Tomorrow brings the AFC and NFC Championship games. It would've been a bigger deal if the Colts hadn't decided to rest their starters for a month, but when the Patriots Wes Welker got hurt in the last week of the season (in a game with no real bearing on the standings), I guess you could say the Colts brass was vindicated. Don't say that to their fans though. Football is just entertainmen and they didn't pay season tickets to see JV football... OK moving on.
Jets at Colts - AFC Title Game
Rex Ryan talks more shit than Lane Kiffin, and that's saying something. His defenses, however, back him up. Rookie QB Mark Sanchez a year ago had Pete Carroll at USC mad at him for bolting after only 1 year as a starter (no doubt contributing to the 9-4 season for USC and perhaps Carroll's escape to the Seattle Seahawks), now he's a game away from the Super Bowl.
Well, really he's not. He's a game away from having the best seat in the house to watch the Jets running game try to eat clock against the Saints or Vikings.
Regardless, the last month and a half have been pretty sweet for Jets fans. Will they get another win in Indy? I think they have a shot. Their defense is the type that pisses off Peyton Manning and can have him running for his #@#$ing life for 4 quarters. And when you gain 10 yards a carry there's no need to have a rookie QB throw passes for Braylon Edwards to drop. But this isn't Week 16 and I'm going to assume that Manning Jedi-like command of the offense will allow him to find the open man (that would be whoever isn't blanketed by the awesome Darrelle Revis) a few times, and the Colts D has had time to heal. I'm not going to act surprised if the Jets do win, I just don't really see it happening.
Colts 27 - Jets 14
Vikings at Saints - NFC Championship
THE game of the year so far, unless you count Patriots @ Saints. Let's get a few things out of the way. It's going to be loud as hell in the Superdome. Brett Favre is old and good. Drew Brees is my preferred fantasy football QB (Aaron Rodgers works too) and is on some next level stuff himself. Reggie Bush is playing for his $8 Million roster bonus. The Saints are allegedly the soul of New Orleans, blah blah blah blah blah.
Karma says the Packers must suffer for forcing Brett out. And by suffer, that means "see their franchise's greatest player in the Super Bowl in rival colors". Karma also says the Saints are due.
Let's go to the X's and O's. I believe that if the Saints successfully pick up the pass rush, they will win. That's not an easy thing to do, and it will require leaving back a RB or two. Which would mean reducing the number of pass routes Brees can choose from. It'll be interesting - the Vikes pass rush is as effective as the Cowboys and the
On the other side, I can't recall if the Saints secondary is better than the Cowboys'. Its gonna have to be, or there will be more whining about people running up the score. NO wait, that won't happen. Only bitch ass Cowboys fans who spend too much time in Euphoria that they won ONE playoff game do that shit. Lames. So what if the Vikings were throwing at the end of the game, its the playoffs of the NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE - this ain't JV junior high school. Grow the f%%% up and take your beating like a man.
OK back to this week - the fact that Jason Campbell carved up the Saints secondary should mean that Brett Favre can right? Am I even allowed to use the regular season for info? I don't really know that I can take away anything from the Cards victory last week because the Cardinals are streaky and ran out of gas.
OK, I'll just admit it, I have no idea who will win this game. So my gut is yelling Vikings so (Sorry Officemate - Shoutouts to Rex Guillen) I'm going to go with them... and not be upset if I'm wrong. I do like the Saints.
Vikings 34 - Saints 30
Super Bowl
Colts 27 Vikings 23
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