PICK THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS

[Bretsky]

OK, put yourself on record with your picks.
I'm going

1. Green Bay- Very tempted to bet money on them but worried about bad karma
2. Phily--Just got a feeling; logic tells me Dallas but gotta feeling Phily upsets them

1. Cincy- Again logic tells me Jets but got a feeling they come though
2. Patriots- Have to pick the genius to find a way even though they might be overmatched

[ICU81MI]

I'm with you on all four picks.

[Bossman641]

Agree on all counts, except I think Dallas beats Philly. I also think Cincy will beat the Jets pretty easily.

[bobblehead]

GB, Dallas, NE, Cincy

I am betting cincy, Dallas, and i'm 6 point teasing NE and the over in GB/AZ

PS...anyone have the thread where we all picked before the year??

If I recall I had SD and GB in the superbowl.

[TennesseePackerBacker]

Packers, Cowboys, Baltimore, Bengals

I might place a wager on the Packers and Cowboys...dunno about the other two

[pbmax]

Jets, Cowboys, Ravens, Packers

[Bretsky]

Curious where everybody bets and what the spreads are ? Can somebody plz post ? I heard AZ was favored by 3 over GB at start of the week

[Bossman641]

I heard AZ -3 too, but I would guess it has come down from that.

[bobblehead]

Curious where everybody bets and what the spreads are ? Can somebody plz post ? I heard AZ was favored by 3 over GB at start of the week

http://www.covers.com/sports/nfl/nfl_lines.aspx

pretty accurate to the half hour.

[Bretsky]

HMMM; I think I'd bet the over on both NFC playoff games and on Green Bay


TY TY TY, what say you about the lines this week ????????????????

[TennesseePackerBacker]

covers is good, so is scoresandodds.com

[HarveyWallbangers]

Green Bay, Philadelphia, New England, Jets

I'm picking Green Bay, but I think it will be very close. I also have the feeling Philly wins. McNabb has done it time and again in the playoffs. Romo has been shaky in the playoffs. It seems the Jets and Bengals have turned into similar teams (run and play defense), but the Jets are better at both. Of course, their QB play is shaky. I do like the Ravens, but it's hard to pick against New England at home.

[TennesseePackerBacker]

Im edging closer and closer towards taking the Bengals. The line has moved down to -2.5 due to the public pounding the Jets. Like Harvey said, both teams are very similar in the fact they love to run and play defense. The biggest gap between these two teams is QB play. Carson Palmer? Mark Sanchez on the road in his rookie season? The Jets aren't Pittsburgh from Ben Rofl's-berger days. Bengals cover.

[packerbacker1234]

GB, Dallas, Jets, Ravens.

I think the Jets and Ravens advance purely based off defense. Ochocinco isn't 100%, and brady hasn't been all world like he was in 07. Missing his #1 target, ravens defense claims that win, and the jets defense (I think it's #1 in the nfl) leads a easy road over cincy.

GB has too much for AZ to handle - great defensive play combined with a potent offense. They will need the same defense that shut down Minnesota to make this a real game.

Something keeps telling me to go with Philly - they were hot right up to the last game of the season, and were almost the #2 seed. Still, I go with Dallas. Something just tells me this is the year they finally get one playoff win.

[Gunakor]

Jets don't belong in these playoffs IMO. I know the tiebreakers and all, and they earned their spot fair and square, but I don't see the Jets as even being in the game with Cincy once the ball is kicked off to start the second half. Cincy will run away with that one.

Packers have outscored AZ some ridiculous 76-13 or something like that in 2 meetings with them this year. Thier own fans think the Cards are too soft to play with our physical football team and win a 60 minute battle. If they can't get more pressure on Rodgers I expect another epic blowout. Especially if Boldin doesn't play, I honestly don't think AZ has an answer for us.

Dallas/Philadelphia is a toss up. Something tells me Dallas wins that one, but nothing would surprise me in that game. It should be pretty close.

I hate the Pats, but I just can't bet against Brady in the playoffs. At least until Indy. NE wins this one.