Wild Card Weekend Games

[Icness]

Jets at Colts
Packers at Eagles
Saints at Seahawks
Ravens at Chiefs

Discuss...

[Kal El]

Jets at Colts:

I think the game is set up for Jets to win. Colts are filled with injuries most importantly on offense, Peyton is missing a few of his weapons, and it showed, Peyton went in a little bit of a slump at times during the season. The Jets look good its a matter of Sanchez managing the game. With all that said, I still take the Colts on this one. I think Peyton will find a way to win this one.

Packers at Eagles:

Greenbay is coming in with momentum while Philly on the other hand is coming in not so hot. Vick has shown some struggles late in the season taking alot of hits and looking more like the old mike vick instead of the "mvp candidate" type mike vick. this game has the potential to be a shootout. I think the x factor in the game is going to be the Greenbay defense vs Mike Vick. If Vick can play like he was during most of the season, I say Philly takes it.

Saints at Seahawks:

congrats on seattle for being the first 7-9 team to make the playoffs. at the end of the day the seahawks are still an NFL team and as the saying goes "any given sunday." but New Orleans are the defending champs. Seattle is not as talented and i think the Saints take care of business.

Ravens at Chiefs

Chiefs has had a great turnaround and a good season winning the division. great running game 1-2 punch. They have a good passing game, Matt Cassell is a good quarterback only throwing 7 int in the season. Dwayne Bowe is a legit #1 receiver catching 15 TD's. They have a good defense. I think it will be a good game, both teams are pretty close matched on offense and defense but I will have to take the Baltimore Ravens. This roster has had more recent playoff experience and success. Ravens have the better defense and their defense will push them over the top.

[cochiseuofm]

I made these predictions earlier this week.

New Orleans – 38
Seattle – 10

New Orleans outclasses Seattle in every possible way. Seattle lost all nine of its games by 15 points or more, and they are going to get blown out once again.

Green Bay – 31
Philadelphia – 27

Should be a fun one in Philadelphia. I think Green Bay's strengths play well to Philly's weaknesses and that they'll ultimately win this game. But with the way the Eagles have looked at times this year, they could easily win this game and make it all the way to the Super Bowl. I'm personally just hoping for a high-scoring shootout, ala last year's Cardinals Packers game.

New York – 17
Indianapolis – 30

I think the Jets are incredibly overrated, I don't trust Sanchez to make plays to win this game over Manning.

Baltimore – 24
Kansas City – 9

Its very hard to overlook the fact that the best win Kansas City had this year was its Week 1 victory over the Chargers, back when San Diego was in its early season funk. The other wins this year were against the 49ers, Browns, Jaguars, Bills, Broncos, Cardinals, Seattle, Rams, and Titans. In other words, the only playoff team the Chiefs beat was the 7-9 Seattle Seahawks, almost certainly the worst playoff team of all time.

Congrats to the Chiefs for taking advantage of their cookie-cutter schedule, but they haven't faced anyone as good as Baltimore all year long and are, in my opinion, about to get blindsided.

Just my opinion though.

[Kal El]

Its very hard to overlook the fact that the best win Kansas City had this year was its Week 1 victory over the Chargers, back when San Diego was in its early season funk. The other wins this year were against the 49ers, Browns, Jaguars, Bills, Broncos, Cardinals, Seattle, Rams, and Titans. In other words, the only playoff team the Chiefs beat was the 7-9 Seattle Seahawks, almost certainly the worst playoff team of all time.

Congrats to the Chiefs for taking advantage of their cookie-cutter schedule, but they haven't faced anyone as good as Baltimore all year long and are, in my opinion, about to get blindsided.

great analysis! i didn't even realize the Chiefs had a cake schedule. with that said, i think baltimore's advantage is bigger than i had previously estimated.

[WTFS]

AFC

New York Jets @ Indianapolis Colts - Saturday 8PM on NBC
Line - IND by 3


How the Jets can win: Run Run and Run. The Jets need to pound the ball on the ground against the Colts using Shonn Greene as the featured back, mixing in LT and possibly even Joe McKnight if LT is ineffective. McKnight can be used as a Reggie Bush type threat, used in the pass game. Greene is one the main reasons the Jets got so far last year because he was running over the defenders and tiring them out, which allowed Sanchez to be effective with play action passes. Not only will the Colts who rank 25th in run defense be worn out come late in the game, but it will kill the clock and keep Peyton Manning on the sideline for a good portion of the game, not allowing him to get in a rhythm.

How the Colts can win: Take advantage of the lack of pass rush from the Jets. With the Jets having no pass rush, Peyton Manning will have plenty of time to sit back in the pocket and find his guys. If the Jets don't use blitz packages throughout the game Manning will pick apart the defense. Jets have a very good run defense, so you cant expect much out of Addai on the ground but do expect a lot of play action passes from Manning who will throw plenty of deep balls, and screen passes to Addai.


LiLbRo's Prediction: Jets will not get enough pressure on Manning and the Colts stack the box limiting the Jets run game. Colts win 27-17.

KeithyP's Prediction: Jets surprise the nation, upsetting the Colts 24-21 as Manning throws a late interception.

NFC

New Orleans Saints @ Seattle Seahawks - Saturday 4:30PM on NBC
Line - NO by 11

Week 11 - Saints 34 Seahawks 19

How the Saints can win: Dont turn the ball over.

How the Seahawks can win: Not going to waste anyone's time here, Seahawks have no chance against the defending Super Bowl champs.

LiLbRo's Prediction: Saints prove why Seahawks don't belong hosting a playoff game, let alone being in the playoffs. Saints win in a joke of a game, 34-10.

KeithyPs Prediction: Saints win in a laugher, 35-13.

Check out the blog for the other 2 games

[HMFFL]

SI.com's NFL Postseason Predictions

[NO-KG-AI]

Saint's have a bevvy of injuries, a lot of key guys are banged up or missing. Don't be surprised at a close game.

[ZedgetRedd]

Its great how well the Seahawks are playing. If they can win, that has to be one of the biggest upsets in recent memory.

[Manhattan Project]

Not for nothing, but this Hawks-Saints game is fun right now...

[HMFFL]

This game is really exciting.

Seattle has showed up for this one, they want it, and they're leading the game right now. I hope the end results are the same.

[Bank Shot]

HOLY ****

That may have been the best run I have ever seen. Are you kidding me Lynch???

[barnett114]

The Seahawks.

[Rich Rane]

Holy crap, they're about to pull the upset off.

[Kid.Canada.23]

what a run by Lynch.... wow

[Rise Against]

That was one of the best plays I have ever seen.

[MadCityBucky]

Huzzah go Seahawks beat Chicago too, you know after the Packers win

[Bank Shot]

Why did they run the ball twice there? Shouldn't they just have taken a knee from first down and not risked the fumble?

[Rich Rane]

Damn, if there was ever a time to put money on a sporting event...

[RIPskaterdude]

NFC West, represent!

[RIPskaterdude]

Damn, if there was ever a time to put money on a sporting event...

I wonder if the team that plays Seattle will be favored by more than 2 touchdowns?