Following multiple victories for road teams in the wild card playoff round, the National Football League playoffs shift to the conference divisional round.
The Green Bay Packers, New York Jets and Baltimore Ravens took care of business on the road to move on to the NFL playoffs as the favored defending Super Bowl champions, New Orleans Saints, came up short against the unfavored Seattle Seahawks.
In the American Conference Football league, the New York Jets defeated the Indianapolis Colts, 16-14, to move on and face their AFC East division rivals, the New England Patriots.
The Jets are clearly not favored across the board to beat the unstoppable Patriots in New England but Jets' coach Rex Ryan continues to preach his team is going to win the Super Bowl this year.
I am a Jets fan and optimistic about the Jets' chances to pull a upset but anything is possible when a team has its back against the wall and nothing to lose. My prediction is a Jets upset over the Patriots.
As for the other AFC playoff game, the Ravens face their AFC North rivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Like the Jets, the Ravens are a dangerous match-up for the Steelers because both teams know each other inside and out and the Ravens have nothing to lose.
The Ravens are a dark horse to me because this team is capable of anything with the outstanding defense it has but its offense is always a question to some and the offense is the obstacle in the way of Raven from becoming a championship team.
I pick the Ravens to beat the Steelers this week because I have faith in the Ravens offense coming through in this game.
Now moving on to the National Conference League, the Packers who are clear favorites to reach the Super Bowl, head into Atlanta to face the Falcons.
Despite being the No. 1 team in the NFC, no one is sold on the Falcons because the team is not taken serious. The Falcons have been successful in past seasons and continued the success this season behind quarterback Matt Ryan.
On the other hand, the Packers were picked before the NFL season to win the Super Bowl but the team lost key players through injuries which set the team back. The Packers managed to rally back and make the playoffs in the final weeks of the season.
Packers quarterback, Arron Rodgers, was one of the key players to sit out with concussions but now he looks to be healthy and on top of his game.
The match-up will be a exciting, hard fought match and football fans should not be disappointed in this game. I pick the Packers in this game because I feel the Packers are a runaway freight train on its way to the Super Bowl.
In the other NFC playoff match, the surprisingly Seahawks, with first year coach, Pete Carrol, head on the road to face the Chicago Bears.
No one expected the Seahawks to be playing this far into the NFL postseason following a horrible season last year but the Seahawks found a way to make the postseason with their 7-9 season record.
No one had the Seahawks winning at home against the Saints but the Seahawks disproved everyone and won the game.
Once again no one will have the Seahawks beating the Bears on the road this weekend. I predict the Bears winning easily because of their great defense and good offense.
In summary: I predict the Jets and Ravens to be playing in the AFC championship game and the Packers and Beats to be playing in the NFC championship game following this weekend.
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Game 1 of the NBA Western Conference Finals
WOW!
That's all I can say, I was so upset with the way the Lakers were playing all game.
The game was so intense, the Lakers looked like they were continuing the inconsistent play they had in the Houston series. They never really had a grip or control of the game.
LA went down as much as 13 in the first half and Carmelo Anthony had 16 points at the end of the first quarter. It looked like no Laker was going to attempt to stop him but Kobe Bryant took him on in the second quarter and held him to 20 at the half.
Los Angeles finally had a somewhat good effort in the third but then they began relaxing and Denver took the lead going into the fourth quarter.
In the fourth quarter, I began getting fed up with the Lakers to the point I even said to myself, "I am done with this team, they are not going to win this way."
But Kobe Bryant did not fold on us and did what he had to do to save the team from losing home court again. He made clutch free throws in the closing minutes of the game to seal the deal for the Lakers.
Once again Andrew Bynum gets lost in la la land, the dude is so big and taller then the Denver big men and still they push him and bully him around like he is nothing but a useless body in the way.
He was so ineffective for us, all he does is pick up silly fouls and just wastes Phil Jackson's time.
I really told myself that we should trade him.
We did not deserve this win but thanks to Kobe who was the only Laker other then Trevor Ariza, who made that steal late to give us the win, they really did the job to give the Lakers the suck out win.
Pau Gasol had a decent game but he is such a great free throw shooter, he almost lost the game when he missed two straight free throws that let the Nuggets take the lead 99-97.
But another thing, the referees did a bad job, they consistently called one bad call after another.
They called so many bad calls that put both teams into the line and it really didn't give either team a chance to get into a grove but it favored us tonight that we win the game.
The Lakers lead the series 1-0, don't expect to Kobe to repeat that performance again to carry us, Gasol, Lamar Odom, and Ariza need to make plays and complete them on their own.
Gasol needs to front his man on the block and use his quickness to move to the rim and make something of it.
Lakers wake up please! This is a totally different road to the finals from last year, the team lacks the effort and heart, they show the heart and effort in pregame but during the game they lose it.
They cannot think they can turn it on whenever they want to because it is going to come back and bite us in the butt.
Lets go Lakers!
That's all I can say, I was so upset with the way the Lakers were playing all game.
The game was so intense, the Lakers looked like they were continuing the inconsistent play they had in the Houston series. They never really had a grip or control of the game.
LA went down as much as 13 in the first half and Carmelo Anthony had 16 points at the end of the first quarter. It looked like no Laker was going to attempt to stop him but Kobe Bryant took him on in the second quarter and held him to 20 at the half.
Los Angeles finally had a somewhat good effort in the third but then they began relaxing and Denver took the lead going into the fourth quarter.
In the fourth quarter, I began getting fed up with the Lakers to the point I even said to myself, "I am done with this team, they are not going to win this way."
But Kobe Bryant did not fold on us and did what he had to do to save the team from losing home court again. He made clutch free throws in the closing minutes of the game to seal the deal for the Lakers.
Once again Andrew Bynum gets lost in la la land, the dude is so big and taller then the Denver big men and still they push him and bully him around like he is nothing but a useless body in the way.
He was so ineffective for us, all he does is pick up silly fouls and just wastes Phil Jackson's time.
I really told myself that we should trade him.
We did not deserve this win but thanks to Kobe who was the only Laker other then Trevor Ariza, who made that steal late to give us the win, they really did the job to give the Lakers the suck out win.
Pau Gasol had a decent game but he is such a great free throw shooter, he almost lost the game when he missed two straight free throws that let the Nuggets take the lead 99-97.
But another thing, the referees did a bad job, they consistently called one bad call after another.
They called so many bad calls that put both teams into the line and it really didn't give either team a chance to get into a grove but it favored us tonight that we win the game.
The Lakers lead the series 1-0, don't expect to Kobe to repeat that performance again to carry us, Gasol, Lamar Odom, and Ariza need to make plays and complete them on their own.
Gasol needs to front his man on the block and use his quickness to move to the rim and make something of it.
Lakers wake up please! This is a totally different road to the finals from last year, the team lacks the effort and heart, they show the heart and effort in pregame but during the game they lose it.
They cannot think they can turn it on whenever they want to because it is going to come back and bite us in the butt.
Lets go Lakers!
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