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NFL Divisional Round-2009

Since the Division round starts today, I thought I'd talk about them for a bit

Ravens @ Titans

This is a very evenly matched game, perhaps the best matched in all of the playoffs so far. They both have really good defences with not so scary offences. The Ravens have the young Joe Flacco at QB, while the Titans have Kerry Collins at QB. Collins isn't an elite QB, but he does play smartly and makes few costly mistakes. The Titans don't allow many turnovers, and when they do, it doesn't usually backfire in which the other teams comes over with six. They both have decent running games. Their defences are elite. The Titans have possibly the best D-Line in the league with Kyle Vanden Bosch and Albert Haynesworth, with Keith Bulluck behind them, who is one of th top LB's in the history of the Oilers/Titans dynasty. The Ravens are lead by future Hall of Fame MLB Ray Lewis with the moster FS Ed Reed roaming the backfield. I expect a very low scoring game that may have to come down to the final two minutes, but I see the Ravens barely winning this one.
Ravens: 13 Titans: 10

Eagles @ Giants

Another very good game between two division rivals. The Giants were arguably the best team coming into December before losing three out of four games. They are also without Plaxico Burress. The Giants may have to win with ball control offence, and with Brandon Jacobs running the ball, and Manning turning into a smart and consistent QB since the final game of the 2007 regular season, that may just happen. However, the Eagles D-Line is turning into a team strength and managed to hold AP and Chester Taylor last week. The Eagles have some weapons on offence with Donovan McNabb emerging after being benched against the Ravens, and Westbrook being a weapon on offence. I see this game going any way, but it will be a higher scoring game than the Ravens/Titans game, but it may go down to two minute offence as well.
Giants: 28 Eagles: 24

Cardinals @ Panthers

I don't expect much of a game here. I said that last week for the Cards as well, but the Falcons had to rely on a rookie QB and the Cards had homefield advantage, so it was kind of dumb of me to think like that. The Cards had a great defence last game, and Warner and James played pretty well, but the Panthers have Williams and Stewart in the backfield, of whom will be very hard to stop. Plus, they have an emerging star on defence: Linebacker Jon Beaston. Expect him to be a star along with Ware, Willis, Mayo, Merriman and James Harrison as the linebackers of the future. The Panthers will be very hard to stop in the postseason, and expect them to demonstrate that here.
Panthers: 31 Cardinals: 14

Chargers @ Steelers

I have a really hard time picking smartly on who the winner will be here. First off, I'm a Chargers fan, which blinds me a little. And secondly, Sporles really emerged in a shocker against the Colts, who I had as the top team going into the postseason. I'm not sure if the Chargers were just an emerging team or the Colts just sucked, but I have a feeling now that we can beat everyone now that we beat the Colts. I do have reasons to believe that too, but the Steelers are scary. With James Harrison at linebacker and Troy Polomato in the backfield, their defence is a thing to fear. The Chargers D is not so good, and they are the only remaining AFC team with a juggernaut offence. Their offence is scary. Philip Rivers really emerged as one of the top QBs in the league, which is very good as we had to rely on LT too much in recent years. With a groin injury, LT won't play to full potential. However, we also have Darren Sproles in the backfield, along with rookie Devin Hester. Gates has nagging injuries as well, but played very well last week, and we still have Chris Chambers and Vincent Jackson at reciever as well, so we have plenty of weapons on offence, possibly our best offence in decades. The Steelers have some weapons on offence as well, with Roselisburger at QB, and Ward and Holmes recieving. My fanboyism is really blinding me for this game, so I have trouble predicting. I'll just display two possible scores.
Chargers: 24 Steelers: 21
Steelrs: 21 Chargers: 17