The NFL Playoffs 2010

The NFL playoffs begin Saturday afternoon or did they begin last Sunday since three games played then will be repeated this weekend?

The New York Jets who won their last two regular season games with the help of two teams that decided to rest players will now face a team that is serious about playing. The Jets are the #1 Rushing team in the league and #1 in defense. I have for the past five or six weeks thought the Bengals were a one and done team in the playoffs, however the Jets really didn't earn their way to the playoffs.
I'm going with the Bengals 14-13. Regardless of which one wins they will be out next week.

There has been so much hub bub about Dallas and their December record that people have failed to see Tony Romo had a solid year at quarterback. Yes, he is a gun slinger in the Brett Favre mold but since he has been the starting qb for Dallas going on four years now he has the second best qb rating of all active quarterbacks behind Philip Rivers.

Dallas spanked Philadelphia this past Sunday and I see no reason why they will not do it again. I do see a closer game this time and Dallas will win their first playoff game in 14 years. Do you realize that in 1996 Dallas won their wild card game and lost at Carolina and have not won since? Pat Summerall was at that time doing the game for CBS when the Panthers won that day. That was a long time ago.

I'll take Dallas 23-17 over the Eagles.

Sunday's games will start out with Green Bay traveling to Arizona. Boy this is a tough one to pick. Do you realize that Green Bay has a better record than Arizona. The Packers drubbed the Cardinal's this past week in Green Bay. This is a game in which I should go with the Cardinals but I won't. Green Bay 27 Arizona 23

The final game of the wild card games will be the most up in the air game of the weekend. Now that Welker has been lost for New England how much offense is gone with him? I just don't think Baltimore has enough offense to make much noise in the playoffs but to me they are the most dangerous team in the playoffs. I'm going with the upset. Baltimore 17 New England 13.

Dick Enberg who this past Sunday did his final NFL game for CBS. Enberg now 74 has signed on to be the play by play voice of the San Diego Padres so in the fall baseball and football are played on the same day the first month of the season so that is hard to do football.

I met Enberg way back in 1984 of all places in the bathroom of Reynold's Coliseum. We arrived at the door to the bathroom at the same time so since I recognized him, held the door for him to walk in. I carried on a conversation with him the whole two minutes we were there. The one thing that struck me was his height. Those of you who know me, know I would be considered short at five feet eight. I was about three inches taller than him. That is one thing about TV, everybody looks six feet tall.