Playoff football is almost here, and this year it really is anyone's Super Bowl to win. You've got Peyton Manning looking unstoppable, but then again this is the playoffs. The Chiefs second-team nearly (and should have) beat the Chargers, who I could honestly see beating the Bengals depending on which Andy Dalton shows up. Though I'm hoping that doesn't happen since the Bengals were my AFC Super Bowl pick at the beginning of the season. I'm not going to tell you my NFC team, you can dig for that. Let's just say they'll have a pretty high draft pick in April.
Then we have the NFC. The Packers' Mike McCarthy's sheer lack of reason and caution might just be the spark the Packers need to make a run. McCarthy laughs in the face of 2-point conversions, but you can't argue with results. Then we have our Eagles, who are 2.5 point underdogs to the Saints right now, but I like our odds. It'd be foolish to think the 20 temperature won't slow down the Saints offense somewhat. New Orleans hasn't played a game in cold weather all season and the one bad-weather game they played against the Panthers they blew at the end.
There are 12 teams, all 12 of which have legitimate chances to win the Super Bowl. All 5 of the Broad St. Beat writers will be giving their picks each week, and the winner gets a raise! (What's 5% of nothing?) 1 point for Week 1 of the playoffs, 1.72 for Week 2, 2.03 for the Conference Championship and 3.74 for the Super Bowl. Picks after the jump.
Then we have the NFC. The Packers' Mike McCarthy's sheer lack of reason and caution might just be the spark the Packers need to make a run. McCarthy laughs in the face of 2-point conversions, but you can't argue with results. Then we have our Eagles, who are 2.5 point underdogs to the Saints right now, but I like our odds. It'd be foolish to think the 20 temperature won't slow down the Saints offense somewhat. New Orleans hasn't played a game in cold weather all season and the one bad-weather game they played against the Panthers they blew at the end.
There are 12 teams, all 12 of which have legitimate chances to win the Super Bowl. All 5 of the Broad St. Beat writers will be giving their picks each week, and the winner gets a raise! (What's 5% of nothing?) 1 point for Week 1 of the playoffs, 1.72 for Week 2, 2.03 for the Conference Championship and 3.74 for the Super Bowl. Picks after the jump.
WEEK 1:
KANSAS CITY VS. INDIANAPOLIS
KC - Ben, Matt
IND - Kyle, Steve, Dan
NEW ORLEANS VS. PHILADELPHIA
NO - Steve* (*just picking New Orleans to avoid the jinx)
PHI - Ben, Kyle, Dan, Matt
SAN DIEGO VS. CINCINNATI
SD - Kyle
CIN - Ben, Matt, Dan, Steve
SAN FRANCISCO VS. GREEN BAY
SF - Kyle, Steve, Dan
GB - Ben, Matt
Tune in next week to see where everyone stands and feel free to leave your own picks in the comments. I'll tally the readers' up too to see if you're smarter than us, which in all likelihood is probably the case. Happy playoffs!
-Ben Lebo
Follow us on Twitter: @BroadStBeat -Now with 20% less Dan!
KANSAS CITY VS. INDIANAPOLIS
KC - Ben, Matt
IND - Kyle, Steve, Dan
NEW ORLEANS VS. PHILADELPHIA
NO - Steve* (*just picking New Orleans to avoid the jinx)
PHI - Ben, Kyle, Dan, Matt
SAN DIEGO VS. CINCINNATI
SD - Kyle
CIN - Ben, Matt, Dan, Steve
SAN FRANCISCO VS. GREEN BAY
SF - Kyle, Steve, Dan
GB - Ben, Matt
Tune in next week to see where everyone stands and feel free to leave your own picks in the comments. I'll tally the readers' up too to see if you're smarter than us, which in all likelihood is probably the case. Happy playoffs!
-Ben Lebo
Follow us on Twitter: @BroadStBeat -Now with 20% less Dan!
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