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AFC:
Sunday, January 5, 2013 - 1:05 p.m. ET on CBS
(9-7-0) @ (11-5-0)


Saturday, January 4, 2013 - 4:35 p.m. ET on NBC
(11-5-0) @ (11-5-0)


NFC:
Saturday, January 4, 2013 - 8:10 p.m. ET on NBC
(11-5-0) @ (10-6-0)


Sunday, January 5, 2013 - 4:40 p.m. ET on FOX
(12-4-0) @ (8-7-1)

san diego
indiana
nawlins
niners

Home teams in the AFC, Away teams in the NFC.

Bengals
Chiefs
Eagles
Niners

Iggles finished 10-6 yo.


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I think Eagles have a legit chance against the Saints, although the Saints should probably be the favorites. The Saints are a completely different (and much worse) team when they're on the road, especially Brees.

San Diego over Cincy - I think this one comes down to two things, Philly Rivers is hot and Andy Dalton is not. Four interceptions? One when he coulda clinched the game? Rivers and the Chargers almost lost to a bunch of backups, but they were fired up and playing well, it wasn't just a rollover game.

KC vs Indy is the hardest game to pick. It could go either way. Don't know, do care.

San Fran over Green Bay - Cobb and Rodgers coming back yesterday was a flash to what this team could have been like if healthy. Just like the Pats though too many injuries going to keep them down. Rodgers may give niners a scare but I think in the end a Phil Dawson FG moves them forward.

Philly over New Orleans - New Orleans is beatable on the road, and the Eagles can beat them. --- some espn analyst right there, but not much else I can say about that.

IMO, Kaepernick has been pretty overrated based on his games against GB...but luckily for him, he's playing GB. He IS as good as the hype when he plays them.

And it'll only be Rodgers' 2nd game back, against an elite defense. I'm not giving GB much of a chance in this game.


Having a hard time picking the other 3 games...they could honestly all go either way.

If I have to pick, I'll go with Cincinnati, Indianapolis, SF, and Philadelphia.

kaep has been playing as good as anybody against some great defenses past 5 weeks,which is when crabtree cameback, that's not a coincidence.

I'll take:

Cincy
KC
New Orleans
San Fran

Weird that all but one are road teams, but each of these games could go either way. I think Saints/Iggles will be the best of the bunch, though Niners/Pack rarely disappoint.

I really want to see Andy Dalton prove himself, especially since he's been dreadful in the last two WC games. The Bengals are unbeaten at home this year (even in preseason), so I think that may carry them.

Bengals/Colts/Saints/49ers

Chargers
Chiefs
Saints
Niners

There's always one team that catches fire at the end of the season and makes a epic postseason run, why not the Chargers? Broncos defense isn't very formidable, and bad Peyton has a tendency to show up in January. If anything San Diego will keep the game close.

As much as I like Luck, I don't have faith in the Colts as a team. I think Charles will have a monster game, and the Chiefs will win by the biggest margin in the wildcard round.

It's hard to pass up Drew Brees' and his postseason success for a guy who has yet to sniff the postseason. Eagles don't have enough playmakers on defense to make much noise.

Niners have had the Packers number the last couple years. I don't see much changing this time around either. Their defense is clicking on all cylinders and Kaep will have more freedom in the offense; I truly believe that Harbaugh saved his legs for the playoffs.

No Clay Matthews for the Packers either, major bummer.

Cooter wrote:Eagles don't have enough playmakers on defense to make much noise.

We're pretty young so inconsistency has been a big problem. But I do think we've got enough to cause some problems if it all comes together.

therealbig3 wrote:IMO, Kaepernick has been pretty overrated based on his games against GB...but luckily for him, he's playing GB. He IS as good as the hype when he plays them.

And it'll only be Rodgers' 2nd game back, against an elite defense. I'm not giving GB much of a chance in this game.


Having a hard time picking the other 3 games...they could honestly all go either way.

If I have to pick, I'll go with Cincinnati, Indianapolis, SF, and Philadelphia.

How is Kaep overrated when he plays in the toughest division in the NFL with two of the teams he's seen twice this season having top 10 defenses?

Opponents:
Seattle - #1 ranked defense
Arizona - #6 ranked defense

I'm not understanding your logic there. And Green Bay tries to keep Kaepernick in the pocket every time we play them. IMO Jim & Greg Roman have been saving Kaep's legs for the post season. He didn't really use his legs that much until Week 12 against Washington

Brees to throw an inexplicable pick on the first drive or two. It's the way we work on the road.

bengals
chiefs
eagles
49ers

wm3 wrote:How is Kaep overrated when he plays in the toughest division in the NFL with two of the teams he's seen twice this season having top 10 defenses?

Opponents:
Seattle - #1 ranked defense
Arizona - #6 ranked defense

And he's played terribly in both of those Seattle games. Not sure what you were hoping to achieve by telling us this

If a team goes 0-16, does it matter if they had the toughest schedule?

LikeABosh wrote:

wm3 wrote:How is Kaep overrated when he plays in the toughest division in the NFL with two of the teams he's seen twice this season having top 10 defenses?

Opponents:
Seattle - #1 ranked defense
Arizona - #6 ranked defense

And he's played terribly in both of those Seattle games. Not sure what you were hoping to achieve by telling us this

If a team goes 0-16, does it matter if they had the toughest schedule?

I guess you didn't read the part where I listed "Seattle - #1 ranked defense". Even the self proclaimed "great" Peyton Manning played terrible against Seattle...Also where did that 0-16 crap come from? That's irrelevant to the conversation...But yeah Kaep is so overrated even though he leads the league in QBR over the last few weeks

i think people don't realize how much san francisco's play calling depend on the run game and think kaep had a bad game when they look his low passing yards. san francisco is one of two teams that run the ball on more than half of their snaps, seattle is the other one and kaep has thrown only 150 yards less than wilson despite horrible start. he doesn't have to throw 300 yards a game to be successful, niners will be fine if he plays the way he played past 5 weeks or so.