This week's NFL picks....

Hopefully our predictions for this are a litttttle bit better than our MLB Playoff debacle that predicted Cubs over Angels in the fall classic. Our bad, sorry about about that. We are going to take it a little slower and predict round by round. Keep in mind we are ignoring the spread and picking straight-up winners:

Falcons over Cardinals

-We are going with our gut on this one. The Cardinals have looked horrible for a long time now and are going against a team that has much more momentum. Also, Michael Turner is going against a defense that is simply not very good. Why pick a rookie QB on the road in the playoffs? Despite our disdain for BC, Matt Ryan brings the goods and he is not stuck playing in the freezing cold or with a particularly loud dome crowd (AZ fans seem confused by success) like Minnesota.



Colts over Whales Vagina(Stay classy, San Diego.)

-Satan "Cut that meat!" Manning fresh off of a 9-game winning streak and 2008 MVP award. Good coach(Dungy) vs. bad coach(Norv). Southern California's awesome climate makes the weather a non-factor for either team. This is also more of a emotion pick as well: The Chargers got into the playoffs at 8-8 and our Pats are playing golf this week at 11-5. We will hate the Chargers (we also hate the Colts) as long as Dr. Phil and the crybaby who stole Lawrence "the real LT" Taylor's nickname remain in Saint Diego. Done and done.




Ravens over Dolphins

-Another road team? Man oh man, this might not end well for us. We think Ray-Ray and Co. can handle the Wildcat running formation and force Pennington to throw deep. These deep balls, as a result, might end up being caught by Ed Reed (one of our favs) on multiple occasions. Match that with another lucky rookie QB going on the road in favorable conditions(ask Ricky Ross about the weather in the M-I-Yayo) and the creepy efficiency of this rookie Joe Flacco, and you can probably count on the Ravens advancing to the next round. Another tough pick, nonetheless.

Vikings over the Eagles

Finally, a home team winning a game. As our friend The Sports Guy, Bill Simmons indicated(check out his predictions on our links to the right), we don't want to touch this game with a 10-foot pole. Several reasons why we picked this one:

1. Adrian Peterson and Chester Taylor are ridiculously good at running with pigskin under their arms.

2. As Simmons indicated, the Metrodome provides the Vikes with one of the last remaining home field advantages.

3. We don't think the Eagles will benefit from play as horrible as the Cowboys' display was last week. Also, we don't see Tavaris Jackson having to make too many risky plays.



4. Our NFL correspondent, Drew Kiper Jr, is a die-hard Vikings fan and still loses sleep at night due to their historical collapse in the 1998 NFC championship game. He needs this one.


Hopefully, we have provided you with a....

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