NFL Playoffs Round 1: Power Plays

[riggs]

Philadelphia Eagles @ Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota, here's another team that's over matched and outclassed. If the Eagles weren't such an inconsistent team at certain times in the year, I would lay the wood on this one as well. In this one though we have a team and a coach with a ton of playoff experience vs. a team and a coach with none. Remember this too, if Chicago would have won last week the Vikings could have easily missed the playoffs. They just barely beat the 2nd team of the Giants last week at HOME. They never should have won that game and if they didn't play in such a s*** division, they wouldn't be here. Tarvaris Jackson, yes, Tarvaris Jackson is Minnesota's QB. This guy doesn't protect the ball very well and he throws the ball like a rec-football player. There's no way Philly doesn't pick this guy off at least twice in this game or at least cause him to fumble the ball. The Eagles will stack the box in this one, contain Peterson to a certain degree, and man up against those piss poor reveivers. Minnesota's strength on defense is stopping the run. Thankfully for the Eagles, running the ball isn't their strength offensively. They'll pass the ball here to set up the run as usual. Donavan McNabb has been awesome as of late, the guys thrown nine touchdowns and only one interception over the past five weeks. Brian Westbrook is the most versatile running back in all of football, we all know this. He's gonna be a headache for this Viking defense coming out of the backfield. I like the Eagles to win this one by a comfortable margin.

Score Prediction: Eagles 27, Vikings 16

Saturday's Play: Philadelphia Eagles -3 (2 Units)

[riggs]

Strongly considering increasing my units on Atlanta with the major line swing here. Looking into this one a bit more, talking to people over here, most of them are completely mind-f***ed with this huge swing in points. As 60% of the money is still on Atlanta.

[Jmoney]

yea riggs bodog went from ari+3.5 gradually now down to a pickem. I still went with my gut on ATL, I dont know about uppin the ante though in my eyes. Think Im gonna save up for tomorrow on the Ravens and possibly Eagles.

[riggs]

yea riggs bodog went from ari+3.5 gradually now down to a pickem. I still went with my gut on ATL, I dont know about uppin the ante though in my eyes. Think Im gonna save up for tomorrow on the Ravens and possibly Eagles.

Today should be very interesting!!!

[dolce05]

ATLANTA @ ARIZONA
ARIZONA at home (even though they arent selling out) will win with the QB being expierenced. Sure they looked like shit the past couple of games but i dont trust Atlanta away from home. Arizona will keep Matt Ryan off the field and win in a close one.

Arizona +1

INDY @ SD
SD at home is my pick. They are riding a streak (never bet against the streak). If they dont beat themselves, they have just as many weapons any team. (NOT a big rivers fan but hes a great competitor) Banking on the home field advantage as well (Payton has done well on the road but not like he does at home). If this was a regular season game i would prob pick Indy, but just being a playoff game and knowing paytons ride doesnt always end at the superbowl, i think this year it ends earlier than most would think. And if Indy does win its a late field goal to win by 1 or 2. (sought of like the TCU game this year something told me to take the ML)

SD +3 (took the hook for a .5 pt)

BALT @ MIAMI
Miami is another team most would disagree with me. Balts D scares me but Miami always seems to keep things close. I think Balt will be out coached (like the jets were) especially with the big tuna puting in his 2 cents. Chad can brake down game film and i think he can work with his supporting cast. This will be close till the fourth qrt where with a few lucky breaks and the home crowd advantage miami wins this outright

Miami +3

PHILLY @ MINN
Philly at Minnesota. This ones alittle tricky. Minneosta played the giants tough through the first half which the giants were playing most top personal, but i do believe B. Jacobs is a key ingredient and he was sitting last game. I'm not putting any stock into the second half of that game, being the giants knew this wasn't a do or die for them so stretching for that extra yard sometimes doesnt happen when not needed. Vikings are playing well as of late, but B. Westbrook will be the x factor for Philly to role and role big. This one wont be close after the coin flip.

Philly -3

GL to all (who picked the same as i) the rest of ya GL in future games.

[jtnguyen79]

ATL will win game thru running whenever Mike turner runs the ball alot they end up winning when ATL passes alot its comes down to the wire just my opinion or what it seems

[jtnguyen79]

Riggs best of luck to you

nice record for the year in NFL do you tend to do better in playoffs or during the season?

[demize21]

with you today on ATL riggs nice picks like the colts as well there on fire towards end of season

[CBBPhenom]

Love the colts play

[riggs]

Riggs best of luck to you

nice record for the year in NFL do you tend to do better in playoffs or during the season?

I'm fairly even, although I probably do better in the regular season.

[KG]

Bout the same amount of public on Philly as there was on the Ravens. Forget the public, Westbrook runs all over Minnesota.

[dolce05]

KG ......I agree but lets not get to cocky till theres 2 minutes to play and philly is up by 20 lol

best of luck today we're on the same side

[demize21]

how bout this for a power play

Jan 4 3:54pm Football - Winner 100.00 to win 250.00 250.00
1. Football - Philadelphia Eagles - spread -10½ (+250)
for the entire game held on Jan 4 at 4:30pm [winner]
also have it at -7.5 +180

[Cougar Bait]

Glad to have a great day with you riggs...love your plays so far this year...glad we both made $$$

[riggs]

Glad to have a great day with you riggs...love your plays so far this year...glad we both made $$$

Yep, the Falcons really let me down and disapointed me yesterday, BUT IF I HAD TO BET THE GAME AGAIN, I'D STILL TAKE THE FALCONS. Atlanta missed a ton of opportunities. I told ya that Colts game was gonna be a nail biter again!!! Thank God I Only had 3 Units on Saturdays Plays. 7 Units Today and was pretty dam close on predicting the scores as well. Up 4 Units!!!


Philadelphia Eagles @ Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota, here's another team that's over matched and outclassed. If the Eagles weren't such an inconsistent team at certain times in the year, I would lay the wood on this one as well. In this one though we have a team and a coach with a ton of playoff experience vs. a team and a coach with none. Remember this too, if Chicago would have won last week the Vikings could have easily missed the playoffs. They just barely beat the 2nd team of the Giants last week at HOME. They never should have won that game and if they didn't play in such a s*** division, they wouldn't be here. Tarvaris Jackson, yes, Tarvaris Jackson is Minnesota's QB. This guy doesn't protect the ball very well and he throws the ball like a rec-football player. There's no way Philly doesn't pick this guy off at least twice in this game or at least cause him to fumble the ball. The Eagles will stack the box in this one, contain Peterson to a certain degree, and man up against those piss poor reveivers. Minnesota's strength on defense is stopping the run. Thankfully for the Eagles, running the ball isn't their strength offensively. They'll pass the ball here to set up the run as usual. Donavan McNabb has been awesome as of late, the guys thrown nine touchdowns and only one interception over the past five weeks. Brian Westbrook is the most versatile running back in all of football, we all know this. He's gonna be a headache for this Viking defense coming out of the backfield. I like the Eagles to win this one by a comfortable margin.

Score Prediction: Eagles 27, Vikings 16

Saturday's Play: Philadelphia Eagles -3 (2 Units) WIN


Baltimore Ravens @ Miami Dolphins

No need for a write up here, Miami is over matched and completely outclassed. They've had a great season, congrats Dolphins, but your magnificent run ends here. I jumped all over this line when it was at -3, I still see plenty of value in it at -4 as well though. Lay the wood!!!

Score Prediction: Ravens 24, Dolphins 13

Saturday's Play: Baltimore Ravens -3 (5 Units) WIN


Indianapolis Colts @ San Diego Chargers

By far the toughest game of the week to cap. I thought long and hard about staying away, but being the degenerate that I am, I couldn't stay away. I know, I need help!!! Both of these these teams have played fairly well as of late, but the Chargers have actually shocked me. Beating Tampa on the road and then destroying Denver in a critical game for both teams? Wow. Call me crazy but I still haven't bought into this squad and I still hate Norv Turner as a coach. Both of these clubs have experience and San Diego obviously has an advantage playing at home. Both teams are pretty bad defensively, even though the Colts defense has only given up 15ppg over their last nine, but I'm sorry, that's still an ugly/undersized defense. I do think that Indy might be able to get to Rivers in this one though, not completely, but enough, surely more than Denver & Tampa did! On the other side of the ball, Manning will have all day to throw and won't miss the throws that Cutler and Garcia did. The Chargers are pitiful vs. pass, they give up a ton of yards, and as long as you have an accurate QB and receivers who don't drop balls left and right, you got a shot vs. this team. Indy seems to struggle against teams with power running games. SD doesn't have one, and (IMO) Tomlinson has lost a step or two. I don't have the courage to bet against Peyton Manning in this one, and if you think about it, that's what this game will come down to - Manning vs. Rivers. I give a slight advantage to Indy in this one. The last meeting between these two squads was very close, a nail biter, I was on the wrong side. I expect something similar here, and so I advise playing this one small.


Score Prediction: Colts 26, Chargers 23

Saturday's Play: Indianapolis Colts -1 (1 Unit) TOUGH LOSS


Atlanta Falcons @ Arizona Cardinals

Ok great, the Cardinals play decent at home and the Falcons don't come into this one with a shutdown defense. But even when Arizona wins, they win ugly. This team isn't very good and they really have no business in the playoffs. Arizona (imo) has been one of the worst teams in football since the month of November. Atlanta on the other hand has been anything but, they've pulled off some impressive wins down the stretch and got a wake up call last week vs. the Rams which (imo) was a good thing. Warner has some playoff experience so I guess that gives the Cardinals an advantage there, but the guy's still a statue who holds on to the ball way too long in the pocket, he fumbles way too much, and when pressured makes very bad reads. Warner has no reliable check down out of the back field nor does he have a reliable pass catching TE. The Cardinals have no running game, so they wont be able to exploit Atlanta's main weakness on defense. Without that passing game, they win 4 games all year (imo). Atlanta on the other hand has a rather efficient passing game, and a QB that I trust a hell of a lot more than Warner. Michael Turner might be the best pure-running back in the game, outside of Peterson. But like Peterson he seems to get stronger as the game progresses. IMO, Atlanta is a more balanced team offensively and Matt Ryan is by far the best Rookie I've seen to date, yes, better than Manning. You also have to take into consideration that Arizona cant seem to pressure the QB and they suck vs. the pass. Again, Arizona does not belong in the playoffs. Atlanta should win this game tomorrow with a balanced attack on offense and puting enough pressure on Warner to keep the Cardinals offense off balance, causing a few turnovers in the process.

Score Prediction: Falcons 27, Cardinals 23

Saturday's Play: Atlanta Falcons +1 (2 Units) LOSS

[pimike]

Riggs if you had to bet the game again you would still take FALCONS





They lost that means you would lose again even if you knew the outcome

[riggs]

Riggs if you had to bet the game again you would still take FALCONS





They lost that means you would lose again even if you knew the outcome

You're Serious???

If the game was to be played over again, I'd take the Falcons!

[Cougar Bait]

He obviously means if he had it to pick again WITHOUT KNOWING THE OUTCOME he would still play the Falcons. Good day today for me too...was down small yesterday after going 1-1 and picked it up big today with a 2-0 +6 unit day. Let's cash em again next weekend.

[pimike]

You're Serious???

If the game was to be played over again, I'd take the Falcons!

Wake up bud they are not that good