Best NFL weekend of the year edition!
1) Nobody gives Seattle much of a chance against Green Bay. They are not a good road team (3-5 this year) and they are going to one of the hardest places to play. Plus, the Packers have been a particularly good team this year – especially their defense (6th in the league in points against, 11th in total yards against). Seattle’s running game is suspect, what with the inexplicable decline of Shaun Alexander, and Green Bay’s running game is great, what with the inexplicable rise of Ryan Grant (from Don Bosco, for real.) So I’m going to agree with the consensus here, and say Green Bay wins without too much trouble. The only way that doesn’t happen is if the Green Bay offensive line can’t contain the formidable Seattle pass rush, and it causes Brett Favre to have one of those terrible 4 INT games.
2) The conventional wisdom here seems to be, “hey, look out for Jacksonville, they’ve got a real chance, what with their running game and all.” I don’t think so. As much as it pains me to say so, I think the Pats blow out the Jags. They had two weeks to prepare, and there is no coach more dangerous with that much time to get ready than Belichick. That won’t stop me from rooting for Jacksonville Saturday night, and hoping Garrard, Taylor, and Jones-Drew have the games of their lives. But that part of my brain that has reason is screaming, “this game is over halfway through the second quarter.”
3) San Diego has been 11-2 over their last 13 games, including the playoff win against Tennessee last week. Has there ever been a less impressive 11-2 team? Have you watched a single San Diego game this year where you said, “now that team is awesome.” Phillip Rivers on the road in the playoffs scares me. That guy is the definition of shaky. He also loses major points with me because earlier this year, in the New England game, there was some call that went against him, and the camera caught him on the sideline yelling to the refs “That’s bullcrap!” He actually said “bullcrap.” I don’t trust a man who doesn’t swear in the heat of competition. A real leader doesn’t blanch from saying “bullshit.” Therefore, the Colts win.
4) I’m glad the Giants beat the Bucs, because Giants-Cowboys is infinitely more interesting than Bucs-Cowboys. And, hey, did you guys hear that while Romo was in Mexico with Jessica, Eli Manning was spotted in downtown Branson trying to get into Yakov Smirnov’s show? Anyway, the Cowboys killed the Giants twice this year, and as we all know, it is really hard to kill a team three times in one year. I think this ends up being close. Shoot, why not pick the upset here, and say Giants win? That’d be fun, just to see Kris go even crazier defending the greatness of Eli.
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4 comments:
Dan, I love you but your going down punkass. First off all what is your definition of "killed" in an NFL football game? In the first matchup the Giants trailed by 3 with four minutes to go and int he second by 4 with about 11 minutes to go. In both cases Romo effectively ended the game with a long TD pas (something the Giants are succeptable to, which I am sure is somehow Eli's fault, and if not his than definately A-rod's).
Again I dont have to argue Eli's "greatness" I have the truth behind me. We all agree that QB's get too much of the credit and too much of the blame, but they are also ultimately judged on whether or not their teams win or lose. And all I am saying is Eli is winning at rate on the pace of or ahead of most other #1 draft picks. I compared him to his contemperaries the last week but I did even more research.
In the modern era (SuperBowl Era) 4 QB's who were the #1 overall pick have reached the conference title game on or before their 4th season. Terry Bradhsaw did it in his third, Elway in his fourth and went on to lose the Super Bowl, Aikiman won it all in his 4th season and Bledsoe lost the super Bowl in his 4th season. So if Eli does beat the Cowboys this weekend, which he has a chance to do, then he will again be in some elite company, he will clearly be paying dividends on being the number one pick, which he is now despite the popular notion that he isnt.
The facts remain the facts, in 3 seasons as a starter he has made the playoffs every year including winning a division title and now has a playoff win under his belt, sooner than most QB's do so in their careers.
You're right. When a team scores 76 points on you in two games, that's a sign of competitiveness. My mistake.
The best possible outcome would be for the Giants to win and for Eli to have 150 yards and 3 picks. That way Kris would poop his pants proving how awesome Eli Manning is.
Did you watch the games? In neither one of them did the team get "killed." Was Dallas the better team, certainly, they were also the best offensive team in the NFC so giving up a bunch of points to them isn't all that bad. Plus one of those games was at the beginning of the year and the Giant defense is certainyl an improved unit since then, even an Eli hater can see that. Again I am not saying they will win, but we agree they have a good chance.
Again I don't have to defend Eli, that facts do it for me. Heck Mr. October is a .278 career postseason hitter, but you remember him as Mr. October because his team won
Let me know when Eli hits 3 HR in 3 at-bats in a WS game, or whatever the football equivalent is (see, e.g., Simms, Phil; SB XXI, January 25, 1987). Then you can start comparing him to Reggie Jax. Until then he's still Elisha.
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