Hello friends! The road to WrestleMania 27 officially starts tomorrow night with the 24th annual Royal Rumble event! So with that here are my predictions for this year's event!
2-on-1 Handicap Match for the WWE Divas Championship: Natalya vs. LayCool
OK before I give you my pick for this match let me just say right off the bat and I'm going on the record for this you're looking at the worst fight of the night right here! OK now that I got that off of my chest let's get to the pick shall we? OK this is a return match from Survivor Series in where Natalya won the Divas title from LayCool and now LayCool is invoking their rematch clause. So who wins? Well Natalya has been the dominant champion since winning the title beating all comers including Alicia Fox and Melina just to name a couple! Now as far as LayCool is concerned well in case you've been living under a rock former TNA Knockout champion Awesome Kong has just recently signed with the WWE and the plan as of now regarding Kong is to put her on Smackdown as a bodyguard/enforcer for LayCool! So with that I think we see Kong debut tomorrow night and help LayCool regain the Divas title because in all honesty why else would WWE even book this match?
Winners: LayCool
World Heavyweight Championship Match: Edge vs. Dolph Ziggler
OK this 1 should be fun as hell! Both of these guys can flat out go and are both perfectly capable of putting on a great match! The build to this match has been very well executed and now with Vickie Guerrero banning Edge's spear from this match that just made this fight much more interesting! So who wins? Well Edge is the safe and obvious pick mainly because WWE wants to have the more established main eventer carry the World title into WrestleMania! But on the other hand Dolph Ziggler is on the verge of a main event push and as someone who has been dying to see some new, fresh young talent in the main event scene I am all for Ziggler possibly winning the belt! However, Dolph will not win the belt here because I'm going with Edge to retain in what I think will be a very good match from start to finish! Most experts feel that Dolph Ziggler will eventually win the belt later this year as do I but I'm sorry to say he won't win it here at least not yet!
Winner: Edge
WWE Championship Match: The Miz vs. Randy Orton
Just like with the World Heavyweight title fight I fully expect this fight to be fun and entertaining from start to finish! The Miz shocked us all last year when he not only won the RAW Money In The Bank Ladder Match last July but also when he cashed it in and won the WWE title from Orton on RAW the night after Survivor Series! The Miz just like Dolph Ziggler is a fresh new face in the main event scene and has been doing a white hot job as champion and is without question the future of WWE! But on the other hand Randy Orton is an established main event performer who according to my partner in crime Mike Flecha has been getting the John Cena treatment as of late but make no mistake about it friends whether it's as a babyface or as a heel Randy Orton just like The Miz is uber over with the crowd which is why I'm going on the record and saying that this fight will be the best fight of the undercard! So who wins? Wow this is really tough to call but right now I have to go with the hot hand and that is The Miz to retain however I am going to go on the record here and say that Miz will drop the title at next month's Elimination Chamber PPV!
Winner: The Miz
2011 Royal Rumble Match
OK friends the prelimaneries are over and now it's time for the main event and the reason why we even shell out 45 bucks for this PPV anyways and this year we have a reason to do it now more than ever! Why? Because it was announced 2 weeks ago that this year's Rumble match will feature 40 men instead of 30 which will make this year's Rumble match the biggest Rumble match in the history of the Royal Rumble match! So now for the $1,000,000 question who wins? Wow that is big time tough to call because you have so many worthy candidates who can win this thing! Of course John Cena is the safe and obvious pick to win this thing as is CM Punk because it is fairly obvious that WWE is going to have Cena and Punk face off at WrestleMania possibly for the WWE title and for that to happen 1 of them has to win the Rumble match and the other will have to win the title inside the Elimination Chamber next month! Another worthy candidate to win the Rumble is Smackdown newcomer and fast rising star Alberto Del Rio because he can wrestle, is white hot on the mic, and is on the verge of a main event push! King Sheamus emerges as another worthy candidate to win because he is already an established main eventer and no doubt is definitely worthy of headlining WrestleMania in the future! The final worthy candidate in my eyes who could win this thing is Wade Barrett because ever since he won season 1 of NXT he has been money! From his days as leader of the original Nexus to his latest stint as leader of the newly formed Corre Barrett is firmly establishing himself as a main event talent and just like King Sheamus is certainly capable of main eventing a future WrestleMania! As for my darkhorses to win the Rumble well in my eyes there are 2 big time darkhorses who could win this thing and those 2 darkhorses are none other than Kofi Kingston and John Morrison because for the longest time I have wanted to see these 2 studs get main event pushes and if 1 of these 2 studs were to win the Rumble I would absolutely mark out like I've never marked before! Other darkhorses to win the Rumble include 2006 Rumble winner Rey Mysterio, Kane, and The Big Show because I honestly don't think that any of the other entrants in this year's Rumble have a chance to win! So now the moment of truth! Who wins the Royal Rumble and headlines WrestleMania 27? Drumroll please! After much thought I am going to say that the winner of the 2011 Royal Rumble match will be... CM Punk! Why? Because every year since 1999 we have had a different winner of the Rumble and I fully expect that trend to continue because Punk has done almost everything a WWE Superstar can do from winning back to back Money In The Bank Ladder Matches at WrestleMania's 24 and 25 from winning the World Heavyweight Title 3 times, winning the Intercontinental title, and winning the Tag titles Punk has not won a Rumble match! That is until this year because Punk in my honest opinion is the most over heel in WWE today and if WWE wants to have Punk vs. Cena for the title at Mania then Punk needs to win the Rumble and Cena needs to win the WWE title inside the Elimination Chamber next month!
Winner: CM Punk
Overall with the exception of the Diva title fight I am fully looking forward to this event! Of course I like so many others are looking the most forward to the epic 40 man Royal Rumble match! The 2 World title fights should live up to the hype and be as good as advertised while sadly the diva title fight really won't be any good sorry to say! But none the less there is only 1 road to WrestleMania and that road begins with the 24th annual Royal Rumble PPV! Please leave me a comment with your picks below and don't forget to tune into my other partner in crime Derek Ferreira's YouTube channel (slb200809) tomorrow night as he will have a complete recap of tomorrow night's Royal Rumble PPV and I will be back next Saturday night with my complete preview of Super Bowl 45! So with that you know the routine everybody thumbs up talk to ya later! YEAH!!!
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
2011 NFL Conference Championship Predictions
Hello friends! It's Saturday night and you know what that means! Time for bingo! LOL! No no it's time for me to give you my predictions for the NFC and AFC Championship games!
NFC Championship Game: Green Bay Packers @ Chicago Bears
Wow how cool is this huh? We have the NFL's oldest and perhaps greatest rivalry determining the NFC representative in Super Bowl 45! Before I get into the X's and O's for this game let me give you an interesting little fact and that fact is the Packers and Bears have met 180 times in the regular season including 2 hard fought games this year in which both teams split by winning on their respective home fields! The Bears won a very thrilling Monday night game in Week 3 in Chicago 20-17 while the Packers won an equally thrilling 10-3 defensive battle at Lambeau in Week 17 securing their spot in the playoffs! However would you believe that this is only the 2nd time these 2 storied franchises have met each other in the playoffs? The other meeting came back on December 14, 1941 at the friendly confines of Wrigley Field when these 2 played a 1 game playoff to determine the winner of the old NFL Western Division! The Bears won that game 33-14 and then went on to win the NFL Championship! Now on to this game. This is a classic matchup of explosive offense versus punishing defense! The Packers ranked 9th in total offense averaging 358.1 yards per game while ranking 10th in points per game averaging 24.3 points per game. The Bears were a very dismal 30th in total offense averaging only 289.4 yards per game while ranking 21st in points per game averaging 20.9 points per game. Advantage Packers! When it comes to the QB matchup no QB has been hotter than Aaron Rodgers has because ever since he came back from that concussion he suffered against Detroit Rodgers has been lights out especially last Saturday night when he went 31-36 for 366 yards and 3 TD's in a 48-21 beatdown of the top seeded Atlanta Falcons! Bears QB Jay Cutler had a nice game against a very weak Seabag defense going 15-28 for 274 yards and 2 TD's in a 35-24 win! But let's face it Jay Cutler is Brett Favre 2.0 because he has been known to throw costly INT's at the absolute worst time! Advantage Packers! As it pertains to the running game the Packers have found themselves a young stud in James Starks coming off a 123 yard performance against the Philadelphia Eagles in the Wildcard round! While the Bears have a future star in Matt Forte coming off a 134 total yard performance against Seattle in the Divisional Round! Advantage Bears! Finally in terms of recieving cores the Packers have a who's who of receivers including Donald Driver, Greg Jennings, James Jones, Jordy Nelson, and Donald Lee! While the Bears have some good young receivers of their own including Johnny Knox, Greg Olsen, and the always dangerous Devin Hester! Advantage Packers! Now to the defensive side of the ball! The Packers ranked 5th in total defense allowing an average of 309.1 yards per game while ranking 2nd in points per game allowed holding opponents to an average of 15 points per game! The Bears on the other hand ranked 9th in total defense allowing an average of 314.3 yards per game while ranking 4th in points per game holding opponents to an average of 17.9 points per game so in all honesty I can't really give 1 team a decisive advantage because both D's are really that good not to mention punishing! So who wins? Well when it comes to defense it's really anybody's ball game! But if it comes down to offense then you really have to give the advantage to Green Bay mainly because of how awesome Aaron Rodgers has played over the last month! So with that I am going to go with the Green Bay Packers to win this game and represent the NFC in Super Bowl 45 but mark my words friends this NFC Championship game is going to be special because like I said earlier you have the NFL's greatest rivalry determining the NFC representative in Super Bowl 45! Enclosing, the last 3 NFC Championship games have been 3 of the best NFC Championship games I have ever seen and in all honesty I don't expect this 1 to be any different because this game is going to be close, competitive, hard hitting, and most of all epic and I cannot wait to see how this 1 plays out!
Winners: Green Bay Packers
AFC Championship Game: New York Jets @ Pittsburgh Steelers
Just like their NFC counterparts these 2 teams are meeting for only the 2nd time in the playoffs! Their only other playoff meeting came back in the 2004 season in which the Steelers outlasted the Jets 20-17 in overtime in 1 of the greatest Divisional playoff games of all time! Now on to the X's and O's for this game! Let's start with the Jets who ranked 11th in total offense averaging an even 351 yards per game while ranking tied for 13th in points per game averaging 22.9 points per game. Now on to the Steelers who are making their 15th appearance in the AFC Championship game! In terms of total offense the Steelers ranked 14th in total offense averaging 345.3 yards per game while ranking 12th in points per game averaging 23.4 points per game. Advantage (slightly) Steelers! Now let's look at the QB matchup in this 1! Jets QB Mark Sanchez is 4-1 as a starter in the playoffs with all 5 games coming on the road! This postseason Mark Sanchez can say something that I'm pretty sure only he can say and that is I beat Peyton Manning and Tom Brady in back-to-back weeks to put my team in the AFC title game! On the other side however is Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger who is 9-2 in the playoffs with 2 Super Bowl victories! So with that - Advantage Steelers! In the running game the Jets are led by their 2 headed monster of Ladainian Tomlinson who in my honest opinion has discovered the fountain of youth and Shonn Greene while the Steelers are led by Rashard Mendenhall! Advantage Jets! In terms of receiving cores the Jets are led by former Steeler Santonio Holmes, Braylon Edwards, Jerricho Cotchery, and Dustin Keller! While the Steelers are led by the veteran Hines Ward, big time playmaker Mike Wallace, Heath Evans, and the hero of the Divisional win over the Baltimore Ravens by being in the right place at the right time Antonio Brown! Advantage Steelers! Now on to the side of the ball that both of these teams just like their NFC counterparts thrive on and that is the defensive side of the ball! The Jets ranked 3rd in total defense by holding opponents to an average of 291.5 yards per game while they ranked 6th in points allowed by holding opponents to an average of an even 19 points per game! The Steelers ranked 2nd in total defense by holding opponents to an average of 276.8 yards per game while ranking 1st in points allowed by holding opponents to an average of 14.5 points per game! Advantage Steelers! So who wins? Well when these 2 teams met back in Week 15 the Jets won 22-17 mainly because the Steelers did not have their defensive playmaker and my x-factor in this game Troy Polamalu! However Troy Polamalu is playing in this game and with that I like the Pittsburgh Steelers to win this game and represent the AFC in Super Bowl 45 because when you have a proven Super Bowl winning QB in Ben Roethlisberger and perhaps the best defense in football that spells victory for the Steelers and disaster for the Jets! But none the less I expect this to be just as close, just as competitive, just as hard hitting, and just as exciting as the NFC Championship game!
Winners: Pittsburgh Steelers
Overall I am very much looking forward to both of these games because both of these games are going to be played under very chilly conditions and being the cold weather enthusiast that I am I cannot wait to see these 4 teams show how tough they really are! Please leave me a comment below with your thoughts and your picks and I will be back next Saturday night with my predictions for the 2011 WWE Royal Rumble PPV! So until then you know the routine everybody thumbs up talk to ya later! YEAH!!!
NFC Championship Game: Green Bay Packers @ Chicago Bears
Wow how cool is this huh? We have the NFL's oldest and perhaps greatest rivalry determining the NFC representative in Super Bowl 45! Before I get into the X's and O's for this game let me give you an interesting little fact and that fact is the Packers and Bears have met 180 times in the regular season including 2 hard fought games this year in which both teams split by winning on their respective home fields! The Bears won a very thrilling Monday night game in Week 3 in Chicago 20-17 while the Packers won an equally thrilling 10-3 defensive battle at Lambeau in Week 17 securing their spot in the playoffs! However would you believe that this is only the 2nd time these 2 storied franchises have met each other in the playoffs? The other meeting came back on December 14, 1941 at the friendly confines of Wrigley Field when these 2 played a 1 game playoff to determine the winner of the old NFL Western Division! The Bears won that game 33-14 and then went on to win the NFL Championship! Now on to this game. This is a classic matchup of explosive offense versus punishing defense! The Packers ranked 9th in total offense averaging 358.1 yards per game while ranking 10th in points per game averaging 24.3 points per game. The Bears were a very dismal 30th in total offense averaging only 289.4 yards per game while ranking 21st in points per game averaging 20.9 points per game. Advantage Packers! When it comes to the QB matchup no QB has been hotter than Aaron Rodgers has because ever since he came back from that concussion he suffered against Detroit Rodgers has been lights out especially last Saturday night when he went 31-36 for 366 yards and 3 TD's in a 48-21 beatdown of the top seeded Atlanta Falcons! Bears QB Jay Cutler had a nice game against a very weak Seabag defense going 15-28 for 274 yards and 2 TD's in a 35-24 win! But let's face it Jay Cutler is Brett Favre 2.0 because he has been known to throw costly INT's at the absolute worst time! Advantage Packers! As it pertains to the running game the Packers have found themselves a young stud in James Starks coming off a 123 yard performance against the Philadelphia Eagles in the Wildcard round! While the Bears have a future star in Matt Forte coming off a 134 total yard performance against Seattle in the Divisional Round! Advantage Bears! Finally in terms of recieving cores the Packers have a who's who of receivers including Donald Driver, Greg Jennings, James Jones, Jordy Nelson, and Donald Lee! While the Bears have some good young receivers of their own including Johnny Knox, Greg Olsen, and the always dangerous Devin Hester! Advantage Packers! Now to the defensive side of the ball! The Packers ranked 5th in total defense allowing an average of 309.1 yards per game while ranking 2nd in points per game allowed holding opponents to an average of 15 points per game! The Bears on the other hand ranked 9th in total defense allowing an average of 314.3 yards per game while ranking 4th in points per game holding opponents to an average of 17.9 points per game so in all honesty I can't really give 1 team a decisive advantage because both D's are really that good not to mention punishing! So who wins? Well when it comes to defense it's really anybody's ball game! But if it comes down to offense then you really have to give the advantage to Green Bay mainly because of how awesome Aaron Rodgers has played over the last month! So with that I am going to go with the Green Bay Packers to win this game and represent the NFC in Super Bowl 45 but mark my words friends this NFC Championship game is going to be special because like I said earlier you have the NFL's greatest rivalry determining the NFC representative in Super Bowl 45! Enclosing, the last 3 NFC Championship games have been 3 of the best NFC Championship games I have ever seen and in all honesty I don't expect this 1 to be any different because this game is going to be close, competitive, hard hitting, and most of all epic and I cannot wait to see how this 1 plays out!
Winners: Green Bay Packers
AFC Championship Game: New York Jets @ Pittsburgh Steelers
Just like their NFC counterparts these 2 teams are meeting for only the 2nd time in the playoffs! Their only other playoff meeting came back in the 2004 season in which the Steelers outlasted the Jets 20-17 in overtime in 1 of the greatest Divisional playoff games of all time! Now on to the X's and O's for this game! Let's start with the Jets who ranked 11th in total offense averaging an even 351 yards per game while ranking tied for 13th in points per game averaging 22.9 points per game. Now on to the Steelers who are making their 15th appearance in the AFC Championship game! In terms of total offense the Steelers ranked 14th in total offense averaging 345.3 yards per game while ranking 12th in points per game averaging 23.4 points per game. Advantage (slightly) Steelers! Now let's look at the QB matchup in this 1! Jets QB Mark Sanchez is 4-1 as a starter in the playoffs with all 5 games coming on the road! This postseason Mark Sanchez can say something that I'm pretty sure only he can say and that is I beat Peyton Manning and Tom Brady in back-to-back weeks to put my team in the AFC title game! On the other side however is Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger who is 9-2 in the playoffs with 2 Super Bowl victories! So with that - Advantage Steelers! In the running game the Jets are led by their 2 headed monster of Ladainian Tomlinson who in my honest opinion has discovered the fountain of youth and Shonn Greene while the Steelers are led by Rashard Mendenhall! Advantage Jets! In terms of receiving cores the Jets are led by former Steeler Santonio Holmes, Braylon Edwards, Jerricho Cotchery, and Dustin Keller! While the Steelers are led by the veteran Hines Ward, big time playmaker Mike Wallace, Heath Evans, and the hero of the Divisional win over the Baltimore Ravens by being in the right place at the right time Antonio Brown! Advantage Steelers! Now on to the side of the ball that both of these teams just like their NFC counterparts thrive on and that is the defensive side of the ball! The Jets ranked 3rd in total defense by holding opponents to an average of 291.5 yards per game while they ranked 6th in points allowed by holding opponents to an average of an even 19 points per game! The Steelers ranked 2nd in total defense by holding opponents to an average of 276.8 yards per game while ranking 1st in points allowed by holding opponents to an average of 14.5 points per game! Advantage Steelers! So who wins? Well when these 2 teams met back in Week 15 the Jets won 22-17 mainly because the Steelers did not have their defensive playmaker and my x-factor in this game Troy Polamalu! However Troy Polamalu is playing in this game and with that I like the Pittsburgh Steelers to win this game and represent the AFC in Super Bowl 45 because when you have a proven Super Bowl winning QB in Ben Roethlisberger and perhaps the best defense in football that spells victory for the Steelers and disaster for the Jets! But none the less I expect this to be just as close, just as competitive, just as hard hitting, and just as exciting as the NFC Championship game!
Winners: Pittsburgh Steelers
Overall I am very much looking forward to both of these games because both of these games are going to be played under very chilly conditions and being the cold weather enthusiast that I am I cannot wait to see these 4 teams show how tough they really are! Please leave me a comment below with your thoughts and your picks and I will be back next Saturday night with my predictions for the 2011 WWE Royal Rumble PPV! So until then you know the routine everybody thumbs up talk to ya later! YEAH!!!
Friday, January 14, 2011
2011 NFL Divisional Playoff Predictions
Hello friends! Well after a 2-2 week last week I am back with hopefully a better week with this week's Divisional Playoff picks!
Baltimore Ravens @ Pittsburgh Steelers
Wow what a way to start off Divisional playoff weekend with the NFL's version of the Hatfields and the McCoys! No doubt that this game just like all of the others in this series as of late will be exactly like it should be close, competitive, hard-hitting, and most of all low scoring! Before I get to my pick for this game let me give you guys an interesting little stat if you don't mind and that stat is this in their last 17 meetings the Steelers have won 9 the Ravens have won 8 and here's the key stat total score of those games combined 302-302 that's how close this rivalry has been friends let me tell you! So who wins? Well many are going with the Ravens to pull the upset and why not I mean they have (along with the Green Bay Packers) the most punishing defense in the NFL led by Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, and Haloti Ngata along with a balanced offense led by QB Joe Flacco, WR's Anquan Boldin and Derek Mason, and their 2 headed monster at RB Ray Rice and Willis McGahee! The Steelers on the other hand have an equally punishing defense led by 2008 NFL Defensive Player of the year James Harrison and the human INT machine Troy Polamulu who is also known for making some of the most eye opening plays in NFL history don't believe me just ask the Tennessee Titans and the Cincinnati Bengals and they'll tell you 1st hand how awesome Polamulu is! In addition to their tough D the Steelers also have an equally balanced attack on offense with Big Ben Roethlisberger leading the way along with their big play WR's Mike Wallace and Hines Ward along with their 1,000 yard rusher Rashard Mendenhall! Wow this is tough to call but not for me because I am going to go with the Pittsburgh Steelers to win this game because of this telling stat and that telling stat is Ravens QB Joe Flacco is 0-5 all time against Ben Roethlisberger including the playoffs! Should be a very fun and entertaining game from start to finish and quite frankly friends I can't wait!
Winners: Pittsburgh Steelers
Green Bay Packers @ Atlanta Falcons
For the 1st time since 1980 the Atlanta Falcons are the #1 seed in the NFC however that year they were upset in the Divisional Playoff by the Dallas Cowboys! So that actually gives the Packers a chance to repeat that fate right? Well sure because the last time Atlanta finished in the top 2 in the NFC they were beaten by the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship game! However the Falcons have been to the Super Bowl before and I truly believe in my heart of hearts that this version of the Dirty Birds have a legitimate shot of getting to Dallas this year! OK now as many of you may know I'm an AFC guy and always will be an AFC guy but this is 1 of those rare times that I am actually looking forward to an NFC game because this 1 has shootout written all over it in my book! Now don't get me wrong the Packers have (along with the Baltimore Ravens) the most punishing defense in the NFC which allowed the fewest points while the Falcons defense allowed the 3rd fewest points so that could make this a defensive battle instead of the shootout that I'm predicting this 1 to be! But let's face it with Aaron Rodgers as hot as he's been since coming back from that concussion he suffered against Detroit I don't see him slowing down in this 1 because with the array of weapons that he has such as WR's Greg Jennings, Donald Driver, Jordy Nelson, and James Jones that could be recipe for disaster for the Dirty Birds! While Matty Ice (Matt Ryan) has his own array of weapons such as WR's (Rowdy) Roddy White and Michael Jenkins along with Mr. Reliable TE Tony Gonzalez and their all pro RB Michael (The Burner) Turner the dirty birds could most certainly put up points a plenty against this tough Packer D! So who wins? Well the Packers will certainly put up 1 hell of a fight but in the end I have to go with the Atlanta Falcons to win this game for 1 reason and 1 reason only and that is since Matt Ryan became the QB in Atlanta he has gone 20-2 at home in his career so in layman's terms they hardly lose in the Georgia Dome and while I expect Green Bay to come out swinging I just think that Atlanta will find a way to win this game in what I expect to be a close and competitive shootout!
Winners: Atlanta Falcons
Seattle Seahawks @ Chicago Bears
OK friends I'm not going to lie I am really not looking forward to this game at all but since I have to pick a winner here let's get down to business shall we? 1st off you have the underdog Seabags who just upset the defending Super Bowl champion Saints last week and looking for that 2nd straight upset which would make them the darlings of the NFL much like the Arizona Cardinals of 2 years ago who came this close to winning Super Bowl 43 in a game that I still call the 2nd greatest Super Bowl ever played! Just saying! Anyways back to this game the Seabags were a dismal 2-6 on the road however 1 of those wins came in Chicago back in Week 6 so in hindsight the Seabags actually do have a chance to pull off another upset! But with a ferocious defense led by Brian Urlacher, Charles Tillman, and their big offseason acquisition Julius Peppers along with a surprisingly efficient QB Jay Cutler, a fairly decent RB in Matt Forte and of course the greatest return man in NFL history Devin Hester I just think the Bears will be too much for the Seabags to handle this time around and I see the Bears winning this 1 big and moving on to the NFC title game for the 2nd time in 5 years!
Winners: Chicago Bears
New York Jets @ New England Patriots
And now for the main event and quite frankly I can't think of a better game to main event Divisional Playoff weekend than this 1! All week long the Jets have pretty much been giving the Patriots bulletin board material! Bad move Jets! Remember Anthony Smith? Well back in 2007 this former Steeler ran his mouth and gave New England bulletin board material! The end result - Patriots 34 Steelers 13! Nuff said! Anyways what I'm trying to say is if you give the Pats bulletin board material to work with 9 times out of 10 they will burn you and burn you big time! However even with all of the trash talk I am actually expecting this go round to be a much more competitive game than that 45-3 beatdown the Pats put on the Jets on that much overhyped Monday night game last month! Since that game the Jets have been playing better including 2 huge road wins at Pittsburgh in week 15 and at Indy last week! Bottom line is the Jets are road warriors going 7-2 including the playoffs away from their new home this year! While of course the Pats will look to continue to feast off of that home cooking that has won them 3 super bowls over the last decade! Well friends for my money this is going to be 1 hell of a knock down drag out affair that I am very much looking forward to seeing on Sunday evening! So who wins? Well the Jets are certainly capable of stealing 1 in Foxboro however since Rex Ryan took over as Jets head coach last year the home team has won every meeting in this series so that bodes well for the Pats! So with that I like New England to win this game because with Tom Brady leading the way along with a big time array of weapons such as Deion Branch, Wes Welker, Danny Woodhead, Rob Gronkowski, the NFL's youngest player Aaron Hernandez, and the RB who I like to call the law firm in BenJarvus Green-Ellis the Pats should pick up right where they left off in the regular season in which they scored at least 30+ points in every game since that humiliating loss to Cleveland in early November!
Winners: New England Patriots
Overall with the exception of the Seattle/Chicago game this looks like a very fun and exciting weekend of NFL Playoff football which will serve as a nice appetizer for next weekend's Conference championship games! Please leave me a comment with your picks below and I will be back next Saturday with my predictions for the Conference championship games! So until then you know the routine everybody thumbs up talk to ya later! YEAH!!!
Baltimore Ravens @ Pittsburgh Steelers
Wow what a way to start off Divisional playoff weekend with the NFL's version of the Hatfields and the McCoys! No doubt that this game just like all of the others in this series as of late will be exactly like it should be close, competitive, hard-hitting, and most of all low scoring! Before I get to my pick for this game let me give you guys an interesting little stat if you don't mind and that stat is this in their last 17 meetings the Steelers have won 9 the Ravens have won 8 and here's the key stat total score of those games combined 302-302 that's how close this rivalry has been friends let me tell you! So who wins? Well many are going with the Ravens to pull the upset and why not I mean they have (along with the Green Bay Packers) the most punishing defense in the NFL led by Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, and Haloti Ngata along with a balanced offense led by QB Joe Flacco, WR's Anquan Boldin and Derek Mason, and their 2 headed monster at RB Ray Rice and Willis McGahee! The Steelers on the other hand have an equally punishing defense led by 2008 NFL Defensive Player of the year James Harrison and the human INT machine Troy Polamulu who is also known for making some of the most eye opening plays in NFL history don't believe me just ask the Tennessee Titans and the Cincinnati Bengals and they'll tell you 1st hand how awesome Polamulu is! In addition to their tough D the Steelers also have an equally balanced attack on offense with Big Ben Roethlisberger leading the way along with their big play WR's Mike Wallace and Hines Ward along with their 1,000 yard rusher Rashard Mendenhall! Wow this is tough to call but not for me because I am going to go with the Pittsburgh Steelers to win this game because of this telling stat and that telling stat is Ravens QB Joe Flacco is 0-5 all time against Ben Roethlisberger including the playoffs! Should be a very fun and entertaining game from start to finish and quite frankly friends I can't wait!
Winners: Pittsburgh Steelers
Green Bay Packers @ Atlanta Falcons
For the 1st time since 1980 the Atlanta Falcons are the #1 seed in the NFC however that year they were upset in the Divisional Playoff by the Dallas Cowboys! So that actually gives the Packers a chance to repeat that fate right? Well sure because the last time Atlanta finished in the top 2 in the NFC they were beaten by the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship game! However the Falcons have been to the Super Bowl before and I truly believe in my heart of hearts that this version of the Dirty Birds have a legitimate shot of getting to Dallas this year! OK now as many of you may know I'm an AFC guy and always will be an AFC guy but this is 1 of those rare times that I am actually looking forward to an NFC game because this 1 has shootout written all over it in my book! Now don't get me wrong the Packers have (along with the Baltimore Ravens) the most punishing defense in the NFC which allowed the fewest points while the Falcons defense allowed the 3rd fewest points so that could make this a defensive battle instead of the shootout that I'm predicting this 1 to be! But let's face it with Aaron Rodgers as hot as he's been since coming back from that concussion he suffered against Detroit I don't see him slowing down in this 1 because with the array of weapons that he has such as WR's Greg Jennings, Donald Driver, Jordy Nelson, and James Jones that could be recipe for disaster for the Dirty Birds! While Matty Ice (Matt Ryan) has his own array of weapons such as WR's (Rowdy) Roddy White and Michael Jenkins along with Mr. Reliable TE Tony Gonzalez and their all pro RB Michael (The Burner) Turner the dirty birds could most certainly put up points a plenty against this tough Packer D! So who wins? Well the Packers will certainly put up 1 hell of a fight but in the end I have to go with the Atlanta Falcons to win this game for 1 reason and 1 reason only and that is since Matt Ryan became the QB in Atlanta he has gone 20-2 at home in his career so in layman's terms they hardly lose in the Georgia Dome and while I expect Green Bay to come out swinging I just think that Atlanta will find a way to win this game in what I expect to be a close and competitive shootout!
Winners: Atlanta Falcons
Seattle Seahawks @ Chicago Bears
OK friends I'm not going to lie I am really not looking forward to this game at all but since I have to pick a winner here let's get down to business shall we? 1st off you have the underdog Seabags who just upset the defending Super Bowl champion Saints last week and looking for that 2nd straight upset which would make them the darlings of the NFL much like the Arizona Cardinals of 2 years ago who came this close to winning Super Bowl 43 in a game that I still call the 2nd greatest Super Bowl ever played! Just saying! Anyways back to this game the Seabags were a dismal 2-6 on the road however 1 of those wins came in Chicago back in Week 6 so in hindsight the Seabags actually do have a chance to pull off another upset! But with a ferocious defense led by Brian Urlacher, Charles Tillman, and their big offseason acquisition Julius Peppers along with a surprisingly efficient QB Jay Cutler, a fairly decent RB in Matt Forte and of course the greatest return man in NFL history Devin Hester I just think the Bears will be too much for the Seabags to handle this time around and I see the Bears winning this 1 big and moving on to the NFC title game for the 2nd time in 5 years!
Winners: Chicago Bears
New York Jets @ New England Patriots
And now for the main event and quite frankly I can't think of a better game to main event Divisional Playoff weekend than this 1! All week long the Jets have pretty much been giving the Patriots bulletin board material! Bad move Jets! Remember Anthony Smith? Well back in 2007 this former Steeler ran his mouth and gave New England bulletin board material! The end result - Patriots 34 Steelers 13! Nuff said! Anyways what I'm trying to say is if you give the Pats bulletin board material to work with 9 times out of 10 they will burn you and burn you big time! However even with all of the trash talk I am actually expecting this go round to be a much more competitive game than that 45-3 beatdown the Pats put on the Jets on that much overhyped Monday night game last month! Since that game the Jets have been playing better including 2 huge road wins at Pittsburgh in week 15 and at Indy last week! Bottom line is the Jets are road warriors going 7-2 including the playoffs away from their new home this year! While of course the Pats will look to continue to feast off of that home cooking that has won them 3 super bowls over the last decade! Well friends for my money this is going to be 1 hell of a knock down drag out affair that I am very much looking forward to seeing on Sunday evening! So who wins? Well the Jets are certainly capable of stealing 1 in Foxboro however since Rex Ryan took over as Jets head coach last year the home team has won every meeting in this series so that bodes well for the Pats! So with that I like New England to win this game because with Tom Brady leading the way along with a big time array of weapons such as Deion Branch, Wes Welker, Danny Woodhead, Rob Gronkowski, the NFL's youngest player Aaron Hernandez, and the RB who I like to call the law firm in BenJarvus Green-Ellis the Pats should pick up right where they left off in the regular season in which they scored at least 30+ points in every game since that humiliating loss to Cleveland in early November!
Winners: New England Patriots
Overall with the exception of the Seattle/Chicago game this looks like a very fun and exciting weekend of NFL Playoff football which will serve as a nice appetizer for next weekend's Conference championship games! Please leave me a comment with your picks below and I will be back next Saturday with my predictions for the Conference championship games! So until then you know the routine everybody thumbs up talk to ya later! YEAH!!!
Saturday, January 8, 2011
TNA Genesis 2011 Predictions
Hello friends! Here are my predictions for Sunday's TNA Genesis Pay-Per-View! Enjoy!
TNA X-Division Championship Match: Jay Lethal vs. Kazarian
On Saturday TNA President Dixie Carter tweeted that this would be the opening match of this PPV and for that I commend TNA because this is the match that should open this PPV because if you want to get the crowd hot early then this is just the match to do that! OK on to the match Jay Lethal recently regained the X title on a recent Impact from that Situation wannabe Robbie E! Meanwhile Kazarian became the #1 contender by winning a 4-way match against the aforementioned Robbie E and both members of Generation Me! So who wins? Well Eric Bischoff put all members of Immortal on notice by stating that Immortal needs to win all TNA titles in order for Immortal to stay in control of TNA! So with that I am going to go with Kazarian to take the belt from Lethal not because I am the biggest Fortune mark in the world but because of storyline purposes because I honestly think that at least 1 title will go to Immortal! Should be a great match and without question a top candidate for match of the night!
Winner: Kazarian
Immortal's Mystery Opponent vs. Rob Van Dam
Well it all depends on who Immortal's mystery man is! I mean I honestly don't know who this guy is but I have heard rumors that it could be Matt Hardy or Hurricane Helms! But to be quite honest I still have to go with RVD in this 1 regardless of who his opponent is! All I hope for is that it's a good match regardless!
Winner: Rob Van Dam
Brother Ray vs. Brother Devon
Ah yes the match I could give 2 craps about! No disrespect to these 2 guys but after the great speech they gave at Bound For Glory and then the great match they had with the Motor City Machine Guns at the Turning Point event why couldn't these 2 had just walked away right then and there? But no we get sucked into yet another pointless and meaningless feud that no 1 including myself cares about! But since I have to pick a winner here I will go with Devon here only because Ray has been constantly getting the better of him! Enclosing, here's your worst fight of the night boys right here! Just saying!
Winner: Brother Devon
TNA Women's Knockout Championship Match: Madison Rayne vs. Mickie James
Very rarely do I look forward to Women's matches but this 1 is the exception to the rule because this 1 in my mind should be a good 1! Mickie James is not only a wiley veteran of Women's wrestling but she is also 1 of the best damn workers in the business today! Madison Rayne on the otherhand is just as good a worker as Mickie stemming from her success on the independent circuit! So who wins? Well the safe pick is to go with Mickie James winning the title but on the other hand Madison could win here thus prolonging and delaying the inevitable Mickie title win which could happen possibly as early as April's Lockdown event! Wow this 1 is actually tough to call but I am going to take a chance here and go with Mickie winning the title although I really wouldn't be surprised if Madison goes over thus continuing this rivalry but better safe than sorry right friends?
Winner: Mickie James
TNA World Tag Team Championship Match: The Motor City Machineguns vs. Beer Money Inc.
OK if their epic best of 5 series this past summer wasn't any indication then I really don't know what the hell is because this fight right here has match of the night written all over it! So who wins? Well the consensus pick is for Beer Money to take the titles thus giving Immortal another belt! However the guns have held the belts for over 6 months now which I honestly consider surprising because I really didn't think that the guns would get a good run with the belts! But 6 months really is too long in my book and while I would love to see the guns impressive reign continue I just think that all good things must come to an end and thus Beer Money finally regains the titles to give Immortal another belt in their stable! Oh by the way anything short of match of the night would be a huge disappointment in my book because that's exactly what I am expecting in this 1!
Winners: Beer Money Inc.
Double J Double MA Challenge: Jeff Jarrett vs. Kurt Angle
OK when Jeff Jarrett turned heel back at Bound For Glory I marked because I truly believe that Jeff Jarrett is a much better heel than babyface and quite frankly I'm surprised that his babyface run lasted as long it did but anyways. However, as much as I love Jarrett as a badass heel I have not enjoyed all of these stupid and pointless MMA exhibitions I mean didn't we learn anything from the AJ Styles/Frank Trigg fiasco from a few years ago huh? Anyways the point is this whole Double J Double MA Challenge has been really boring and stupid for me but now that Kurt Angle is going to be facing Jarrett in this well this just might work! As for who wins well since Jarrett has been constantly humiliating these talentless ham 'n' eggers week in and week out I go with Angle to win this and hopefully this will finally be the end of this boring and pointless angle once and for all!
Winner: Kurt Angle
TNA World Television Championship Match: Douglas Williams vs. AJ Styles
OK here's another match that I am really looking forward to mainly because of the stipulations of this match! If AJ Styles loses this match then he is out of Fortune and Immortal as a result. So who wins well AJ could easily win the belt back here based on the storyline but also TNA could be crazy enough to pull the trigger on this and if they do I really believe that this could possibly result in an AJ face turn! So with that I'm going to go for the crazy pick here and go with Williams to retain in another match of the night candidate for sure I mean hey WWE was crazy enough to put John Cena in the Nexus right? Right?
Winner: Douglas Williams
#1 Contenders Match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship: Matt Morgan vs. Mr. Anderson
There is nothing I hate more than when a TNA PPV does not have a World title match and that's exactly what we have here! A meaningless contenders match is main eventing your 1st PPV of the year? Great job TNA! Great job! Anyways I have no doubts about who wins this match because the math is simple friends! Morgan has already had 2 shots at Jeff Hardy while Anderson hasn't had a shot since Bound For Glory! So with that I will go with Anderson to win this match and move on to face Jeff Hardy for the title at next month's Against All Odds PPV! I mean seriously do you really want to see Hardy/Morgan 3 next month? Really? I don't!
Winner: Mr. Anderson
Overall it looks like a fairly decent PPV on paper but let's just see if TNA can deliver a quality event even without a World title match. Can they do it? I'm not sure. Will they do it? Well we'll just have to wait and see now won't we! Please leave me a comment below with your picks for Genesis and tune in to 1 of my partners in crime Derek Ferreira's YouTube channel (slb200809) tomorrow night as he will have a complete recap of tomorrow night's Genesis PPV and I will be back next week with my predictions for the NFL Divisional Playoffs! So with that you know the routine everybody thumbs up talk to you all later! YEAH!
TNA X-Division Championship Match: Jay Lethal vs. Kazarian
On Saturday TNA President Dixie Carter tweeted that this would be the opening match of this PPV and for that I commend TNA because this is the match that should open this PPV because if you want to get the crowd hot early then this is just the match to do that! OK on to the match Jay Lethal recently regained the X title on a recent Impact from that Situation wannabe Robbie E! Meanwhile Kazarian became the #1 contender by winning a 4-way match against the aforementioned Robbie E and both members of Generation Me! So who wins? Well Eric Bischoff put all members of Immortal on notice by stating that Immortal needs to win all TNA titles in order for Immortal to stay in control of TNA! So with that I am going to go with Kazarian to take the belt from Lethal not because I am the biggest Fortune mark in the world but because of storyline purposes because I honestly think that at least 1 title will go to Immortal! Should be a great match and without question a top candidate for match of the night!
Winner: Kazarian
Immortal's Mystery Opponent vs. Rob Van Dam
Well it all depends on who Immortal's mystery man is! I mean I honestly don't know who this guy is but I have heard rumors that it could be Matt Hardy or Hurricane Helms! But to be quite honest I still have to go with RVD in this 1 regardless of who his opponent is! All I hope for is that it's a good match regardless!
Winner: Rob Van Dam
Brother Ray vs. Brother Devon
Ah yes the match I could give 2 craps about! No disrespect to these 2 guys but after the great speech they gave at Bound For Glory and then the great match they had with the Motor City Machine Guns at the Turning Point event why couldn't these 2 had just walked away right then and there? But no we get sucked into yet another pointless and meaningless feud that no 1 including myself cares about! But since I have to pick a winner here I will go with Devon here only because Ray has been constantly getting the better of him! Enclosing, here's your worst fight of the night boys right here! Just saying!
Winner: Brother Devon
TNA Women's Knockout Championship Match: Madison Rayne vs. Mickie James
Very rarely do I look forward to Women's matches but this 1 is the exception to the rule because this 1 in my mind should be a good 1! Mickie James is not only a wiley veteran of Women's wrestling but she is also 1 of the best damn workers in the business today! Madison Rayne on the otherhand is just as good a worker as Mickie stemming from her success on the independent circuit! So who wins? Well the safe pick is to go with Mickie James winning the title but on the other hand Madison could win here thus prolonging and delaying the inevitable Mickie title win which could happen possibly as early as April's Lockdown event! Wow this 1 is actually tough to call but I am going to take a chance here and go with Mickie winning the title although I really wouldn't be surprised if Madison goes over thus continuing this rivalry but better safe than sorry right friends?
Winner: Mickie James
TNA World Tag Team Championship Match: The Motor City Machineguns vs. Beer Money Inc.
OK if their epic best of 5 series this past summer wasn't any indication then I really don't know what the hell is because this fight right here has match of the night written all over it! So who wins? Well the consensus pick is for Beer Money to take the titles thus giving Immortal another belt! However the guns have held the belts for over 6 months now which I honestly consider surprising because I really didn't think that the guns would get a good run with the belts! But 6 months really is too long in my book and while I would love to see the guns impressive reign continue I just think that all good things must come to an end and thus Beer Money finally regains the titles to give Immortal another belt in their stable! Oh by the way anything short of match of the night would be a huge disappointment in my book because that's exactly what I am expecting in this 1!
Winners: Beer Money Inc.
Double J Double MA Challenge: Jeff Jarrett vs. Kurt Angle
OK when Jeff Jarrett turned heel back at Bound For Glory I marked because I truly believe that Jeff Jarrett is a much better heel than babyface and quite frankly I'm surprised that his babyface run lasted as long it did but anyways. However, as much as I love Jarrett as a badass heel I have not enjoyed all of these stupid and pointless MMA exhibitions I mean didn't we learn anything from the AJ Styles/Frank Trigg fiasco from a few years ago huh? Anyways the point is this whole Double J Double MA Challenge has been really boring and stupid for me but now that Kurt Angle is going to be facing Jarrett in this well this just might work! As for who wins well since Jarrett has been constantly humiliating these talentless ham 'n' eggers week in and week out I go with Angle to win this and hopefully this will finally be the end of this boring and pointless angle once and for all!
Winner: Kurt Angle
TNA World Television Championship Match: Douglas Williams vs. AJ Styles
OK here's another match that I am really looking forward to mainly because of the stipulations of this match! If AJ Styles loses this match then he is out of Fortune and Immortal as a result. So who wins well AJ could easily win the belt back here based on the storyline but also TNA could be crazy enough to pull the trigger on this and if they do I really believe that this could possibly result in an AJ face turn! So with that I'm going to go for the crazy pick here and go with Williams to retain in another match of the night candidate for sure I mean hey WWE was crazy enough to put John Cena in the Nexus right? Right?
Winner: Douglas Williams
#1 Contenders Match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship: Matt Morgan vs. Mr. Anderson
There is nothing I hate more than when a TNA PPV does not have a World title match and that's exactly what we have here! A meaningless contenders match is main eventing your 1st PPV of the year? Great job TNA! Great job! Anyways I have no doubts about who wins this match because the math is simple friends! Morgan has already had 2 shots at Jeff Hardy while Anderson hasn't had a shot since Bound For Glory! So with that I will go with Anderson to win this match and move on to face Jeff Hardy for the title at next month's Against All Odds PPV! I mean seriously do you really want to see Hardy/Morgan 3 next month? Really? I don't!
Winner: Mr. Anderson
Overall it looks like a fairly decent PPV on paper but let's just see if TNA can deliver a quality event even without a World title match. Can they do it? I'm not sure. Will they do it? Well we'll just have to wait and see now won't we! Please leave me a comment below with your picks for Genesis and tune in to 1 of my partners in crime Derek Ferreira's YouTube channel (slb200809) tomorrow night as he will have a complete recap of tomorrow night's Genesis PPV and I will be back next week with my predictions for the NFL Divisional Playoffs! So with that you know the routine everybody thumbs up talk to you all later! YEAH!
2011 NFL Wildcard Weekend Predictions
Hello friends! Here are my predictions for this weekend's NFL Wildcard playoff games! Enjoy!
New Orleans Saints @ Seattle Seahawks
Well friends I'm not gonna lie this is the game that I am least looking forward to and here's why. First of all you have a 7-9 garbage team in the Seabags who back doored their way into the postseason by winning the NFC worst oops I mean West sorry! Thus leaving 2 much better and deserving teams in the NY Giants and Tampa Bay Bucs at home? Ridiculous! But none the less the Seabags are in and there's nothing I can do about that so with that enough of my whining and crying let's get to the game shall we? OK the Saints are defending Super Bowl champs with 1 of the best QB's in the game today in Drew Brees. Couple that with a fairly decent defense and a slew of WR's you can see why the Saints are 10 point favorites. However, the Saints don't have any RB's because their 2 best RB's Chris Ivory and Pierre Thomas are both out due to injury so that may give the Seabags a chance. Speaking of the Seabags they will have their more playoff experienced QB Matt Hasselback starting over Charlie Whitehurst! Good move however let's face it the Seabags are loaded with unexperienced ham'n'eggers while the Saints are loaded with more seasoned veterans and a much better team! So who wins? The Saints that's who and oh by the way I like them big in what I call the Zonk game of the week cue the Zonk effects from Let's Make A Deal! (Insert Let's Make A Deal Zonk sounds here)
Winners: New Orleans Saints
New York Jets @ Indianapolis Colts
Now to the game that I personally will be looking the most forward to a rematch of last year's AFC Championship game! At the start of the season a big time hullabaloo was made over how great the Jets were mainly for all of their offseason acquisitions such as LaDainian Tomlinson, Antonio Cromartie, Santonio Holmes, Braylon Edwards, and Jason Taylor and at the start of the season the Jets looked like the team to beat in the AFC. That is until a Monday night disaster in Foxboro against the Patriots in which the Jets got beat down by the Pats 45-3 in what was at the time the most anticipated game of the 2010 NFL season uh yeah so much for that but anyways and after that beatdown the Jets never really recovered although they did pick up a huge season saving road win in snowy Pittsburgh in Week 15 and a meaningless beatdown of the Buffalo Bills in the season finale but other than that they have not been the same! As for Indy well this season Peyton and his boys didn't have it as easy as they usually do! Case and point - injuries to key players was their main issue this year but despite that Indy still managed to win the AFC South title with an un Colt like 10-6 record and the #3 seed in the AFC! So who wins this primetime clash? Well you can really make an argument for both but for me I have to go with Peyton and the boys because of 1 very crucial stat and that is Peyton Manning is 5-1 against Rex Ryan coached teams including last year's AFC title game! All I know is that this game is going to be epic and I also have a feeling that this game will live up to the hype and then some and quite frankly I can't wait!
Winners: Indianapolis Colts
Baltimore Ravens @ Kansas City Chiefs
The other half of the AFC wildcard playoff doubleheader pits a proven Playoff tested team in the Baltimore Ravens against the inexperienced and surprise winners of the AFC West and not to mention my partner in crime Mike Flecha's houseteam the Kansas City Chiefs! Well just like the Saints-Seahawks game there is no doubt that the Baltimore Ravens will go into Arrowhead and not only manhandle the Chiefs with their punishing defense but will also silence the NFL's loudest stadium because the Chiefs haven't won a home playoff game since 1994 and do you really think this inexperienced Chiefs team can hang with the Ravens? I don't! A punishing D, a very efficient QB in Joe Flacco, and too many weapons on offense will lead to an easy and decisive victory for the Ravens in this 1! Sorry Mikey guess you'll have to find a new houseteam to cheer on next year! Wapah!!!
Winners: Baltimore Ravens
Green Bay Packers @ Philadelphia Eagles
And finally the main event of Wildcard weekend and a game that many of my Facebook friends are looking forward to more than anything! A rematch of Week 1 which was a 27-20 victory for the Packers! Over the last 2 weeks no team has looked more impressive in my eyes than the Green Bay Packers while no team has looked more terrible than the Philadelphia Eagles especially on that Tuesday night game when they let a garbage Minnesota Viking team come in and humiliate them in their house! So with that I really like the Packers in this 1 for 2 reasons 1. QB Aaron Rodgers has been on top of his game since coming back from that concussion that he suffered against Detroit and 2. The Packers just like the Baltimore Ravens have 1 of the most punishing defenses in the NFL led by Clay Matthews and Charles Woodson! Yes the Eagles have a rejuvenated Michael Vick leading the way on offense along with their dynamic playmaker DeSean Jackson who wowed us all with that 65 yard walkoff punt return TD to beat the NY Giants back in Week 15 in a game that I truly consider the best game of this regular season bar none! But I truly feel because of how great Aaron Rodgers and the defense has looked I just feel that Green Bay will steal 1 here because I think Philly has lost a little mojo ever since that incredible comeback against the Giants! So with that I like the Packers in this 1 even though I think that this game much like the Jets-Colts game will live up to the hype and then some!
Winners: Green Bay Packers
Well friends those are my predictions for Wildcard Weekend! Do you guys agree or disagree? Please leave me a comment with your predictions below and I will be back later tonight with my predictions for tomorrow's TNA Genesis PPV! So with that you know the routine everybody thumbs up talk to ya later! YEAH!
New Orleans Saints @ Seattle Seahawks
Well friends I'm not gonna lie this is the game that I am least looking forward to and here's why. First of all you have a 7-9 garbage team in the Seabags who back doored their way into the postseason by winning the NFC worst oops I mean West sorry! Thus leaving 2 much better and deserving teams in the NY Giants and Tampa Bay Bucs at home? Ridiculous! But none the less the Seabags are in and there's nothing I can do about that so with that enough of my whining and crying let's get to the game shall we? OK the Saints are defending Super Bowl champs with 1 of the best QB's in the game today in Drew Brees. Couple that with a fairly decent defense and a slew of WR's you can see why the Saints are 10 point favorites. However, the Saints don't have any RB's because their 2 best RB's Chris Ivory and Pierre Thomas are both out due to injury so that may give the Seabags a chance. Speaking of the Seabags they will have their more playoff experienced QB Matt Hasselback starting over Charlie Whitehurst! Good move however let's face it the Seabags are loaded with unexperienced ham'n'eggers while the Saints are loaded with more seasoned veterans and a much better team! So who wins? The Saints that's who and oh by the way I like them big in what I call the Zonk game of the week cue the Zonk effects from Let's Make A Deal! (Insert Let's Make A Deal Zonk sounds here)
Winners: New Orleans Saints
New York Jets @ Indianapolis Colts
Now to the game that I personally will be looking the most forward to a rematch of last year's AFC Championship game! At the start of the season a big time hullabaloo was made over how great the Jets were mainly for all of their offseason acquisitions such as LaDainian Tomlinson, Antonio Cromartie, Santonio Holmes, Braylon Edwards, and Jason Taylor and at the start of the season the Jets looked like the team to beat in the AFC. That is until a Monday night disaster in Foxboro against the Patriots in which the Jets got beat down by the Pats 45-3 in what was at the time the most anticipated game of the 2010 NFL season uh yeah so much for that but anyways and after that beatdown the Jets never really recovered although they did pick up a huge season saving road win in snowy Pittsburgh in Week 15 and a meaningless beatdown of the Buffalo Bills in the season finale but other than that they have not been the same! As for Indy well this season Peyton and his boys didn't have it as easy as they usually do! Case and point - injuries to key players was their main issue this year but despite that Indy still managed to win the AFC South title with an un Colt like 10-6 record and the #3 seed in the AFC! So who wins this primetime clash? Well you can really make an argument for both but for me I have to go with Peyton and the boys because of 1 very crucial stat and that is Peyton Manning is 5-1 against Rex Ryan coached teams including last year's AFC title game! All I know is that this game is going to be epic and I also have a feeling that this game will live up to the hype and then some and quite frankly I can't wait!
Winners: Indianapolis Colts
Baltimore Ravens @ Kansas City Chiefs
The other half of the AFC wildcard playoff doubleheader pits a proven Playoff tested team in the Baltimore Ravens against the inexperienced and surprise winners of the AFC West and not to mention my partner in crime Mike Flecha's houseteam the Kansas City Chiefs! Well just like the Saints-Seahawks game there is no doubt that the Baltimore Ravens will go into Arrowhead and not only manhandle the Chiefs with their punishing defense but will also silence the NFL's loudest stadium because the Chiefs haven't won a home playoff game since 1994 and do you really think this inexperienced Chiefs team can hang with the Ravens? I don't! A punishing D, a very efficient QB in Joe Flacco, and too many weapons on offense will lead to an easy and decisive victory for the Ravens in this 1! Sorry Mikey guess you'll have to find a new houseteam to cheer on next year! Wapah!!!
Winners: Baltimore Ravens
Green Bay Packers @ Philadelphia Eagles
And finally the main event of Wildcard weekend and a game that many of my Facebook friends are looking forward to more than anything! A rematch of Week 1 which was a 27-20 victory for the Packers! Over the last 2 weeks no team has looked more impressive in my eyes than the Green Bay Packers while no team has looked more terrible than the Philadelphia Eagles especially on that Tuesday night game when they let a garbage Minnesota Viking team come in and humiliate them in their house! So with that I really like the Packers in this 1 for 2 reasons 1. QB Aaron Rodgers has been on top of his game since coming back from that concussion that he suffered against Detroit and 2. The Packers just like the Baltimore Ravens have 1 of the most punishing defenses in the NFL led by Clay Matthews and Charles Woodson! Yes the Eagles have a rejuvenated Michael Vick leading the way on offense along with their dynamic playmaker DeSean Jackson who wowed us all with that 65 yard walkoff punt return TD to beat the NY Giants back in Week 15 in a game that I truly consider the best game of this regular season bar none! But I truly feel because of how great Aaron Rodgers and the defense has looked I just feel that Green Bay will steal 1 here because I think Philly has lost a little mojo ever since that incredible comeback against the Giants! So with that I like the Packers in this 1 even though I think that this game much like the Jets-Colts game will live up to the hype and then some!
Winners: Green Bay Packers
Well friends those are my predictions for Wildcard Weekend! Do you guys agree or disagree? Please leave me a comment with your predictions below and I will be back later tonight with my predictions for tomorrow's TNA Genesis PPV! So with that you know the routine everybody thumbs up talk to ya later! YEAH!
Introduction
Hello friends! Most of you may remember me from my past blogs Tony's Take and The Tone! Funny thing happened even though it really wasn't that funny in my eyes but anyways. Last year I had created The Tone blog and then last May I lost all connections to the Internet and because of that I had to go without internet for over 7 months! That was until Christmas when my family bought me a new laptop so that means I am back on the net baby! So with that let me explain this new blog of mine I will be giving you my predictions on certain events in the Sports world and those events will include the upcoming NFL playoffs, all TNA and WWE Wrestling Pay-Per-View events, the upcoming 2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament, the upcoming 2011 MLB Season, and the upcoming 2011 Stanley Cup and NBA Playoffs! In addition I will also be posting season preview blogs and predictions for each and every game of each and every week of the next NFL season! So with that I hope all you enjoy this new blog of mine and I promise each and every 1 of you that I will tell like it is just like my all time favorite Wrestling announcer Jesse "The Body" Ventura! Stay tuned as I will give you my predictions for this weekend's NFL Wildcard playoff games as well as Sunday's TNA Genesis PPV! Thumbs up talk to you later! YEAH!!!
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