The Divisional Round

If last week and this week are the two best weeks in every NFL season which of the two weeks is the best of the best and my pick is this week.  Most of the time this week's games are more competitive than any other playoff week including the Super Bowl.  I got 3 of the four game right last week missing out on the Skins.

The weekend's action starts Saturday with Kansas City traveling to New England for the 4:40pm kickoff.  New England has lost four of their last six games and it has had nothing to do with coasting because they play in one of the worse divisions.  They are hurting something that most of the time at this time of year they are healthy.  Belacheat most of the time has a nack of fitting a new player into a hole and making  it work to New England's advantage but it hasn't worked this year.

Kansas City is the hottest team in football and Brady just like every other quarterback has a hard time throwing from his back or on the run throwing.  KC will pressure Brady all day with their beat up line.  This doesn't happen often but I see KC beating the Pats in any weather conditions.  A home playoff loss for New England  KC 27 England 20

The night cap Saturday has the NFC front and center with the 8pm game Green Bay at Arizona.  These two played just a couple a weeks ago and it was all Cardinals.  How many times have you seen a team crushed one week and have a down to the wire game the next time.  I don't see this happening here.

It helps that the Redskins were not a top of the division defense.  The Cardinals are.  The Cards will press the best quarterback in the NFL like they did last game.  I see the Cardinals making their first step to make it to the Super Bowl.  Not a blow out like the last meeting but they will be in control.  27-17.

Our home state Carolina Panthers  will host the Seattle Seahawks in the 1pm game on Sunday.  If the Panthers lose Sunday all the skeptics will say the Panthers didn't beat anybody all year.  I think Seattle is a bad matchup for the Panthers. But on the other hand Carolina is a bad matchup for Seattle.  Every time these two play it goes down to the wire.  It will go down to the wire again.

Seattle defense is beginning to play at the Super Bowl caliber that they have played the last couple of years.  The Hawks offense is not playing nearly as good at the last two.  Carolina's defense will hold Seattle to a few points.  The last four or five games Cam has gone back to some bad habits like throwing of his back foot which tends to make throws high.  High throws produce interceptions which are never good but especially in the playoffs. Cam can not have and int from poor mechanics.  Seattle has not shown to be a great road team and they should be home for the summer except for a kicker. Hawks falls to  Carolina 17-13.

The best weekend of NFL football ends Sunday afternoon with a 4:40 kick in Denver.  Pittsburgh and Denver.  Will Big Ben play Probably but how good will he be?  How good will the Denver offense be with a quarterback that they are afraid to let him throw anymore.  Can Denver run enough to win?  I'll take the 6th road team to win in these playoffs Pitt 13 Denver 10.