NFL Playoff Predictions
 

http://cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/playoffrace/bracket

Ok so the playoffs are set. You can make your predictions here.

AFC

#5 Jacksonville vs #4 New England
bye #1 Indianapolis


#6 Pittsburgh vs #3 Cincinnati
bye #2 Denver


NFC

#5 Carolina vs #4 NY Giants
bye #1 Seattle

#6 Washington vs #3 Tampa Bay
bye #2 Chicago

New England over Jax
Cincy over Pit
Carolina over Giants
TB over Redskins

Indy over NE
Cincy over Denver
Seattle over Carolina
TB over Chicago

Cincy over Indy
Seattle over TB

Seattle over Cincy, two fave teams, the Miz' dream Superbowl :cool:

AFC

NE over Jax
IND over NE

Cin over Pit
Den over Cin
IND over Den

NFC

Car over NY
Sea over Car

TB over Was
Chi over TB
Sea over Chi-in a close one

Super bowl-IND over Sea
That's probably the safest play.
Super bowl should be a good one.

AFC

New England over Jacksonville
Cincy over Pittsburgh

Indy over NE
Cincy over Denver

Indy over Cincy

NFC

Giants over Panthers
Bucs over Redskins

Giants over Seattle
Bears over Bucs

Giants over Bears

Superbowl
Eli over Peyton

Jags over Pats
Steelers over Bengals
Panthers over Giants
TB over Skins

Indy over Jags
Denver over Steelers
Seattle over Panthers
TB over Bears

Indy over Broncos
Seattles over TB

Indy over Seattle

AFC

Wildcard Weekend
#5 Jacksonville v #4 New England
#6 Pittsburgh v #3 Cincinnati

Divisional Playoff
#1 Indianapolis v #6 Pittsburgh
#2 Denver v #4 New England

Conference Championship
#1 Indianapolis v #4 New England


NFC

Wildcard Weekend
#5 Carolina v #4 NY Giants
#6 Washington v #3 Tampa Bay

Divisional Playoff
#1 Seattle v #4 NY Giants
#2 Chicago v #3 Tampa Bay

Conference Championship
#1 Seattle v #2 Chicago


SUPERBOWL XL
#2 Chicago v #4 New England

and fuck all of you who try this "homer" shit with me. Baltimore did it in 2000 on the backs of their defense. I'm going the same route this year.

AFC

#5 Jacksonville vs #4 New England pats
bye #1 Indianapolis


#6 Pittsburgh vs #3 Cincinnati pitty
bye #2 Denver


NFC

#5 Carolina vs #4 NY Giants carolina
bye #1 Seattle

#6 Washington vs #3 Tampa Bay tampa
bye #2 Chicago



Inny vs Patriots until manning shows me I'm taking teh Pats

Pitty vs Denver Broncos


NFC


Carolina vs hawks---- Panthers

Tampa at ChiTown---- Bears



AFC

Pats vs Broncos----- Denver

NFC Bears vs Panthers----- Panthers



Super Bowl Broncos vs Panthers-------Panthers


And conisdering I'm about to win the pro pick em pool again, you can take these picks to the bank<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

homer

Indianapolis over Redskins 42 -21

MVP= Bob Sanders

#4 Patriots over #5 Jaguars
#3 Bengals over #6 Steelers

#5 Panthers over #4 Giants
#6 Redskins over #3 Buccaneers

i knew you would be the first. :lol:

lol. in all seriousness the Bears got a geat draw especially if they get the bucs at home. The ravens had a bit better offence than the bears though

The Ravens did have Jamal Lewis and all, but the Bears have a better defense & better receivers. A 100% healthy Thomas Jones & Rex Grossman doesn't hurt either.

AFC

Wildcard Weekend

#5 Jacksonville v #4 New England
#6 Pittsburgh v #3 Cincinnati


Divisional Playoff

#1 Indianapolis v #6 Pittsburgh
#2 Denver v #4 New England

Conference Championship

#6 Pittsburgh v #2 Denver

NFC

Wildcard Weekend

#5 Carolina v #4 NY Giants
#6 Washington v #3 Tampa Bay

Divisional Playoff

#1 Seattle v #5 Carolina
#2 Chicago v #6 Washington

Conference Championship

#5 Carolina v #2 Chicago

SUPERBOWL XL

#5 Carolina v #6 Pittsburgh

I loved our chances before our whole linebacking corps went down. Tiki is the only constant really, so our only chance to win is for our DB's to contain Steve Smith, and for Eli to not fuck up.

they have 1 great receiver.

Ravens also had Todd Heap.

Heap's rookie year was 2001

They had Shannon Sharpe though

AFC:

NE over JAX
PIT over CIN

DEN over NE
IND over PIT

DEN over IND


NFC:

CAR over NYG
TB over WAS

SEA over CAR
CHI over TB

SEA over CHI


Super Bowl XL: Broncos 35, Seahawks 28

New England over Jacksonville
Cincinnati over Pittsburgh
New York over Carolina
Washington over Tampa Bay

Indianapolis over New England
Cincinnati over Denver :cool:
Carolina over Chicago
Seattle over Washington

Indianapolis over Cincinnati
Carolina over Seattle

Indianapolis over Carolina

AFC

NE over Jax
Pitt over Cinci

NE over Denver
Indy over Pitt

NE over Indy

NFC

NYG over Carolina
Wash over Tampa

Seattle over Wash
NYG over Chicago

Seattle over NYG

Super Bowl (or the "big football game at the end of the NFL playoffs as us unlicensed people call it!)

NE over Seattle.

If I had done this a few weeks ago, like week 14, I'd have Indy going all the way, but that SD game made them look "human" and the way that SD beat them, control the clock and pass rush to disrupt the timing patterns is the same way NE had beat Indy the last few years, and while NE has been getting "healthy" or as much as they can, Indy's been getting injured, I don't know the full extent of their injuries (RP could probably help), but just looking at their depth chart via NFL.com, Harrison, Stokley, Diem, Simon, Reagor, Freeney, Mathis, Thomas, June, Sanders, Sapp, Giordano all with an injury mark, given some are very minor and some are backups, as I said I'm not sure the extent of the problems, hopefully RP will update. As for Seattle, one of the teams I love to pick against, and yes, they were 5-2 against teams who finished .500 or above, (Although, Indy had nothing to play for and played subs most of the game) They have a great running game a very good defense and a solid passing game. If it was a regular season game, I'd pick Seattle over NE, but until someone finds a way to out smart Belicheck in the Super Bowl I'll pick him every time.

:cool:

AFC:

Cinci over Pit
New England over Jax

Cinci over Denver
Indy over New England

Indy over Cinci

NFC:

Washington over Tampa
New York over Carolina

Seattle over Washington
Chicago over New York

Seattle over Chicago

Superbowl:
Indy over Seattle

I think its easy for people to step back and say " Whoa theres a weakness or two in Indy " seeing as how they handnt lost yet. The weakness was injuries. Going into the Charger game they where without Corey Simon and Cato June. Harrison was playing with a broken hand. Manning had a sore knee and the biggest problem came when Ryan Diem went down and they brought in a backup named Gandy who handnt played a snapp all year. Once that happend they moved Merriman and overloaded the side that was being held by Gandy and flat out bull rushed the kid. Freeney got injured in that game and Mathis didnt play at all in that game.

Lets put it this way. If Indianapolis didnt have the problems they had with injuries, they most likely would have came back from that 16 point lead and run away with the game in the 4th. The fact that they came roaring back like they did should tell you all you need to know about Indianapolis. They are they best front running team in the league and if you get them down 16-17 points, they come back. They did it twice this year. That Ryan Diem injury killed the streak. I have no doubt in my mind that he doesnt go down, Merriman doesnt have the day he had and the Colts win. Giving the fact that they only lost by 14 to the Seahawks with mostly back ups. If the starters played that whole game, Colts would have won easily imo.

I think despite they're loss to Miami, New England is playing the best football of anyone in the AFC right now. They've gotten healthy and just look as poised as ever. Pitt would be right behind them. That goaline stand the Colts got against the Cardinals was so amazing and the moment Dungy and the fans and the players had after they overturned that TD call was unbelievable . I just think there is something special brewing and i hope its a Superbowl victory.

Wild Card
AFC
Jacksonville vs New England - Jax
Pittsburgh vs Cincinnati - Pitt

NFC
Carolina vs NY Giants - Carolina
Washington vs Tampa Bay - Tampa Bay

Divisionals
AFC
Pittsburgh vs Indianapolis - Indy
Jacksonville vs Denver - Jax

NFC
Carolina vs Seattle - Seattle
Tampa Bay vs Chicago - Chicago

AFC Championship: Jacksonville vs Indy - JAX
NFC Championship: Chicago vs Seattle - Seattle

Super Bowl: Jacksonville vs Seattle - Jaguars of Jacksonville

I hope so anyway

Washington vs. Tampa Bay: Washington
New England vs. Jacksonville: New England
Carolina vs. New York: New York
Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh: Cincinnati

Seattle vs. Washington: Seattle
Chicago vs. New York: Chicago
Denver vs. Cincinnati: Denver
Indianapolis vs. New England: Indianapolis

Seattle vs. Chicago: Chicago
Indianapolis vs. Denver: Indianapolis

Indianapolis vs. Chicago: Indianapolis

The last time the two number one seeds met in the Super Bowl was in 1994.

Washington vs. Tampa Bay: Washington
New England vs. Jacksonville: New England
Carolina vs. New York: New York
Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh: Pitt

Seattle vs. Washington: Seattle
Chicago vs. New York: Chicago
Denver vs. New England: Denver
Indianapolis vs. Pittsburgh: Indianapolis

Seattle vs. Chicago: Chicago
Indianapolis vs. Denver: Indianapolis

Indianapolis vs. Chicago: Indianapolis

I really hope Jacksonville at least beats the Pats.

Same here, only I'd hope that the Giants get past the Panthers. I would be pretty surprised considering the injuries we have had.

The whole Bears Ravens comparison is so inaccurate. The Ravens offense is so much better than the Bears offense to even begin to compare the two. Trent Dilfer and Tony Banks both can manage a game better than Grossman and Orton. Jamal Lewis was better than Thomas Jones and don't forget Priest Holmes was their 3rd down back. The Bears passing game is awful. Shannon Sharpe was the Ravens best receiver but Qadry Ismail was a completely competent wideout as well. Jermaine Lewis was a better kick returner than anyone on the Bears and Matt Stover was a better kicker than Robbie Gould.

BTW Brian Urlacher maybe the most undeserving superstar in the NFL. Ray Lewis was THE best defensive player in the NFL that year.

And they had Brandon Stokley

The Bears scored 20+ points 4 times
The Ravens scored 20+ points 8 times which doesn't include the 3 times they did it in the playoffs too.

AFC

Wildcard Weekend

#5 Jacksonville v #4 New England - New England
#6 Pittsburgh v #3 Cincinnati - Pittsburgh


Divisional Playoff

#1 Indianapolis v #6 Pittsburgh - Indy
#2 Denver v #4 New England - New England

Conference Championship

#1 Indianapolis v #4 New England - New England (until the Colts prove they can beat NE in the playoffs, this is my choice everytime)

NFC

Wildcard Weekend

#5 Carolina v #4 NY Giants - Carolina
#6 Washington v #3 Tampa Bay - Tampa Bay

Divisional Playoff

#1 Seattle v #5 Carolina - Seattle
#2 Chicago v #6 Washington - Chicago

Conference Championship

#1 Seattle v #2 Chicago - Seattle

SUPERBOWL XL

#4 New England v #1 Seattle - New England (it's just hard to bet against them in the playoffs)

HAHAHA. Yeah. Ok.

AFC Wildcard

NE over Jak
Pit over Cin

AFC Divisional

Ind over Pit
NE over Den

AFC Championship

Ind over NE


NFC Wildcard

NYG over Car
TB over Wsh

NFC Divisional

NYG over Sea
Chi over TB

NFC Championship

NYG over Chi

SUPER BOWL

Ind over NYG

Look i'm just gunna go ahead and say it, because i seriously believe it. Jacksonville will beat New England in the first round.

1) Jacksonvilles defense is outstanding. They give up 16 points a game. There one of the top teams in turnovers and sacks. Henderson and Strout in the middle to stop an injured Dillon. Peterson , Mathis . They got playmakers and if they get any kind of rush on Brady and that beat up line. I'm willing to bet Brady makes a mistake or two. He's done it a couple of times this year. I'm talking serious pressure tho. I'm talking about getting at him and knocking the piss out of him Lights Out style. The Jags are capable of that . I dont see many points being score by New England.

2) Take Jimmy Smith out of the equation for a moment. Out of Matt Jones, Reggie Williams and Ernest Wilford, the lightest guy is 223 and the shortest is 6'4. These are so big boys running out there against a very average at best secondary of the Patriots. Now add Jimmy Smith into the equation.

The Patriots better pray they get tons of pressure Leftwhich because if they dont he's gunna throw for 300 yards and 3 tds. And they still have to keep an eye on Fred Taylor and LaBrandon Toefield ( Who you just know is gunna find a td in the this game somehow )

3) 3-4 teams at most are good enough to go into Foxboro and beat the Pats. And even they have to have a really amazing game to do it. I think the Jags are one of them.

You do realise when it comes to playoff predictions and the Patriots your record isn't the best? :kiss:

That being said, ask me a few weeks ago, I'd probably agree. Now, it could happen, I just don't see it.

My guess, is they put extra coverage on Jimmy Smith and go after Leftwich big time, and let Jones and Taylor run, actually force them to run.

Taylor is banged up as usual this time of year, I think Ankle? that can't help.

The Pats pass rush has looked good the last few weeks, there Defensive Backfield is still their big liability, although Ellis Hobbs has looked good. But if the pass rush keeps playing the way they have, it takes some pressure off those guys.

Jacksonville is a big/fast team on defense, see them jamming the Pats small WR's, take Brady out of the game by taking away his targets. Force Dillon to carry it 40 times.

Dunno, should be a good game, as I said, a few weeks ago, I'd probably have picked the Jags, now, I just don't think it will happen.