Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Division Championship Weekend

Well, the ravens and eagles both looked really impressive last weekend, while the chargers and cardinals did just enough to get by. The colts took way too many "questionable" penalties at the end of the game, and didn't even give themselves a shot at winning.

Regardless, what is done is done, 3-1 in the post season can only mean that i am going to be 0-for this week... and don't even get me started about the college bowl predictions. I don't think there is a hole big enough i can hide in to escape from that bombing. I mean WOW!!! (GO SOONERS!!!)


...ANYWAYS...

The lines have already started to move and it is what... Wednesday??? But here is what I'm looking at this week:

BALTIMORE @ TENNESSEE -3.0
PICK: Ravens +3.0/+140(already dropped to +135)


PHILADELPHIA @ NEW YORK GIANTS -3.0
(currently -4.0 on bowmans, -3.5 on proline)

Pick: Eagles +3.0/+175


SAN DIEGO @ PITTSBURGH -6.0 (-6.5 on proline)
Pick: Steelers -6.0/-6.5


I am very very hesitant to pick the Cardinals/Panthers game for several reasons: First of all, the line ranges anywhere from 9.5 to 10.5 points which is the difference between a one score and a two score game.
Secondly, when theses teams played in week 8, Arizona dominated Carolina for three quarters, and simply just fell apart in the fourth... oh and did i mention that this game was played in Carolina.
The catch to all of this is that Carolina has had a week off to get "healthy", while one of Arizona's biggest weapons is already being rumored to miss the game (Anquain Bolden)
Regardless of what they did last week against Michael Turner, Arizona still has one of the worst rush defenses in the league, and the tandem led by DeAngelo Williams is sure to exploit that.
In my opinion this game is going to come down to which QB has the better game, and which offense makes the fewest mistakes.

If you can get the cardinals +10.5, then that would be my play. Any other line i am just leaving alone.

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