan McNabb will have a strong game as his offensive line controls Jered Allen and the Williamsons. Brian Westbrook will have a solid game of 80 yards rushing, five or six catches, and a couple of TD's. DeSean Jackson will beat someone deep for a score, while this game becomes a rout. My prediction of this game, Eagles 41, Vikings 10.