Saturday, January 12, 2002
PLAYOFF THOUGHTS
Here's my rankings of the playoff teams from worst to best:
12) J...E...T...S... JETS, JETS, JETS! They may get out of the first round if slumping Oakland can't get its act together.
11) DULLFINS. I hate this team. I hate the AFC East. The Dolphins should do their annual el foldo in the first round. I would say they'd get blown out 42-0, but their playing the Ravens, not the Raiders. Make it 20 to nothing.
10) RAVENS. Will they have an offense? Quoth the Ravens, "NEVER MORE!"
9) RAIDERS. I would have ranked them in the top five as late as a month ago.
8) BUCS. There's not much you can buy for a buck these days.
7) PATRIOTS. Do you get the feeling I'm not a big fan of the AFC this year? It helps that the Patsies have a quarterback.
6) DA BEARS. Unless they brought their smoke and mirrors with them, expect a divisional round exit. These guys remind me of the Jaguars a few years ago ( the Jaguars lost twice to the Titans, but won the division. Then made a quick playoff exit and haven't been seen since.)
5) EAGLETS. After the first round, it gets really tough.
4) STEAL HER'S. I'm getting my PA. teams out of the way. The only AFC team with a shot to beat them are the Patsies, barring complete self-distruction.
3) NINERS. If they were in the AFC, they'd run the table. Unfortunately, they go to the FROZEN TUNDRA, and surviving that, most likely a return visit to St. Louis.
2) PACKAHS. 12-0 in playoff home games. Farve is 30-0 when the temps are 34 or lower. That may just be history, but that's to steep a trend for the Niners to overcome.
1) LAMBS. The only team that can silence the Rams are the Rams. If they don't turn the ball over, there's no team on this list that can beat them. That's especially true on the fast carpet at their dome, formerly known as TWA.
Here are my playoff picks:
WILDCARD ROUND:
Green Bay over San Francisco
Philadelphia over Trampled Bay
Oaktown over the Jets
Baltimore over Miami canned Dolphins
DIVISIONAL ROUND:
St. Louis over Green Bay
Philadelphia over Chicago smoke and mirror Bears
New England over sudden Oakland death
Pittsburgh over Baltimore or less
CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES:
St. Louis over Philadelphia
Pittsburgh over New England
SUPERBOWL:
ST. LOUIS RAMS OVER PITTSBURGH STEELERS... PHEW!
Junior Bro 11:34:00 AM
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