Wildcard talk: We WILL get in (unbias analysis)

[mandal24]

BALTIMORE RAVENS

First off, the Baltimore Ravens are one of the most overrated teams in the NFL this year! Check this out...
They have NO "sexy" wins...
Their wins are...
Cincy (Pathetic)
Cleveland twice (Garbage, especially at the beginning of the year)
Miami (I'll give them that)
Oakland (They're a joke)
Houston (They're not quite there yet, played against the backup)
Philly (Another overrated team, Philly is not the same as in years past and then the benching of Mcnabb created the blowout..dumb move Reid)
...
So basically, the Ravens most impressive win was against US! Now they must play @Dallas (theyre getting hot with Romo back), vs. Pitt and Washington.. I believe they lose these three, with wins @ Cincy (division rival so you never know) and vs Jags (Underachiever, they wake up at times...Perfect definition of spoiler game)
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INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

As most know, the Colts should get in as they would need a complete meltdown to not make it... They WILL beat Cincy and Detroit, but they WILL lose to the Titans (Titans are way too physical for the Colts, plus Fisher has already stated he will not rest his starters)..
They play @ Jags Thurs nite and they've already lost to the Jags at home so who knows but if they win @ Cleveland this Sunday, they will go atleast 10-6 and lock up a playoff spot so lets go Browns!
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NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

Okay so Matt Cassel has followed in Brady's path and has definitely shocked many people..That offense is deadly... BUT something this Patriots team doesnt have that the team has had in year's past is DEFENSE! Nobody wants to talk about how the Miami Dolphins offense looked like the Cardinals offense through three quarters against their terrible defense (not that ours was any better)! With that said, I do see one guarantee win @ Oakland...Outside of that, they play Pittsburgh with their number one defense, a loss here and the Fins move back ahead of the Pats...They then must go play in front of one of the toughest crowds at Seattle (They almost beat the Redskins @ home with Hasselback)... The AZ game will be a shootout so who knows here, could be a statement game for Cardinals.. and finally @ Bills, hopefully the weather sucks so the team that grinds it out on the ground will win (advantage in that situation would be Buffalo)
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So my Wildcard standings are....

Colts- 11-5
Fins-10-6 (Wins @ St. Louis, vs 49ers...Loss comes from ONE of these...
Bills game in dome in Toronto could go either way and then Jets game all depends on whether they rest players or not)

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Patriots-9-7 (BOLD STATEMENT: losses 2 out of 3 of: Steelers, Cardinals, and/or Bills-especially if snow is falling hard)
Ravens-9-7 (Flacco is still a rookie and will show that vs. top defenses of Washington- hugely underrated on D and Pittsburgh and their number one D plus improving Dallas team)


SIDENOTE-heres my bias part: OUT OF ALL TEAMS IN THE WILDCARD HUNT WITH CHANCES TO WIN OUT, THE FINS TOP THAT LIST ALONG WITH THE COLTS...we have the easiest schedule from here on out, with the only team on our schedule better than us are the Jets but with the aging Favre and some banged up players, Mangini could rest starters, especially in 2nd half as they will have 2nd seed all but locked up...Pitt should lose @ Tennessee and vs. Dallas

 

[jtrules99]

BALTIMORE RAVENS

First off, the Baltimore Ravens are one of the most overrated teams in the NFL this year! Check this out...
They have NO "sexy" wins...
Their wins are...
Cincy (Pathetic)
Cleveland twice (Garbage, especially at the beginning of the year)
Miami (I'll give them that)
Oakland (They're a joke)
Houston (They're not quite there yet, played against the backup)
Philly (Another overrated team, Philly is not the same as in years past and then the benching of Mcnabb created the blowout..dumb move Reid)
...
So basically, the Ravens most impressive win was against US! Now they must play @Dallas (theyre getting hot with Romo back), vs. Pitt and Washington.. I believe they lose these three, with wins @ Cincy (division rival so you never know) and vs Jags (Underachiever, they wake up at times...Perfect definition of spoiler game)
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INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

As most know, the Colts should get in as they would need a complete meltdown to not make it... They WILL beat Cincy and Detroit, but they WILL lose to the Titans (Titans are way too physical for the Colts, plus Fisher has already stated he will not rest his starters)..
They play @ Jags Thurs nite and they've already lost to the Jags at home so who knows but if they win @ Cleveland this Sunday, they will go atleast 10-6 and lock up a playoff spot so lets go Browns!
_______________________________________________________________

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

Okay so Matt Cassel has followed in Brady's path and has definitely shocked many people..That offense is deadly... BUT something this Patriots team doesnt have that the team has had in year's past is DEFENSE! Nobody wants to talk about how the Miami Dolphins offense looked like the Cardinals offense through three quarters against their terrible defense (not that ours was any better)! With that said, I do see one guarantee win @ Oakland...Outside of that, they play Pittsburgh with their number one defense, a loss here and the Fins move back ahead of the Pats...They then must go play in front of one of the toughest crowds at Seattle (They almost beat the Redskins @ home with Hasselback)... The AZ game will be a shootout so who knows here, could be a statement game for Cardinals.. and finally @ Bills, hopefully the weather sucks so the team that grinds it out on the ground will win (advantage in that situation would be Buffalo)
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So my Wildcard standings are....

Colts- 11-5
Fins-10-6 (Wins @ St. Louis, vs 49ers...Loss comes from ONE of these...
Bills game in dome in Toronto could go either way and then Jets game all depends on whether they rest players or not)

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Patriots-9-7 (BOLD STATEMENT: losses 2 out of 3 of: Steelers, Cardinals, and/or Bills-especially if snow is falling hard)
Ravens-9-7 (Flacco is still a rookie and will show that vs. top defenses of Washington- hugely underrated on D and Pittsburgh and their number one D plus improving Dallas team)

i rlly hope ur rite and we do end up making the playoffs, but u gotta have in mind that the skins and steelers game for the ravens r both in baltimore, and with baltimores defense, i no we like to think like this but its prob gonna be harder for washington to go into baltimore and win against them then it will be for baltimore to beat washington. as evidenced, when washington plays a good d,[ giants, steelers] they absolutley did nothing and what baltimore has is a good d. i can see them losing 3 of there last 5 or 4 out of there last 5, just as much as i can see them winning 3 or 4 out of there last 5. that pittsburgh game also is gonna be tough for pitt bc if u saw the last time they played in heinz field baltimore took them to ot, and that was with flacco playing his worst football. i do hope though that u r right and they do lose those games mentioned, but they r gonna be a tough team to beat and with them having rlly a 2 gm lead on us its gonna be rlly hard for us to catch them.

 

[mandal24]

...unless we win out :)

 

[WVDolphan]

Im not counting on Arizona beating NE. First of all, Arizona is MUCH BETTER at home. In fact, at home I think the Giants might be the only team capable of beating them there. But, on the road, they arent that great. Not only that its a cross country trip and just take a look at West Coast teams record vs. East Coast teams on the road. I dont expect them to beat the pats.

We are going to need Buffalo to at least beat the Patsies, but it would be nice if they beat the Jets too.

And you cant really knock the Ravens when they beat us in our own stadium.

 

[dolfancoolio]

BALTIMORE RAVENS

First off, the Baltimore Ravens are one of the most overrated teams in the NFL this year! Check this out...
They have NO "sexy" wins...
Their wins are...
Cincy (Pathetic)
Cleveland twice (Garbage, especially at the beginning of the year)
Miami (I'll give them that)
Oakland (They're a joke)
Houston (They're not quite there yet, played against the backup)
Philly (Another overrated team, Philly is not the same as in years past and then the benching of Mcnabb created the blowout..dumb move Reid)
...
So basically, the Ravens most impressive win was against US! Now they must play @Dallas (theyre getting hot with Romo back), vs. Pitt and Washington.. I believe they lose these three, with wins @ Cincy (division rival so you never know) and vs Jags (Underachiever, they wake up at times...Perfect definition of spoiler game)
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INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

As most know, the Colts should get in as they would need a complete meltdown to not make it... They WILL beat Cincy and Detroit, but they WILL lose to the Titans (Titans are way too physical for the Colts, plus Fisher has already stated he will not rest his starters)..
They play @ Jags Thurs nite and they've already lost to the Jags at home so who knows but if they win @ Cleveland this Sunday, they will go atleast 10-6 and lock up a playoff spot so lets go Browns!
_______________________________________________________________

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

Okay so Matt Cassel has followed in Brady's path and has definitely shocked many people..That offense is deadly... BUT something this Patriots team doesnt have that the team has had in year's past is DEFENSE! Nobody wants to talk about how the Miami Dolphins offense looked like the Cardinals offense through three quarters against their terrible defense (not that ours was any better)! With that said, I do see one guarantee win @ Oakland...Outside of that, they play Pittsburgh with their number one defense, a loss here and the Fins move back ahead of the Pats...They then must go play in front of one of the toughest crowds at Seattle (They almost beat the Redskins @ home with Hasselback)... The AZ game will be a shootout so who knows here, could be a statement game for Cardinals.. and finally @ Bills, hopefully the weather sucks so the team that grinds it out on the ground will win (advantage in that situation would be Buffalo)
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So my Wildcard standings are....

Colts- 11-5
Fins-10-6 (Wins @ St. Louis, vs 49ers...Loss comes from ONE of these...
Bills game in dome in Toronto could go either way and then Jets game all depends on whether they rest players or not)

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Patriots-9-7 (BOLD STATEMENT: losses 2 out of 3 of: Steelers, Cardinals, and/or Bills-especially if snow is falling hard)
Ravens-9-7 (Flacco is still a rookie and will show that vs. top defenses of Washington- hugely underrated on D and Pittsburgh and their number one D plus improving Dallas team)


SIDENOTE-heres my bias part: OUT OF ALL TEAMS IN THE WILDCARD HUNT WITH CHANCES TO WIN OUT, THE FINS TOP THAT LIST ALONG WITH THE COLTS...we have the easiest schedule from here on out, with the only team on our schedule better than us are the Jets but with the aging Favre and some banged up players, Mangini could rest starters, especially in 2nd half as they will have 2nd seed all but locked up...Pitt should lose @ Tennessee and vs. Dallas

The part i have bolded about the Pats is incorrect. If they lose 2 games then they will be 10-6 and it will come down to a tiebreaker between us and them which, depending on which games they lose and which one we lose, will probably go in their favour. To be honest the only way I see us making the playoffs is if we win out

 

[Fin_Fanatic]

at this point i'm stoked we are even talking about the playoffs!! if we win out, i'm shaving a dolphin in my head lol

 

[FinInYpsi]

at this point i'm stoked we are even talking about the playoffs!!

C'mon, that's like saying you were just happy she let you get to 2nd base. If she's going to let you smell the meat, at least try your damn'dst to get a piece. :d-day:

 

[flounder97]

Not only that its a cross country trip and just take a look at West Coast teams record vs. East Coast teams on the road.

So many people bring this up and I just don't buy it. The teams on the east coast are just way better. I'd take the NY teams, Miami, Wash, etc over SF, Oak, Sea, Zona any day.