Aaron Rodgers is THE Best QB in the NFL, in REED's Opinion...Coupled w/Jordy Nelson, Randall Cobb & Eddie Lacy, You HAVE to Be Concerned about the Packers, Offensively... Having Said that, the Packers DEFENSE is NATHAN to Write Home About...AVERAGE @ its Absolute Best, Perhaps Even BELOW Average...Their Run Defense is Most Certainly BELOW Average, Which Bodes Well for "America's Team", YOUR Dallas Cowboys... Pound the Rock, Control the Clock & Keep THE Best QB in the Game OFF the Field...& When the Packers Inevitably Put 8 or 9 Defenders in the Box, TORCH them Deeeeeeeeeeep...This has Been the Cowboys Formula for Success the ENTIRE Season, so No Sense Deviating from What's Worked... Rodgers WILL Exploit the Cowboys Defense, but they've Had a Bend but DON'T Break Mentality, Which has Served them Well...On the Flipside, the Cowboys Offense DOESN'T have to Do Anything Special to Win...Simply Do what they've BEEN Doing, Because On Paper, Green Bay ISN'T Equipped to Stop Them from Doing Just That... Ultimately, this Game will Come Down to Which DEFENSE Makes the MOST Plays...They'll BOTH Get Chewed Up, Primarily, but a Fumble Here, Tipped Ball INT There or KEY Stop on 3rd Down Could Be the Difference... REED:cheer:
clearly ryan pace is the smartest personnel guy in the league and will league the bears to multiple champeenchips
Ok, predictions listed in order of confidence I have in them.... Seattle 24 Carolina 6 This will be an easy win for Seattle. It won't be an offensive explosion for Seattle because it doesn't have to be. Wilson is among the smartest QB's in the league and he'll lead a conservative offense that doesn't put themselves in a position to make mistakes and allows the defense to do the work. Patriots 35 Ravens 27 I'm not buying into the Baltimore hype. Brady is a much better QB than Flacco. Gronk is healthy. Pats are at home. It won't be a blowout, but the Pats are winning this one. Colts 41 Broncos 38 Take away the QBs and the Broncos are a much better team than the Colts are, not even close. But I think this year is Andrew Luck's coming out party. And what better way to do it than to exercise the demon of Peyton Manning. Luck leads the Colts to a last second, come from behind victory in a high scoring shootout. Packers 27 Cowboys 21 This game has way too many variables to bet with any confidence. 8-0 at home against 8-0 on the road. How healthy is Aaron Rodgers? DeMarco Murray's YPC are down a full yard since breaking his hand. In spite of his great year, will Romo choke in a big spot again? Will Green Bay be able to run the ball with any success? When in doubt, I always go by who's the better QB, and even hurt, that's Aaron Rodgers. TFK
Saturday's Games... Baltimore @ New England - If Ray Lewis and Ray Rice were Suiting Up, REED would Feel a LOT Better about the Ravens Chances...As Is, They'll Put Up an ADMIRABLE Fight, but the Patriots have Toooooooooooo Many Weapons... Apparently, Belichick's Plan is to Double Torrey Smith and Play Revis Island on Steve Smith, 1-on-1...Fun Matchup...But @ the End of the Day, the Ravens have NO Answer for Gronk, Edelman or the Littany of Quality RB's the Pat's have @ their Disposal... New England Wins... Carolina @ Seattle - Carolina has a WEIRD Mojo Going, Which has Resulted in 5 Straight Wins....It's as if they've EMBRACED the Fact they LACK Playmakers & Guys are Stepping Up...Greg Olsen w/a 1,000yd Season, Kelvin Benjamin Steadily Making Strides, Johnathan Stewart and D'Angelo Williams Forming a Pretty Good RB Tandem...But it All Boils Down to Cam Newton... Defensively, Carolina Matches Up VERY Well w/Seattle...Last Time they Played, the Score was like 6-3 Carolina, in the 4th Quarter...Unfortunately for Carolina, it was Also one of the WORST Games of Cam's Career...Granted, Cam was Nursing an Ankle Injury @ the Time... Anyways, Carolina Makes this Game MORE Competitive than the 11 Point Spread Indicates, but THE ONLY Way they Win is if Cam Has one of THE Best Playoff Games in NFL History... Seattle Wins
Sunday's Games... Dallas @ Green Bay - If Aaron Rodgers' Calf COMPROMISES his Performance, Dallas Wins BIG...Having Said that, REED Isn't Expecting the Calf to Be an Issue...The Packers will Move the Ball, Eddie Lacy will Get his Yards, Jordy Nelson & Randall Cobb will Move the Chains on the Cowboy's Secondary & Rodgers will Get his #'s... But So will the Cowboys Offense...NEITHER Defense is All That, Which Tells REED the Game will Be a Shootout...Sooooo, Whichever Defense Makes the MOST Plays, Wins...As REED Said the Other Day, a Tipped Ball INT, Fumble or STOP on 3rd Down Could Literally Be the Difference... Considering Rodgers has YET to Throw an INT @ Home this Season, REED Feels he's DUE...In Fact, REED's PREDICTING an INT for Rodgers, Manana... @ the End of the Day, "America's Team", YOUR Dallas Cowboys are ACCUSTOMED to Winning Close, Back & Forth Type Games...They've Done it ALL Year Loooooooooong...Their STYLE of Play Travels Well & is BUILT for Outdoor, Cold Weather Games...On Top of that, the Cowboys have BEATEN Better Teams than the Packers have... Dallas Wins (35-31ish) Indianapolis @ Denver - Indy LACKS a Consistent Running Game & their Defense is Hit or Miss...If Indy Gets Behind by a Substantial Margin, Early, it's a WRAP...Luck Keeps them In the Game til about the 4th Quarter, When Denver's SUPERIOR Talent (On Both Sides of the Ball) Takes Over... Denver Wins by 2 TD's
the only game Im a bit iffy on is new england - baltimore. key question is whether solder and vollmer can hold up long enough against suggs and dumervil to give brady the time to torch the ravens weak ass secondary. there is some guy named melvin playing across from webb who i never even heard of. will hill will probably smoke himself into a stupor after gronkowski toasts him a few times otherwise, i expect seattle and denver to win big. although i also anticipate green gay winning big, hopefully dallas can get some hits on rodgers gimpy calf and take him out of the game. is rolando mcClain even playing?
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...ll-wilson-highestpaid-qb?campaign=Twitter_atn ^^not bad for a game manager
Good for him, but Seahawks will take a huge hit to their depth. I give Seattle one more year before they turn into a present day version of the New Orleans Saints. Russell is very good, but he's not Rodgers or Brady, and Pete Carroll is certainly no Bill Belechick.
Russell may not be Brady or Rodgers, but compare him to the QB's that have been in the league as long as he has or less and him and Luck are a clear head and shoulders above everybody else. Both are among the top QB's in the game already and they haven't come close to hitting their prime yet. Wilson is only gonna get better. TFK
$26 Mill. a season. It will be tough for the Seahawks to overcome that cap hit, especially with some of the big contracts on the defensive side. One of these guys starts to slip or gets injured, they are done for. They won't be able to afford to replace them. No wonder the league is going out of their way to protect their QB's and creating a pass happy league. They chew up half the teams salary all by themselves.
What People FAIL to Realize is Seattle Won a Super Bowl w/Basically THE Youngest Team in the League, Which Means the Seahawks have a LOT of Contract Negotiations Forthcoming, in the Very Near Future... Paying Wilson ELITE Level Money Doesn't Mean Shit UNLESS Seattle KEEPS Marshawn Lynch AND Acquires a TRUE # 1 Receiver, in the Process...Before Looooooooooong, their Relevance will Dissipate, as You've Pretty Much Alluded to... & We'll See Just How HIGHLY the Russell Wilson Lovers Think of Him THEN... REED:hammert:
Lynch is gone. They will need to hope Richardson and Kearse continue to develop or build thru the upcoming drafts. All the Frontline defenders aside from maxwell aND Wagner are locked up
A ROLLERCOASTER of Emotions, for Certain... REED Would've Co-Signed on the CUTTING of DeMarcus Lawrence (After he Recovered then FUMBLED a Fumble Recovery) Right THEN & THERE, ON the Field....It was like "Dude???...REALLY???!!!"... Never Seen a Rookie MAKE UP for Such a HUGE Blunder in Such IMPRESSIVE Fashion, as EARLY as Lawrence Did, Stripping Stafford of the Rock, CAUSING a Fumble and RECOVERING It...Showed Quite a Bit about Lawrence's Mental Toughness, to STILL have the Wherewithal to Be IN the Moment to that Extreme, After Such a Biiiig Mistake... REED:hammert:
Flacco is the man. I believe he now has 19 tds and only 1 pick in his past 7 and a half postseason games
Carolina :: Unger is back and lotuleilei isn't playing. Seattle will be able to run the ball. And will win eazy
Panthers special team is sleeping...fuck are they doing...TWICE motherfuckas...TWICE you let that fucker time your shit...
carolina is very lucky to be in this game. newton tossed 2 picks that were dropped and fumbled. the running into the kicker penalty is perhaps the gayest play Ive ever seen. the kicker gano missed on purpose to avoid the block and he gets rewarded
Smart for green gay to move peppers inside so he got a 1 on 1 match up with leary instead of smith The game manager had a 149 qb rating last night
Well they gave green gay a break as well on some minor bullshit also. I thought the postseason meant more contact in the secondary Is allowed?
