NFL Championship Week Picks
Anything can happen in sports, especially football. There
are injuries, turnovers, missed opportunities, weather and whatever else you
can imagine. Well this past week wasn’t all that interesting… unless you’re a
Brett Favre or New York Jets fan. Here’s a short recap… On Saturday, I had
picked the Cardinals to upset the Saints and I was wrong. Kurt Warner didn’t
play all that bad with over 65 percent accuracy and over 200 passing yards but
the Cardinal defense has allowed 90 total points in just two playoff games.
When a football team allows 45 points per game in the post season, that team’s
time is running short and this week was the end for the Cards. Sadly, I got my
second pick right (I’m a Ravens fan). The Colts knocked off the Ravens pretty
easily Saturday night 20-3 in what was actually one of the closer games all
week. The Ravens defense looked good only giving up two touchdowns and only in
the second quarter. If the Ravens could have held on to two fumbles the game
could have probably ended closer to a 17-20 score. My favorite QB, Joe Flacco, didn’t look all that impressive but he’s young and
has a great arm to work on this off-season. Peyton Manning didn’t have his most
memorable game either, but even at his worse Manning is good; he had almost 250
yards and both team touchdowns, he completed 30 of 44 passes and threw an
interception. Game two between the Cowboys and Vikings was a blowout; I picked
the Vikings but there were many certain Cowboy fans out there. Favre added to
the record books throwing four touchdown passes leading the Vikings to a 34-3
win over the Cowboys. The 40-year old Favre has frequently been called the “old
man” but he has shown (especially this year) that he is definitely one of the
best quarterbacks of all time. Game four was by far the closest game of the
weekend. By nearly all, the Jets were considered the underdogs and the Chargers
were thought to be one of the top Super Bowl hopefuls but there were very few
things that went right for the Chargers. The nearly perfect Chargers kicker, Nate Kaeding, missed a total of three field goals (one
of which would have tied the game with less than five minutes to play) and the
normally tough defense allowed two touchdowns in the fourth quarter resulting
in 17-14 victory for the Jets. This week I look to better my 2 for 4 pick
record in the games that will decide who goes to Super Bowl XLIV (that’s 44 for
those of you who are like me and don’t know Roman numerals). Game one will be
Sunday at 3:00 p.m. on CBS. The Indianapolis Colts will face off against the
New York Jets in the AFC Championship game. Many are looking forward to a
blowout game with the Colts on top; but I’m not buying it. The Jets are going
to