In my opinion this is by far the best weekend during the NFL season, Divisional play. The top two teams in each conference facing off against teams that are going to have to fight their way to the Super Bowl the hard way. The matchups are set and looks to be a very interesting and fun weekend for the NFL, lets take a look at the games.
INDIANAPOLIS VS. SAN DIEGO The Chargers beat the Colts already this year at San Diego on 6 interceptions by last year's Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning. With the game being in Indy this time around I am really looking for the Colts to establish a running game first and shoot down field to their wideouts and tight ends. Marvin Harrison will be back finally for the Colts after being out of their lineup for more than 10 weeks. While on the other side the Chargers might be without stud tight end Antionio Gates who suffered a serious toe injury. With Gates more than likely out the Chargers and Phillip Rivers will be missing their safety net in the passing game so they will be forced to give a huge workload to Ladianian Tomlinson. I find it hard to believe that this will work out for them and the Colts will move on and make it to the AFC Championship, again.
NEW ENGLAND VS. JACKSONVILLE The energy in northeast Florida is unbelievable right now hoping that their Jaguars will pull off the biggest win in the history of the franchise. Jacksonville defense has been solid all year but with it's biggest test Saturday night stopping the Tom Brady offense they are really going to have their work cut out for them. The biggest key for the Jags tonight will be the 1st quarter. They cannot afford to be down 2 scores right away because that will then take away what they are best at, controlling the ball and keeping the other team's offense off the field. Obviously, I will be routing for my team closest to home but I don't believe that will be able to win in a up and down game which is what the Pats want to do. Jacksonville will cover the 13.5 but I got them losing by 10.
DALLAS VS. NY GIANTS Lots of buzz all week about how great the Giants are and how this whole Tony Romo/Jessica Simpson drama has made me sick. The two teams no matter what will be their and are going to try and win no matter what the experts think. It looks like Terrell Owens will play Sunday, but the real difference maker in this game will be the play of the Dallas O-line and Marion Barber. Eli Manning finally won a playoff game which is good and all but your only as good as how you play in the next game. Lucky for Eli that the game is in Dallas so if he starts of slow he doesn't have to hear the boos from the NY faithful. A road NFC team usually wins in Divisional play and I have to say that I haven't liked the Cowboys for at least 5 weeks. Giants win with a heavy dosage of Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs.
GREEN BAY VS. SEATTLE Well, here we go again Brett Favre going against his old coach in Mike Holmgren. All week I have listened to and watched every analyst pick the Packers without hesitation. Seattle is a very good team and if their front 7 puts pressure on Favre like did to Todd Collins last week it could be a long game for the Pack. Undrafted running back Ryan Grant has been outstanding all year and if he starts off well, then that will open things up for the Packers spread passing offense. Besides the Jaguars I'll be routing for the Packers hard the rest of the playoffs and I think, even though it scares me, I stay with the rest of the experts and have Favre moving on to the NFC championship with a chance at another Super Bowl appearance.
INDIANAPOLIS VS. SAN DIEGO The Chargers beat the Colts already this year at San Diego on 6 interceptions by last year's Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning. With the game being in Indy this time around I am really looking for the Colts to establish a running game first and shoot down field to their wideouts and tight ends. Marvin Harrison will be back finally for the Colts after being out of their lineup for more than 10 weeks. While on the other side the Chargers might be without stud tight end Antionio Gates who suffered a serious toe injury. With Gates more than likely out the Chargers and Phillip Rivers will be missing their safety net in the passing game so they will be forced to give a huge workload to Ladianian Tomlinson. I find it hard to believe that this will work out for them and the Colts will move on and make it to the AFC Championship, again.
NEW ENGLAND VS. JACKSONVILLE The energy in northeast Florida is unbelievable right now hoping that their Jaguars will pull off the biggest win in the history of the franchise. Jacksonville defense has been solid all year but with it's biggest test Saturday night stopping the Tom Brady offense they are really going to have their work cut out for them. The biggest key for the Jags tonight will be the 1st quarter. They cannot afford to be down 2 scores right away because that will then take away what they are best at, controlling the ball and keeping the other team's offense off the field. Obviously, I will be routing for my team closest to home but I don't believe that will be able to win in a up and down game which is what the Pats want to do. Jacksonville will cover the 13.5 but I got them losing by 10.
DALLAS VS. NY GIANTS Lots of buzz all week about how great the Giants are and how this whole Tony Romo/Jessica Simpson drama has made me sick. The two teams no matter what will be their and are going to try and win no matter what the experts think. It looks like Terrell Owens will play Sunday, but the real difference maker in this game will be the play of the Dallas O-line and Marion Barber. Eli Manning finally won a playoff game which is good and all but your only as good as how you play in the next game. Lucky for Eli that the game is in Dallas so if he starts of slow he doesn't have to hear the boos from the NY faithful. A road NFC team usually wins in Divisional play and I have to say that I haven't liked the Cowboys for at least 5 weeks. Giants win with a heavy dosage of Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs.
GREEN BAY VS. SEATTLE Well, here we go again Brett Favre going against his old coach in Mike Holmgren. All week I have listened to and watched every analyst pick the Packers without hesitation. Seattle is a very good team and if their front 7 puts pressure on Favre like did to Todd Collins last week it could be a long game for the Pack. Undrafted running back Ryan Grant has been outstanding all year and if he starts off well, then that will open things up for the Packers spread passing offense. Besides the Jaguars I'll be routing for the Packers hard the rest of the playoffs and I think, even though it scares me, I stay with the rest of the experts and have Favre moving on to the NFC championship with a chance at another Super Bowl appearance.
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