http://www.nfl.com/schedules
Here are my picks for next week:
Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots - PATRIOTS
Carolina Panthers at Seattle Seahawks - SEAHAWKS
Dallas Cowboys at Green Bay Packers - PACKERS
Indianapolis Colts at Denver Broncos - BRONCOS
Yep, those would be my picks as well. 'Had to think twice about the AFC games but I'd be pretty shocked if it's not Pats/Broncos redux for AFCCG.
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Cowboys VS Ravens
The most surprising result for me was the Ravens over the Steelers. Pittsburgh missed Le'Veon Bell more than I thought they would; on Big Ben's critical 4th quarter interception, just-signed running back Ben Tate badly missed a blocking assignment which led to Ben getting hit as he threw. The Ravens were able to get consistent pressure, and as a result the Steelers' passing attack wasn't able to exploit Baltimore's inexperienced secondary the way I thought they would. With all that out of the way, I'll go ahead and make picks for the divisional round:
Patriots over Ravens: I'm making this pick because I think the Pats are a more complete team overall, but one thing that does scare me is this: While Tom Brady has had a generally excellent season, he's only averaged 7.1 yards per attempt this season, a barely above-average number. Not sure that's the best way to attack the Ravens.
Broncos over Colts: What the Colts did to a Bengals offense lacking its best weapons doesn't impress me all that much (although shutting down Jeremy Hill after the first quarter is a legitimate accomplishment). I don't think the Colts are a team, defensively speaking, that's up to the task of stopping Manning and company.
Seahawks over Panthers: Yes, holding a team to 78 yards is nice, but Ryan Lindley might have been the least qualified quarterback ever to start a playoff game in NFL history; he's that bad. Cam Newton needs to play much better than he did against the Cardinals to have any chance, and against the Seahawks, it's probably too much to ask.
Cowboys over Packers: I'm certainly rooting for the Packers (not a Dallas fan), but I'm going with the team that I think has more ways of winning this game. Green Bay doesn't have the defensive line that Detroit has, so I think Dallas will be able to have success running or throwing, whereas the Packers must rely on Rodgers having a big day. Obviously that's well within the realm of possibility for Rodgers (who has thrown 226 TD's to 57 INT's for a career), but with the Cowboys running the football the way they do, he may not be on the field long enough to make the difference in the game.
ill go with
Patriots - because i still believe in Tom Brady 
Seahawks - because its the Panthers
Cowboys - because i really like the Triplets
Colts - Luck already took Peyton's single season passing record, now its time to toss him out of the playoffs
you know what, ill even go a couple of rounds further
Patriots over Colts
Cowboys over Seahawks
Patriots over Cowboys
Here's my picks
Ravens over New England Ravens win 16 - 9
Carolina over Seattle Panthers win 23 - 13. The Panthers came close to beating them in their first meeting and with their defense doing well in the last few games, they will get their revenge and advance to the NFC Championship game
Dallas over Green Bay Dallas wins 27 -24 If the Dallas defense is able to pressure Rogers throughout the game, they may win by a larger margin
Denver over Colts. Broncos win 38 - 17.
As I posted earlier in the thread
Carolina at Dallas for NFC championship game
Baltimore at Denver for AFC championship game
Carolina vs Baltimore in the Super Bowl. Carolina wins
If Dallas beats Carolina, I will go with Dallas winning the super bowl
If you go by team efficiency (I don't have an opinion on it one way or the other as a stat) Baltimore and New England are basically even, but I'd still give the edge to New England as the home team.
My picks after tipping 3- 1 last week
Balt i`ll go for the upset , the Ravens mugged Big Ben last week and if they can get Brady they will win again .
Den i don`t know how far Luck can carry this team , they will need to play well on the D side of the ball .
Sea this one might be an old time game with two defenses keeping the score low into the 4 quarter .
GB I still don`t know how the Lions lost that game 
it might be the offense who has the ball last wins .
Now that's what I call devotion to the game...
That's what I'd call an addiction... 
jesus ****, the weather is gonna be abysmal tomorrow in Foxborough, thank god i decided to buy my first ever long sleeved shirt (im not kidding, i have 200 tshirts but nothing with long sleeves)
Instead of "Winterfell", it's "Winter fell upon Lambeau".
In terms of personal investment, I was going Bengals first (whoops), now the Colts (we'll see how long that lasts), and right after that is the Seahawks. I really like them as a franchise, team and a fan base. D-heavy teams have always been my favorite to watch, the management for the team has been amazing to watch evolve over the past five years and the fan base has a reputation for overwhelming opposing teams with their enthusiasm - that's nothing if not impressive.Speaking of weather, Green Bay fans are going to love this trailer.
http://www.nfl.com/v...wap_generic_nfl
There are some good trailers for the other teams too, the Broncos trailer has a "Godfather" theme, the Seahawks trailer is titled, "Carroll's Twelve".
Please, nobody hate the Seahawks and fans if we win again this season... That said, there are so many really good teams this year, who knows what will happen?
Funny: GRRM is an NFL fan too. http://grrm.livejournal.com/
Maybe when the Super Bowl is over, he'll get back to finishing,"The Winds of Winter".
Kickoff between Baltimore and New England in about 2 minutes. The temperature is 22 degrees and falling
With 4:44 left in the 1st quarter, Ravens leading Patriots 14-0. Excellent.
If anyone is curious how teams are ranked by team efficiency.
1. Seahawks
2. Broncos
(followed by a drop off)
3. Packers
4. Patriots
5. Ravens
(and another drop off)
6. Cowboys
(and the rest of the playoff teams)
12. Colts
25. Panthers
For Baltimore I would say they need to improve their tackling. They had a couple of mistackles in the 1st half that led to 1st down and a touchdown for New England
For New England, they need to stop the running game of Baltimore. Baltimore is picking up chunks of yardage from their running back
As mentioned above, Baltimore leads New England 21-14 at halftime. Go Ravens.
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