We have four big games on tap this weekend for the divisional round and they all look to be gems. I predicted 3 out of the 4 games in the Wild Card round and this weekend, I will be, how shall we say, raising the bar by also attempting to predict the scores.
Saturday:
Seattle at Green Bay (1:30 PM, EST): It is on tomorrow in Green Bay! The football purist in me sighs a bit but the pass-loving-throw-it-all-over-the-damn-place idiot in me is jumping for joy. Pitting pass vs. pass; Favre, the old master, vs. Hasselbeck, his apprentice who was shipped out of town; Holmgren, the old legend, vs. McCarthy, the new legend; there is simply not a better match up in the playoffs this year. The only way this shoot-out in the tundra can disappoint is if they end up not shooting it out but with the forecast a balmy 30 degrees with only a slight possibility of snow flurries, you know that they’re going to be putting the ball in the air, early and often.
Prediction: Seattle 31, Green Bay 34
Jacksonville at New England (8:00 PM, EST): This much I know: the Jags will punch the Patriots in the mouth. How? Well, I know that if they don’t come out and pound it at the Pats over and over and over again, they will surely lose, and since I am the captain of the Hateriots, I have to believe that the Jags will win.
Prediction: Jacksonville 30, New England 28
Sunday:
San Diego at Indianapolis (1:00 PM EST): I think the Chargers’ prescription of Valtrex may have run out in the Wild Card round. Like they took the whole damn bottle just to suppress Norv Turner Disease to make it to the Divisional round and now they have none left.
Prediction: San Diego 24, Indianapolis 35
New York at Dallas (4:30 PM EST): As a Giants fan, I LOVE this match up. I love it, I love it, I love it. Tony Romo is experiencing his late season burnout, has Jessica Simpson’s herpes and acne riddled face jinxing him, and has a bum thumb (it didn’t have to be like this Tony. If you had just chosen me!). Plus - Terrell Owens is not 100% with a high ankle sprain and two assistant coaches are off entertaining head coaching interviews. I don’t cook but I can recognize a recipe for disaster from a mile away. And I love it. Eli just needs to be content and stay at second base with his manhood. If he doesn’t try to steal third, Big Blue should have this game pretty well in hand.
Prediction: Giants 27, Dallas 20
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