New guy in town; wild-card predictions

Hello, my name is Justin and I will be posting on Dave's blog because I bring more charisma to the table, which in turn should increase our hits. Dave and I work together and we are going to try to keep our work sports arguments from boiling over into the blog where you, the innocent reader, would have to play spectator. We may work on some new changes such as the layout, color, and title(a name using Dave's initials doesn't work for me.). Tune in and if anyone is reading this, send us some comments with things you would like to see.

Anyhow, I'm ashamed Dave hasn't done this yet, but here are my NFL Wild Card predictions. I'll probably post again tonight or tomorrow with my predictions for next week but here goes:

NFC:

Seattle over Washington

It's a little late to call this one, but I told Dave the Seahawks would prevail. Good job picking Washington. Seattle is a very poor playoff team, but their defense was able to keep Washington's inconsistent and one-dimensional offense in check. With Todd Collins taking the snaps, the team was forced to lean on Clinton Portis and he is far too inconsistent of a back to be relied on like that. Certain weeks he'll break for over 100 yards and then the next week he'll be held to 30. He is an elite back, but he is only one man.

Tampa Bay over New York

It's a shame that New York is only as good as they are. With a better QB, New York could have a perennial Super Bowl favorite, but Eli is not very good at utilizing the tools he is given. They have a very balanced running game with Brandon Jacobs and Ahmad Bradshaw and a strong receiving corps of Burress, Shockey, and Toomer. But you have a slightly above average QB taking on the best passing defense in the NFC. New York's only hope is to rely strongly on their running game, but I think Tampa's 3rd ranked scoring defense will keep the Giants out of the end zone.

AFC:

Jacksonville over Pittsburgh

Surprisingly, Jacksonville is my pick as the AFC rep in the Super Bowl so I was glad that they won this game. They have a great running game and realized that they are a running team. This helped them control the tempo of the game and keep the ball out of Roethlisberger's hands. If they can keep this strategy up, I think they could be the ultimate Cinderella story in this year's playoffs.

San Diego over Cle.....Tennessee

This should be the Browns game to win. Tennessee is a very questionable playoff team. They are not strong at either the running game, passing, or defense. They are basically average enough all around to have been fairly successful this year. In this game though, San Diego takes the cake because of two words: Ladainian Tomlinson. I'm calling for a huge game out of him. Not a tough prediction there, though

Soooooo....if my predictions are correct, next week we will see:
Dallas vs. Tampa Bay
Green Bay vs. Seattle(Let's hope for another OT mishap in that one!)
New England vs. Jacksonville
Indianapolis vs. San Diego