Midseason SB Picks
 

I've got Giants and Texans.

Green Bay and New England I guess.

Niners Texans

Chiefs/Panthers.

Don't go out on a limb or anything.


San Fran - Denver

Chiefs are only 2 games back with 10 to go... still in this.

Ugh.

Falcs or niners/Texans

Falcons - most well rounded team in football and a QB who is having a career-type year.

Patriots - while they havent been world killers yet, they still have Brady & a defense that can be good enough in a VERY weak AFC.

Niners are great but Smith is going to eventually cost them, Packer secondary + lack of a run game is eventually going to hurt them. I guess if the Texans can keep this up, then they deserve real consideration as well.

Texans/ Falcons

Giants/Pats again.

Same result.

Texans and Falcons.

+1

Ive decided I will cheer for the Falcons solely for Tony G.

Packers vs. New England: "Bledsoe's Revenge"

Woody Paige is picking a Broncos vs Giants Super Bowl.

http://www.denverpost.com/paige/ci_2...eli-super-bowl

Woody Paige is and idiot
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Woody Paige is an idiot. Even if the Broncos do somehow make it to 12-4....they will not have a better record than Houston. Houston would have to 5-4 to finish the year with a worse record than the Donkeys, and Houston has already beat them head to head. Simply not happening, so Paige's playoff scenarios are complete BS.

You and Paige must have the same supplier, huh?

Not sure who I would pick in the NFC. Giants have played well at times, but not every week. San Fran seems to be a hot pick, but they were whipped by the Giants. Right now I would have to lean towards Atlanta, although I still have some questions about their defense.

The Texans are clearly the best team in the AFC right now. They beat a 5-1 Ravens team today by 30.

As long as Eli Manning is lining up behind center for the Giants, they are the team I would bet on.

I don't think Atlanta is as good as their record.

For me, in the NFC, it's the Giants, with the Pack following closely.

In the AFC, it's all Texans, as long as Schaub can get through a full season.

Texans peaked too early. Green Bay is just starting their climb. Same for NE.

I've eliminated the Chiefs from my list. I know it was sticking my neck out, but I was at a point that I needed the thin the field.

I don't think anyone would argue that the cream of the crop this season is:

Patriots
Giants
Texans
49ers
Packers
Falcons

I listed them in order from best to worst, in my opinion.

The Falcons will likely have homefield throughout thanks to their hot start but will get buried in the playoffs by either the 9ers, Giants or Packers. I'm hesitant to give the 9ers the nod after their last game against the New York; the Giants own them in head-to-head competition. So I think it would come down to the Pack and the Giants. Probably go ahead and give that one to the Giants again since they're far more complete.

On the AFC side the only two teams that are scary in the least are the Pats and Texans. Either of them would destroy the Broncos/Chargers and the Ravens/Steelers are looking old and depleted. I'll give this one to the Texans in a grind-it-out, ball controlled game in Houston.

Not exactly going out on a limb, but those would be the safest picks to put money on, in my opinion.

texans packers.

I agree with all of this expect the Texans part - Schaub can't hang againt Brady or even gasp Manning.

NYG/Den

I don't think we know how Shaub will perform when the bright lights go on.

I know this, if he doesn't wilt under the pressure of the playoffs, and can give that team what it needs at QB, the Texans defense can take both Brady, and certainly the great choker, out of their games.

SF/Texans. I think they are the two best all around teams in the NFL.

As long as the Alex Smith is still the QB, I don't like the 9ers to get there.

The Broncos will be a non-factor in the playoffs. Peyton doesn't have the dome to protect him anymore and will likely have to go through either Foxboro, Houston (which would be his best option, weatherwise), Baltimore, or Pittsburgh in the middle of January.

He'll choke as usual.

He lost to the Chargers and Patriots who were the two best teams in the league the years he lost to them. Peyton carried extremely flawed Indy teams to the playoffs every year for over a decade. He isn't a choker. They used to call Elway a choker, but once he had a good team around him he won back to back Super Bowls.

Save 2 special teams screw ups last year Alex Smith would have led them to the SB.

Ok.

So what's changed?

ROFL The old Manning defense. When they lost it was because he was on teams that were inferior talent wise. When they won it was all because of him. Question for you then. When the Colts lost the SB to NO what was the cause? Was it Manning and his Pick-6 or the Colts "inferior" talent.

Save for 1 of 13 in third down opportunities against the Giants, that 1 a meaningless conversion at the end of the first half, Alex Smith would have led the Giants to the SB.

People want to blame Williams, but if Smith converts just a 3 or 4 third down chances, those fumbled punts won't matter.

Smith wilted under presssure.

Eli stepped up and converted huge third down opportunities.

This, and he did it again in the regular season game vs the Giants

TEXANS and Giants

SF won't get there with Smith as the QB.

Yeah, Eli has a whole different gear for the playoffs, so I can agree with that.

I think the Pack's questionable defense will continue to haunt them.

And there is something about Atlanta that does not seem quite right. They could be exposed as the season goes, but maybe not.

Without a doubt Smith did not play a great game in that game, but without those special teams errors it would not have mattered. He was good in the previous game though. As "money" as Eli was in that game, it took a short field that was the result of a miffed punt to get the Giants in a position to score the game leading TD. Prior to that Eli struggled to move the ball and most people I have talked to including Giants fans doubted he would have been able to drive them the length of the field to a TD.

Ultimately it is irrelevant because Eli and the Giants and not Smith and the 49ers won that game. We will never know for sure if Eli could have driven the length of the field for the game winning score. I still think that Smith can lead SF to a SB. He is by no means an elite QB, but I think he is good enough especially with that team.

Smith made a couple of plays against a weak Saints D.

And anyone that questions Eli in big games when the game is on the line has not been watching football for the last 5 years.

There is no one more clutch.

Bottom line, when the game is in the balance, you need a QB that can step up and make plays against not just the weakass defenses, but one that can do it against the good, even great defenses.

Alex Smith is not that guy.

And you are not going to the SB with defense and running the ball in today's NFL.

Pack/Pats

Both teams are much better than their record.

I never really hype the Giants, because they never seem truly elite to me, they're not flashy on offense, nothing jumps out, but thats mostly because of my re-ocurring misperceptions of Eli... they just call what works.

He NEVER really looks elite, until it really MATTERS... i've said many times how he does more with less true physical talent than any QB in the NFL... but, put him onstage when it counts & he has been total nails for years.

He's the headiest QB in the NFL, hands down... it'll be NYG @ ATL for conference champ.

No, Pats aren't.

They are a declining team relying on an aging superstar QB.

Peyton had a better team around him in 2006 and 2007 than he does now.

They converted 1 3rd down the entire game.

WELL, LA-DEE

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FRICKIN' DAH!

Yeah, the guy is something special. I under rated him for years but he's up there.

I'd love to see it. But...it's true. Woody Paige is an idiot.

Great to see you back around, Sir RJ... i miss your wise, yet wry take on many things.

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Atlanta & another team not named the chiefs

I'd go with Falcons/Texans. Falcons win.

I can't decide on one team yet. or 2 teams.

What I'll root for:

Redskins vs don't care

Atlanta vs Houston are clearly the favorites

But I think it will come down to Houston, Denver or NE in the AFC vs Giants, Atlanta or SF

I'm gonna predict

Houston vs Atlanta if both teams win home field

I don't think Atlanta will be this good in cold, snowy weather but in their dome they are gonna be very hard to beat.

I'm really not sure yet, lol.

I'll go Green Bay vs. Houston.

Texans - Falcons

Ill go with Texans and Giants.

Eli Manning is still tha Bomb with the game on the line.

Something about the Texans bothers me. I just can't see them getting all the way to the SB.

Its because they are unproven. Things appear to be lining up their way so far with the Ravens, Steelers and Patriots looking weaker this year. Who knows how well teams wil be playing in December/Jan though? Ive seen many teams start out hot only to fail later in the year, and vice versa.

Falcons/Texans.

Tony G retires immediately after, and calls Scott Pioli a cockgobbler on the podium while holding the trophy.

Actually, I think it's that they remind me of the 2005 Broncos. Clearly they have a better defense, but their offense is exactly the same. It wasn't our defense that failed in the AFCCG, though.

ROFL at the Bronco picks

Can't wait to see Houston or the Pats wax them again.

Newsflash. Denver's an extremely flawed team and he may regress as the season grows older...he isn't 30 anymore.

I'm sticking with my preseason pick
Pats vs Packers

In descending order, my picks are:

Bears - You have to score against them to win. Not sure that'll happen.
Falcons - You have to outscore them to win. Not sure that'll happen.
Giants - They'll get better as the season goes on.
49ers - It seems like I should rank them higher, but I can't.
Packers - See above, plus running back problems.

AFC

Patriots - I think they match up well against the Texans.
Texans - Should end up with home field in a weak division. I'm not confident in them, though.
Ravens - Getting old an injury prone. A run this year will depend on offense, not defense.
Bengals - These guys could be the dark horse if they can get out of their division alive.
Steelers - Running back problems.


So I'm going Patriots over Bears. However, the nice thing about this year is that we don't have any obvious powerhouses.

When did he write this?

It's because you're a cock-gobbling, donkey homer.

San Diego shitting their pants has made these guys heads as big as Jugheads.

I'm sticking with my beginning-of-the-year pick: 49ers and Texans.

Patriots/Giants......again.....

I'm hoping for Texans/Falcons though.

I don't believe anyone in the AFC is close to the Texans.

I'm still sticking with the 49ers in the NFC even though the Giants look to be in their heads

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I cited their similarity to a past Broncos team as a reason that they WON'T make the SB, and that makes me a Broncos homer?

GTFO of here. They have more offensive talent than that slapdick team had. That team was definition of fraud.

ill pick against the norm

Bears/Vikings vs Steelers

lol

the only other person that picked the Bears is Rain Man and the Vikings have a good defense as well as some really good play makers on offense. If their pile of shit QB can actually play some decent ball they have a chance.

The Steelers is because of Todd Haley and I dont trust the Texans, Ravens or Broncos.

Bears aren't a bad pick and agree Pitt's a better pick than a fraud Denver team. Vikes made me chuckle a bit in that deep NFC, they are way down my list.

thats why I picked the Vikings, they are a surprising 5-2, they play tough defense and have been close in every game but their loss to the Redskins. They should have definitely beat the Colts but they handled the 49ers, and they have the Bucs, Seattle, Detroit, Chicagox2, Packersx2, St Louis and Houston.

They can hang with Detroit, St Louis, Tampa and Seattle they just have to split a game with Chicago or GB and they are right in it.

Really?

Passing:

2005 Broncos: 210 ypg, 7.4 ypa
2012 Texans: 227 ypg, 7.4 ypa

Rushing:

2005 Broncos: 158.7 ypg, 4.7 ypc
2012 Texans: 140.9 ypg, 4.0 ypc

Looks pretty evenly matched to me. The Texans pass more, but they aren't doing it any more efficiently. They are less successful at running, though.

Texans vs. Packers

Packers/Texans