NFL Fans?

[red_in_oz]

So my Raiders get the number one pick next April.

Everyone KNOWS we need a QB - but you watch us bugger that up!!

[Red Star]

OK, playoffs coming up!

Dallas at Seattle (Go Hawks!)

Chiefs at Indy (PM will score more than LJ)

Giants at Philly (No match) Eagles!

Jets at Pats (Pats win but not easy)

I think Baltimore will face the Saints in the SB

[Fiddy]

OK, playoffs coming up!

Dallas at Seattle (Go Hawks!) Dallas by 10

Chiefs at Indy (PM will score more than LJ) Indy scrape it by a TD, mainly thanks to Sanders making their run D infinitely better

Giants at Philly (No match) Eagles! Eagles by 17. Eli throws it away and Tiki goes home crying

Jets at Pats (Pats win but not easy)Pats win by 2 FG's

I think Baltimore will face the Saints in the SB

[REDSCOUSER]

OK, playoffs coming up!

Dallas at Seattle COWBOYS BY 1 TD
Chiefs at Indy Indy to survive for now

Giants at Philly Giants to pull an upset by a field goal
Jets at Pats Whitewash for Brady & his boys

I think Baltimore will face the Saints in the SB

[red_in_oz]

I think Baltimore will face the Saints in the SB

With teams like the Ravens, Pats & Chargers, the best game will be the AFC Championship.

The Super Bowl could be a really poor game if the AFC powerhouse gets hold of a weak NFC team.

I'd like to see the Ravens @ Chargers and see the Ravens stop LT running!

Also like to see the Saints @ Bears.

[KingKenny]

I think we will see another wild card team in the super bowl, just like last year.
Now is this team gonna win the whole thing is another story.

[Mattshark]

OK, playoffs coming up!

Dallas at Seattle Can only see this going to Dallas

Chiefs at Indy Indy

Giants at Philly I would be very suprised if the Eagles lost

Jets at Pats I fancy the Jets here (just hoping anyway)

[Red Star]

[REDSCOUSER]

[Fiddy]

[KingKenny]

Should be 2 fantastic AFC games. Anything could happen. Would not put it past the Pats turning over the Chargers that's if they can stop Tomlinson.
The NFC is a bit boring this year. The Phily v Saints match should be good but the Bears will anhiliate the average Seahawks.

[mersey86]

I see the winner of the Chargers Patriots game as the Super Bowl winner. Baltimore being the only possible outside threat.

[philred10]

not too hopeful about my pats this week. havent been great against the run especially since seau went out. on the plus side the offense looks good with brady on form and gaffney stepping up and reche caldwell has a little to prove against his former team. for the other afc game, well manning choked but his defense took care of the match and who the hell thought that could happen. baltimore should have the edge and i reckon they will meet the chargers unfortunately. as for the nfc toss of a coin on both games as the eagles look good.

[Red Star]

I think the Ravens will beat Indy. Best D in the NFL!

Saints will beat the Eagles. As long as they can stop Westbrook.

Would like to see Seattle shock the Bears. Alexander and Hasselbeck will have to be on top form though.

New England to beat the Bolts. Rivers will be the one to watch, in his first playoff game. I think the Pats will try to stuff the run and make Rivers throw. Can he handle it?

[hoeyd2]

not too hopeful about my pats this week. havent been great against the run especially since seau went out.

The Pats have played the run very well actually.

The big key is more Wilfork than Seau. Vrabel and Bruschi are tackling at or behind the line of scrimmage. It's not like we have Monty Beisel back in there who used to routinely meet runners 5 yards down field.

When Wilfork was out, Mike Wright generally did a nice job, but he gave up some big plays. Wilfork doesn't. He's a monster.

Tully Banta-Cain will have a tough job. He'll need to set the edge to force Tomlinson back inside to limit his gains. Colvin always does that well on the other side. It's a cliche, but you won't stop LaDainian. You can only limit him. Hopefully enough to keep him under 100 yards. Then Rivers will be forced to play more against the Belichick schemes. Which could eat him alive.

But I think the difference in this game is going to be the Pats offense vs SD defense. There's actually some subtle mismatches there that New England could exploit. The one criticism levelled against Merriman (apart from the fact that he's a cheating druggie scumbag who should have been banned for a long time and shamed like Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire), is that he's actually not the surest tackler. He's a pass rushing machine and he can blow up plays with massive hits. But his all-day, every-day tackling can be a little suspect. He tries to risk it all for the big hit too often. That's not going to help him with an explosive back like Maroney on the field. Neither Dillon nor Maroney have carried the ball more than 15 times a game this year, so they're real fresh. Any missed tackles by San Diego, and those boys are off.

Also, if there's any QB in the league who can handle a pass rush like San Diego's, it's Brady. He's cool under that pressure and has a very quick release. I've never seen anybody else able to focus so intently on his targets in the face of a rush. A blitzing defense is a good matchup for him. His comfort zone is the spread formation, so he could no-huddle and screen-pass the Chargers to death out there.

Anyway, that's what the Pats could get right. It's going to be very tough though. San Diego are a superb team. But everyone has flaws...