Wild Card Playoff Round - Who Are You Picking?

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:10 am

First slate of playoff games is this weekend. So who are you going with? Here are the games and my picks:

NFC
Saints over Lions
Giants over Falcons

AFC
Steelers over Broncos
Bengals over Texans

mattjb · Post by **mattjb** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:27 am

Agree on the first Three, I think the Texans edge out the Bengals.

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:28 am

Originally posted by mattjb:
Agree on the first Three, I think the Texans edge out the Bengals. I could see that too. Just not sure what to make of T.J. Yates. I know the Texans want to run it a ton and they will but at some point Yates will have to make some plays. I wonder if he can do that in a big game. I believe Dalton can and will. The Texans' defense has also slumped a bit lately and I think the Bengals can make plays against them.

bald is beautiful · Post by **bald is beautiful** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:53 am

New Orleans and Pitt and easy choices imo.

I heard a stat today on the radio. The Bengals are 9-0 against non-playoff teams, and 0-7 against playoff teams. Going on the road with a rookie QB, I'll take Houston.

The NYG/Atlanta game is tough. NYG is very unpredictable. But I've seen the Giants lay some eggs at home in the past month, so I'm going with Atlanta.

Diesel · Post by **Diesel** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 6:07 am

T.Yates is doing a good job, but he isn't TOM YATES, where he can win it all. Bengals win.

The loss of Mendenhall does nothing to Pitt...He sucked all year anyway and he most likely lost his job because of how bad he sucked this year. Roeth is banged up, but in playoff games, Pitt has experience. Experience will prevail over TebowTime.

I just can't believe in Atlanta. I know I'll open up a can of worms here, but I put Ryan in the same boat as Romo, where as soon as you count on him to be a true leader, he bombs. (I know Doomsday and Eddie G will yell at me for this opinion) Giants win.

New Orleans and Detroit, in my opinion, is the game of the weekend. IF Kevin Smith does what he's been doing, this game is going to be a great game. If the Lions don't establish a running game, the Saints should manhandle them. I'm hoping for a 34-28 game with a few fights, some hard sacks and a lot of energy here. My pick is the Saints.

[ January 05, 2012, 12:11 PM: Message edited by: Diesel ]

alanr824 · Post by **alanr824** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:26 am

Saints - Giants - Broncos - Texans

Tebow is resurrected

[ January 05, 2012, 01:26 PM: Message edited by: Al R G ]

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:42 am

I'm putting the Over/Under on combined passing yards for Brees/Stafford at 725. What say you? Over? Under?

mattjb · Post by **mattjb** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:58 am

Originally posted by Tom Kessenich:
I'm putting the Over/Under on combined passing yards for Brees/Stafford at 725. What say you? Over? Under? i'll take the over.

Ted's Cracked Head · Post by **Ted's Cracked Head** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:54 am

Saints over Lions -

Falcons over Giants

Steelers over Broncos

Bengals over Texans

King of Queens · Post by **King of Queens** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:43 pm

Originally posted by Tom Kessenich:
Just not sure what to make of T.J. Yates. He has a great partner in Heather Locklear!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzu2cCRf3fc