It's T-Shirt Time!

Week 2 of the playoffs brings with us a supposed breath of fresh air, the continuation of a parity filled season, and many uncertainties. Or so they would have you believe. In my mind, this is standard fare stuff. The NFC playoff contenders are a rag-tag bunch of bums, so much so that the two home teams (those with 1st round byes) are dubious at best, a pair of teams that deserve to be where they are, but have little to no chance of winning or even making the Super Bowl. Meanwhile in the AFC, it's the usual suspects, sans Colts, and shit again comes down to Baltimore at Pittsburgh, a game which couldn't avoid a dusty finish if it tried.

My predictions:

Seattle @ Chicago:

Oh my god, Chicago is a 10 point favorite. For reals. I barely want to discuss this game; Chicago is the 2nd stinkiest of all the original playoff teams (and not second to Seattle...), has an overrated defense, and a often inept offense. Seattle will crush them; seriously they might win by 17, but I'll give a reasonable prediction of Seattle 20, Chicago 10.

Green Bay @ Atlanta:

Welcome to overrated, part deux. Green Bay is smoking hot, and may well have the best defense left in the playoffs, certainly the most overlooked one (Pitt and Baltimore perhaps are better, obviously more notorious). I can't envision GB scoring fewer than 3 touchdowns + some field goal, and I don't think Atlanta is dropping anywhere near 30 without some turnover magic.

Green Bay 31, Atlanta 17

Baltimore @ Pittsburgh:

Ahh the AFC, where football is played well. Here's what I've heard so far about this game:

Blah, blah these teams hate/respect each other. Blah, blah they hit hard. Blah, blah these teams represent the blue collar atmosphere of their respective...zzzzz. Ravens fans are intent on having an "Us against the world" attitude, even if no one is hating/talking about them at all. Supposedly it will be scientifically impossible for this game not to be decided by 3 points.

Pittsburgh: 24, Baltimore, 13.

New York Jets @ New England

Do the Jets suck or what? Get more underserved attention guys. Your defense couldn't be more overrated if you had Asante Samuel and James Harrison on your team.

New England 38, NYJ 21.