The NFL playoffs had started a week ago and four teams have been eliminated. This weekend another four teams will head home. Lets start with the Falcons and the Packers. I'm starting it off interesting by picking the packers to upset the falcons. Both of the falcon's losses have come against playoff teams. I believe Matthews and Woodson would pressure Matt Ryan a great deal. The other game in the NFC pits the seahawks against the bears. The big story is whether the seahawks can pull off another upset like last week. The seahawks made history by being the first team to make the playoffs with a losing record(7-9). Then, they made history again last week by being the first team with a losing record to win a playoff game. I don't think they're going to do it against this team. Sure the seahawks beat the bears early in the season, but the bears are now a different and better team.
Now to the AFC. The steelers clash with the ravens in a divisional playoff game. Earlier in the season the steelers barely inched by the ravens, beating them by a field goal(3 points). The game will be close like that one. I expect the steelers to take this one. In the other game, the jets and patriots square off. Earlier in the season the patriots steamrolled over the jets 45-3. After finding out about that, I pick the patriots to easily win this game.
Of all the playoff teams, I pick the packers and patriots to make it to the super bowl. Between these two teams, I'm going with the upset and picking the packers to be super bowl champions. I know it's a bold prediction and that the patriots are regarded as the hottest team in the league and the patriots beat the packers earlier in the season, but that was because their starting QB was out. Even with that setback, they still did nearly win losing by only four points. That game proved that the patriots's defense is not impenetrable as the backup QB picked them apart.
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