AFC Wild Card Playoff 2008
AFC, nothing changed since Week 11 cept Bolts & Steelers swapped #3 & #4 seeds.
East: NE
North: IND
West: SD
Central: PIT
Wild Card: JAX, TEN
#1 Patriots struggled down the stretch, but still ran the table 16-0. Now the playoffs.
#2 Indy without McFarland & Freeney could still ruin Patriots perfect party, especially after Jags soften Pats up first.
Shhh! Don't tell anyone this, the Colts ARE the defending champions.
#3 Diego Bolts played in footballs weakest division. After 1-3 start, they bolted things down, played middle of the road D #14, rediscovered the ground game #7...
led the league with +24 turnover ratio, and went 10-2 (road losses to hot Vikes & Jags); and 7-1 at home on the year.
#6 Tennessee Tuxedos played in footballs toughest division (Indy, Jax, Ten, Hou 8-8).
Anemic #27 passing attack, 9 TD's 17 ints countered by #4 possession and #5 ground game. Started 6-2, 1-4 slump, then 3-0 to close.
Good news for Titans? 5-3 on road. SD Bolts passing attack #26, they must run #7 ground game against Titans #5 overall D & #5 rush defense.
Bad news? Leading WR Williams & TE Scaife out, QB Young & Center Mawae nicked.
At TEN Week 14, 3 ints & 5 sacks had Ten ahead by 14 with 7:30 left. Bolts came back to win in OT.
Pick: At home Bolts should have a much easier time holding onto the ball vs injured Titans. Chargers to win and cover -10.
#4 Big Ben Steelers Stuggled vs CLE, road losses to ARZ, DEN, NYJ mean they are suspect.
It gets worse, loss of NFL #1 rusher Willie Parker for the year, #3 ground game will suffer.
Last 3 Steeler D struggled allowing 360 yds per game. Finished out weak 1-3 and 3-4.
Big Ben has to pass Jags into submission and #2 rushing D has to stop #2 Jag ground game.
#5 Jax Jags, stout D & ball control, the team nobody wants to play. Finished 6-2 (rested vs HOU)
Week 15 Jags gashed Steeler D for 224 yds rushing on 42 atts. possession 38 minutes, 4 sacks on Ben, zero on Garrard, in Pittsburgh!
Pick: There is a good reason the Jags are favored by 2.5 on the road. Take the Jags -2.5 to win and cover at Pittsburgh.
East: NE
North: IND
West: SD
Central: PIT
Wild Card: JAX, TEN
#1 Patriots struggled down the stretch, but still ran the table 16-0. Now the playoffs.
#2 Indy without McFarland & Freeney could still ruin Patriots perfect party, especially after Jags soften Pats up first.
Shhh! Don't tell anyone this, the Colts ARE the defending champions.
#3 Diego Bolts played in footballs weakest division. After 1-3 start, they bolted things down, played middle of the road D #14, rediscovered the ground game #7...
led the league with +24 turnover ratio, and went 10-2 (road losses to hot Vikes & Jags); and 7-1 at home on the year.
#6 Tennessee Tuxedos played in footballs toughest division (Indy, Jax, Ten, Hou 8-8).
Anemic #27 passing attack, 9 TD's 17 ints countered by #4 possession and #5 ground game. Started 6-2, 1-4 slump, then 3-0 to close.
Good news for Titans? 5-3 on road. SD Bolts passing attack #26, they must run #7 ground game against Titans #5 overall D & #5 rush defense.
Bad news? Leading WR Williams & TE Scaife out, QB Young & Center Mawae nicked.
At TEN Week 14, 3 ints & 5 sacks had Ten ahead by 14 with 7:30 left. Bolts came back to win in OT.
Pick: At home Bolts should have a much easier time holding onto the ball vs injured Titans. Chargers to win and cover -10.
#4 Big Ben Steelers Stuggled vs CLE, road losses to ARZ, DEN, NYJ mean they are suspect.
It gets worse, loss of NFL #1 rusher Willie Parker for the year, #3 ground game will suffer.
Last 3 Steeler D struggled allowing 360 yds per game. Finished out weak 1-3 and 3-4.
Big Ben has to pass Jags into submission and #2 rushing D has to stop #2 Jag ground game.
#5 Jax Jags, stout D & ball control, the team nobody wants to play. Finished 6-2 (rested vs HOU)
Week 15 Jags gashed Steeler D for 224 yds rushing on 42 atts. possession 38 minutes, 4 sacks on Ben, zero on Garrard, in Pittsburgh!
Pick: There is a good reason the Jags are favored by 2.5 on the road. Take the Jags -2.5 to win and cover at Pittsburgh.
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