NFL Picks 2009: Conference Championship Round
AFC — New York Jets +8 at Indianapolis Colts: I picked this game for the Pulse Sports Roundtable. I wrote on Monday: Here’s the weird thing: the Jets match up better with the Colts then they’re being credited for. Then, somewhere along the line, all the shows started picking the Jets. Is it possible that the Jets can no longer play the “No One Believed In Us” Card following their free pass in to the playoffs? Regardless, I can’t change now. I still see this game as the Jets annoying Peyton Manning by cutting off the field, totally destroying the run at the line, and recreating circa 2005 Happyfeet Playoff Manning. And besides, I can’t get over the idea of the Football Gods visiting karmic retribution on the Colts for forfeiting the Jets in to the playoffs. I said it last week and I say it now. Jets 24-Colts 20, Jets fans become insufferable for the next two weeks, Super Bowl tickets shoot to $11,000 for upper deck.
NFC — Minnesota Vikings +3.5 at New Orleans Saints: Confidential to Bootleg and Joe: There is no such thing as running up the score on the Cowboys — there is only beating them by more points. Besides, the Cowboys are not allowed to refer to any other player as “classless” while that cheating, dirty, leg-whipping piece of rat feces Flozell Adams is still drawing a paycheck from Jerry Jones. Maybe my Cowboys-hate just overrules the Favre-hate. I digress. I have a buddy who is the only Saints fan I know, and he’ll be impossible to deal with should the Saints win the Super Bowl. That’s not really the reason I can’t root for the Saints here. The culprit there is my lingering hatred of Jeremy Shockey. Besides, I do think the Vikings just have better personnel and, well, isn’t it about time for an Adrian Peterson playoff coming out party? As difficult of a time I’m having with picking both road teams in the Championship games… I have to do it. Vikings 38, Saints 31. Sorry, Matt. Favre, Jets, Media!
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