NFL Playoff Predictions

[JW]

NFL Playoff predictions

AFC
Wild Card
San Diego over Tennessee
Jacksonville over Pittsburgh
Divisional
New England over Jacksonville
Indianapolis over San Diego
AFC Championship
Indianapolis over New England - Vinatieri makes a last second field Goal to win the game

NFC
Wild Card
New York over Tampa Bay
Seattle over Washington
Divisional
Dallas over New York
Green Bay over Seattle
NFC Championship
Dallas over Green Bay - Favre's continues to play poorly in Dallas and he announces his retirement in the Post Game press Conference.

Super Bowl
Dallas over Indianapolis - Nick Folk wins the game on a 53 yard kick as time expires.

[laxfan25]

Too much Texas Tea there John!

NFL Playoff predictions

AFC
Wild Card
San Diego over Tennessee
Jacksonville over Pittsburgh

Divisional
New England over Jacksonville
Indianapolis over San Diego

AFC Championship
New England over Indy, as New England gives Peyton that sour look once again, and Randy Moss hauls in 2 TD's over 50 yards. NE - 34-24

NFC
Wild Card
Tampa Bay over NY Giants
Washington over Seattle (two road wins - very unusual)

Divisional
Dallas over Washington
Green Bay over Tampa Bay
NFC Championship
Dallas over Green Bay - Favre's continues to play poorly in Dallas

Super Bowl
New England over Dallas - as the Super Bowl reverts to form of not being nearly as exciting as the conference championship games. All the talk is whether there should be an asterisk next to their record (no!). As the clock winds down to the final seconds, a major news story breaks - Bill Belichick cracks a smile.

[LaxTV_Admin]

NFC
Washington over Seattle
NY Giants over Tampa

AFC
Chargers over Titans
Steelers over Jax

Divisional
NFC
Washington over Dallas
Green Bay over Giants

AFC
Patriots over Steelers
Colts over Chargers


Championship
Green Bay over Washington
Patriots over Colts

Super Bowl
Patriots over Green Bay

ps. I am a Skins fan

[Dan Wishengrad]

Absolutely dominating performance by the Seahawks defense. Redskins were better than I thought they'd be, with an impressive 4th quarter comeback to take the lead after being shutout until the final quarter.
Not a great game by Hasselbeck but he got it done when it counted, driving the Hawks down the field for the go-ahead touchdown to Hackett, who has really been missed most of this season. D.J. is MONEY.

If Seattle can bring this kind of defensive intensity again next week, there's absolutely no reason we can't beat Green Bay. Should be a great game at Lambeau next week.

[Madlax16]

NFC
Washington over Seattle
NY Giants over Tampa

AFC
Chargers over Titans
Steelers over Jax

Divisional
NFC
Washington over Dallas
Green Bay over Giants

AFC
Patriots over Steelers
Colts over Chargers


Championship
Green Bay over Washington
Patriots over Colts

Super Bowl
Patriots over Green Bay

ps. I am a Skins fan

Stereotypical NoVA Foreskins fan. Buts its cool cuz now portis can work on his putting for next few months.

[laxfan25]

A couple of great games, with apparent easy wins becoming MUCH tighter before the end. It was funny, I was at BW3 and left with Seattle ahead 13-0. Got home five minutes later and flipped it on - 14-13 Skins! Wah???
Seattle didn't being that kind of heat all season on defense - where did that come from? Did they shoot their wad today? Green Bay in the cold - tough.
A real thriller in Pittsburgh. Great comeback by the Steelers, Jax had really tight throats, but Garrard's scramble was killer. I don't understand why Hines Ward can grab and twist the defender's face mask while running his route and get the interference call, but he is one tough SOB! Fun to watch because he looks like HE'S having so much fun.

Great start to the post-season. These really are professionals - they're good!
Sorry about the Stillers, Zeuslax.

[Dan Wishengrad]

Seattle didn't being that kind of heat all season on defense - where did that come from? Did they shoot their wad today? Green Bay in the cold - tough.

Seattle defense has been great all year, and would have set a franchise record for fewest points allowed in a season until that meaningless fiasco at Atlanta in the final week. Credit Paul Allen for opening up his wallet -- the addition of Grant and Russell shored up a previously weak defensive backfield, and the big move to sign Patrick Kerney (great lacrosse player, by the way) added the much-needed pass rush. Hawks have perhaps the best linebacking trio in the NFL with Tatupu, Julian Peterson and the vastly underrated Leroy Hill, and can dominate the way they did today the next two weeks also.... but they need to find a way to run the ball or it's going to end at frigid Lambeau next week. But Favre is going to take his lumps win or lose, what a great story line with our coach leading his team into a stadium from Holmgren Way there in GB.

But I like our chances, actually. We don't have the O-line or running game we had in 2005, but we always have had the rep of being a "soft" team. No more. Seahawks can really play smash-mouth defense, and we have been flying under the radar coming out of a pathetically weak division. I think Seattle has a chance to even host the NFC title game, because if the Giants beat TB tomorrow I like NY's chances to upset Dallas the following week.

[Zeuslax]

A real thriller in Pittsburgh. Great comeback by the Steelers, Jax had really tight throats, but Garrard's scramble was killer. I don't understand why Hines Ward can grab and twist the defender's face mask while running his route and get the interference call, but he is one tough SOB! Fun to watch because he looks like HE'S having so much fun.

Great start to the post-season. These really are professionals - they're good!
Sorry about the Stillers, Zeuslax.

Brutal game here. I actually saw two people crying and one looked like he could play linebacker for the Steelers. Heinz is great, that laughing while your playing stuff amazes me still. Seattle looked sharp.

I still NE is too tough for anyone.

[laxfan25]

Not actually seeing many of the Seahwks games this season - just tracking scores and fantasy stats - I guess the D got overlooked. All the players you mention were ferocious today.
Trivia question - how many mentions and replays will there be in the coming week of Hasslebeck's OT coinflip promise that "we're gonna take the ball and score a TD!"? Over/under is 200.

[LaxTV_Admin]

NFC
Washington over Seattle
NY Giants over Tampa

AFC
Chargers over Titans
Steelers over Jax

Divisional
NFC
Washington over Dallas
Green Bay over Giants

AFC
Patriots over Steelers
Colts over Chargers


Championship
Green Bay over Washington
Patriots over Colts

Super Bowl
Patriots over Green Bay

ps. I am a Skins fan

Stereotypical NoVA Foreskins fan. Buts its cool cuz now portis can work on his putting for next few months.

Or it could be I truly thought the Redskins had the momentum to beat the Seahawks.

I would take just about any team over Dallas right now. Without T.O. they are a different team.

Hopefully I do better than 0-2 today

[Madlax16]

Which i agree....they are a totally different team with out TO. However, good thing for me he should be back in time to win our next game.

[JW]

I wouldn't be too much of a Cowboy fan if i didn't believe they could go all the way. I like Indy's chances against New England, assuming NE can beat Jax

Thru 3 games this weekend i am at 100% and looking good in the final game of the wild card.

In the Sea - Was game, the thing i was most impressed with was the defense and their pass rush. That Pass Rush is going to give Favre problems next week and if the defense can do that again, i have a feeling it will be a long day for the Pack

[LaxTV_Admin]

In the Sea - Was game, the thing i was most impressed with was the defense and their pass rush. That Pass Rush is going to give Favre problems next week and if the defense can do that again, i have a feeling it will be a long day for the Pack

Seattle has to be concerned that they got eaten alive in the second half by Todd Collins a career backup. The same mistakes against Favre results in 21 points not 14.

Washington ought to have had that game close, but two big plays (missed field goal and Santana Moss giving up) cost them big time. After the second they were pretty much done.

Too bad. It was a magical run, if you can call losing in the first round of the playoffs magical

[GrayBear]

Green Bay in the cold - tough.

Not.

[laxfan25]

Green Bay in the cold - tough.

Not.

I dunno, this sounds tough to me....

Green Bay is 40-5 under Favre at home when the game-time temperature is below 35 degrees --

This was as of December '06 - I don't think the ratio has changed that much since. I'll take the Pack next weekend.