PICK THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS

[Fritz]

I hate the fact that everybody and their mother is in love with the Packers against the Cards. The bettor in me tells me to run for the hills when I see this happen. Then again, the Packers are the better team on both sides of the ball.

If we lose it is because of 3 things.
1. Losing the turnover margin (hard to see this happening)
2. Warner channeling Ben Rofl's-berger
3. Poor offensive line play

It's probably going to take all three of these things happening together to sink the Packers. That's how confident I am in the Packers this week.

When playing poker or gamble I've always stuck to the maxim, "Don't go looking for monsters under the bed". Sure this "perfect storm" of events could happen, but you can't look for it to.

You forgot the crucial special teams eff up, man.

[Bretsky]

DO THE RATS need the IRON CLAD Bretsky Take it to the Bank Guarantee

[Brando19]

Packers
Eagles
Bengals
Ravens

And Bretsky...please gives us that guarantee because it makes it 100% for me....it'll make me sleep better tonight. Your "take it to the bank" guarantee has been spot on so far.

[RashanGary]

Patriots
Packers
Bengals
Cowboys

Dallas and Philly is the toughest one for me. It was so convincing last week, I went with Dallas.

[MJZiggy]

DO THE RATS need the IRON CLAD Bretsky Take it to the Bank Guarantee

Yes, please and one for the Ravens wouldn't hurt either.

[jmbarnes101]

Patriots
Jets
Eagles
Cardinals

If I get that last game wrong I'll be extremely happy but everybody and their mother is on them and that scares me. I'm hoping they haven't looked at everybody else's predictions and started to get big heads about it.

[Joemailman]

Patriots - Ravens won't get enough pressure on Brady

Bengals - Jets are too one-dimensional on offense.

Eagles - Andy Reid is a better playoff coach than Wade Phillips

Packers - Packers road record is better than Cardinals home record.

[Bretsky]

DANG; tonight the Cowpies looked as good or better than any NFC team
Domination

[channtheman]

Okay here we go.

Dallas
Green Bay
Jets
Ravens

So far so good for me. I don't think it was a fluke that the Jets and Cowboys had destroyed their opponents last week.

I expect a closer game against the Cards this time but I still think we win by more than one possession. Ravens was just a pick almost randomly. We'll see what happens there.

[Bretsky]

Packers look like they are 2 point favorites on scoresandodds
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[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.

So far so good in my picks. And people told me I was foolish for picking the jets... ha!