Thoughts on Wild Card games

[Tailback U]

NYJ-Cincy

The Jets are the most physical team in the playoffs and have a great shot at beating San Diego. If the game was in NYJ, I'd put money on the Jets, but as of right now I'm undecided. Nonetheless, I won't be surprised at all if the Jets beat the Chargers.

The Chargers are a passing team and don't run the ball well. Antonio Gates will be the x-factor because Revis will shut Jackson down. The Jets will be able to run the ball and control the clock, if Sanchez can continue his recent play and not turn the ball over, I think the Jets move on to the AFC Championship game.

Cowboys-Eagles

I gave the Eagles too much credit and the Cowboys not enough. For every great game Donovan McNabb has, he has an equally as bad one. Romo has been playing lights out for over a month now, I should have known better, especially since Dallas already beat Philly twice.

That said, the Vikings are not the Eagles and Brett Favre is not Donovan McNabb. I fully believe in Favre and think the Cowboys roller coaster season comes to end this week.

Pats-Ravens

I think it's safe to say that Belichick might have finally realized that you can't just keep plugging in jersey numbers and expect everything to be fine. The loss of Seymour, Bruschi, Vrabel, Harrison, etc., really hurt New England this year.

They had no leadership or toughness on that team this season, as evidenced by the Ravens proved kicking the ever living shit out of them.

The Ravens looked great on defense but don't get it twisted - they aren't going to make Peyton Manning look like Elvis Grbac and they're going to have to complete more than 4 passes if they want to beat the Colts.

Cardinals-Packers

Never underestimate proven hall of fame quarterbacks in the playoffs. Especially when they've been playing some of the best football of their career and are at the end of their career.

Excited about the Cards/Saints game but pretty comfortable about picking the Cards.

Like I said, I fully believe in proven HOF QBs like Warner, Favre, and Manning. That's why they are my 3 favorites to go to the Super Bowl.

As of right now, I have the Cards over the Vikings in the NFC Championship game but that could change depending on Favre's performance against the Cowboys this week.

[mobbdeep1122]

It was Rodgers first ever playoff game. I thought he did pretty damn well considering the circumstances. He had some early jitters but put up 45 points. Anytime you put 45 in a playoff game (or any game) you should win. Rodgers may not be elite now but I can see him becoming one of the best in the game as he gains experience.

Packers fans have to feel a lot better of their QB situation after seeing Rodgers' performance yesterday.

[Tailback U]

It was Rodgers first ever playoff game. I thought he did pretty damn well considering the circumstances. He had some early jitters but put up 45 points. Anytime you put 45 in a playoff game (or any game) you should win. Rodgers may not be elite now but I can see him becoming one of the best in the game as he gains experience.

Packers fans have to feel a lot better of their QB situation after seeing Rodgers' performance yesterday.

I don't think anyone is going to argue with you.

Rodgers looked great but his early interception and late fumble cost the Packers the game. Warner played flawless and Rodgers did not, so there is definitely a gap between the two but that is expected because Rodgers is so young.

The kid has the ability to be a potential hall of fame quarterback, he just needs to learn how to win. I won't be surprised if the Packers are the NFC favorite to go to the Super Bowl next year if Favre and Warner both retire.

[mobbdeep1122]

I don't think anyone is going to argue with you.

Rodgers looked great but his early interception and late fumble cost the Packers the game. Warner played flawless and Rodgers did not, so there is definitely a gap between the two but that is expected because Rodgers is so young.

The kid has the ability to be a potential hall of fame quarterback, he just needs to learn how to win. I won't be surprised if the Packers are the NFC favorite to go to the Super Bowl next year if Favre and Warner both retire.

I'm with ya. Like we said it was Rodgers first playoff game. He'll get better as he gains experience. It's clear to see he's not the level of Warner yet. I think he'll get there in time.

PS- Warner is unbelievable. I hope he doesn't retire after this season.

[Bear Pand]

Jets are gonna have to stop playing so conservatively on offense. They had the ball around midfield with ~2minutes to go before half time and also had 2 timeouts, they chose to basically try to run the clock out. They're probably the only team left that would do that and it's not gonna work against teams that can move the ball on offense.

There was also another drive where had like a 3rd and 6 already in field goal range and ran some lame "give up" play and settled for a fg instead of trying to throw for a first and move into the redzone. That combined with constant wildcat runs on 3rd down shows me that the Jets still don't trust Sanchez so it'll be fun to see what happens this week if San Diego can move the ball on that D.