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Last week, all four home teams held serve. Since the new playoff format started, the home teams have never won the first 8 games of the playoffs so there are likely a couple of road upsets this week. Check out more in depth analysis on our podcast.
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Here’s a set of alternate picks from a SC user.
By Billy Fellin
Mr. Edward R. Murrow, a famous CBS newscaster who brought Joseph McCarthy to his knees in the Red Scare of the 50’s always signed off by saying “Good Night, and Good Luck”, hence the movie bearing this phrase as it’s title. Flip it around and you have yourself a good playoff slogan for twelve teams vying for the Lombardi Trophy. In this article, let’s focus on the New York Giants.
By David J. Cohen
The playoffs have a different feel this year than in recent years. In those years there were clearly defined contenders and pretenders for the championship. However, this year the playoffs seem truly wide open. This year the playoffs are centered on three inexperienced quarterbacks: Tony Romo of the Cowboys, Rex Grossman of the Bears, and Philip Rivers of the Chargers. If they can rise to the occasion their teams will make the runs expected of them. If they falter, proven veterans will seize the day.
The NFC is the perfect example of what parity has done to the league. It has made teams competitive which have been awful the year before. With parity, you can go through Hurricane Katrina one year and earn a bye the next. Parity has also made mediocrity a premium. The 8-8 Giants are in the playoffs, and teams like Green Bay were still in it going into the last week of the regular season. The playoff picture in the NFC is murky, with no clear cut choice. With that said, here is how it should play out.
When is it okay to lie? When would it be okay to lie over and over and seem offended by questions asked that bother you because of your lies? Well, I think the answer to both of those questions is NEVER. Nick Saban should have followed morals that he has in his life and follow what would be the “right” thing to do and he would have not been looked at and seen as a jerk, traitor, liar, and words that I would never write or print
Here we go with the first round of the playoffs. While the matchups on paper don’t look like they’ll be very exciting games, anything can happen in this crazy NFL season. Check out more in depth analysis on our podcast.
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I heard them laughing, months ago.
A bunch of real comedians…
Salisbury. Irvin. Young. Berman.
Joe, Terry, Jimmy. Even Howie, star of the universally acclaimed "Firestorm."
Disrespecting my Jets. Spewing witless one-liners while looming over their deteriorating green and white carcass.
by Matt Wells
Dennis Green, not surprisingly, has been axed by the once again woeful Arizona Cardinals. Jim Mora Jr. has been canned by the disappointing Atlanta Falcons. The Dolphins and Steelers need to discuss the futures of Nick Saban and Bill Cowher, respectively.
Perhaps lost among those names are the coaches who have surpassed expectations this past season in the NFL. Whether these coaches unexpectedly led their teams to playoff berths or whether they were simply able to dominate the rest of the league, these coaches will no doubt find their names on the list for NFL Coach of the Year.
Let me tell you a little something about myself that you hopefully already know from my previous articles: I’m a sports fanatic, but I’m mainly a baseball guy. I know my fair share about other sports and watch more than my share of them.
This is just a warning, because I’ve never tried to put my predictions into writing about any sport other than baseball. But, with the NFL playoffs being so intriguing this year, I decided to try my hand at predicting the winners, losers and award-winners.
So here it goes, JDWC’s first attempt at picking who will stay, who will go, and who will bathe in champagne in Miami. Read at your own risk.
By: Jarred Peine
It’s the end of the season as we know it. Heading into Week 17 the Kansas City Chiefs(8-7) square off against the Jacksonville Jaguars(8-7) at Arrowhead Stadium. Both teams playoffs hopes remain alive, but the NFL gods will have to shine on them if there season is going to continue past this week. The Chiefs will need to win, and then start scoreboard watching in hopes the Denver Broncos(9-6), Cincinnati Bengals(8-7), and Tennessee Titans(8-7) all lose there respective games. In all reality, the true Kansas City fans know that if their team receives a wild card birth they will lose on the road in the playoffs. Theirs loses on the road at Cleveland and Miami proved they are not a Super Bowl contender. The ability to close games on the road have plagued the Chiefs all season and will not change in the postseason. So let’s take a look of off season moves the chiefs must make to be a contender.
I’ve heard a lot of things recently about the NFL defensive MVP.
What kind of message are you sending to kids by giving a steroid user the MVP?
Ahh yes.. but you aren’t sending the wrong message when a guy like Shawne Merriman wins the award. You might even be sending the right one.