I told you I wouldn’t do worse than last year right?
True to my word, I opted for “just as shitty” instead of worse.
Don’t say Frey isn’t a man of integrity.
Let’s pick em!
New Orleans @ Seattle (-8.5)
This game represents my “historian’s dilemma” of the week.
On one hand, the recent past has shown that teams coming from tough road wins in the wild card round acquit themselves extremely well the next week against bye-week teams.
On the other hand, Seattle just bitch-slapped this same Saints team all over the Emerald City a month ago.
Furthermore, the Saints are pretty banged up after their game in Philly and all of Seattle’s dudes have had an entire extra week to go on another PED binge.
Still, I’ll take the better Coach, the better QB, and 8 ½ points any day now that the playoffs are here.
Indianapolis @ New England (-7.5)
God help me I hate New England. I can’t stand their coach. I hate the way Bostonian’s speak as well as their their collective provincialism. I am un-fond of the way that they cheat at everything all the time and don’t think their clam chowder is half as good as advertised.
One thing I do like about the Patriots is the fact that even when decimated by injuries and crippled with a QB who wears Uggs to work, they keep winning games.
A January home game is usually an automatic win for these dirt bags but the loss of Gronk kills these guys.
When your most dangerous offensive weapon is named “Julian Edelman” I think your #%$&ed.
The Colts survived a scare they shouldn’t have and are playing on house money now. I like the Horseshoe to cover and potentially pull off a shocker.
San Francisco @ Carolina (+1)
This one is a tough pick. The 49ers looked like crap the last time these guys played in San Francisco. In fact, the 49ers sullied the good name of “crap” that last game.
Now they need to fly across the United States to play a game on the east coast at what would be 8:00 AM Pacific time.
Essentially, this means the 49er players will need to get up at like 5:00 AM to start game preparations and then play an incredibly physical team before most of them would typically have rolled over their mistresses to get out of bed in the morning.
Seattle got jobbed last year the same way and came out completely flat against a pretty candy-assed Atlanta squad.
All that having been said, I trust Cam Newton in a playoff game about as much as I trust that kid in the commercial who aspires to be Cam’s mom’s favorite player.
Niners win and since the spread is “1”, that means they cover also.
San Diego @ Denver (-9)
I want to do the reverse jinx. Ye Gods do I want to do the reverse jinx. However, I just cannot see any scenario (given the fact that they beat us at home once already and considering what happened last year) that the Broncos will not come out and make a statement.
San Diego can run the ball. Phyllis Rivers is the most accurate passer in the league. The Chargers’ D-Line pushed the Bengal’s front seven around like shuffleboard pucks and Manning runs like he has cement in his shoes.
All the pieces are there for not only a close game but a disastrous defeat for Denver.
However, after last season’s fiasco, there is absolutely no way this coaching staff comes out ill-prepared.
The weather is going to be in the mid-forties by the end of the game and the Bronco’s offensive output will not be much less.
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