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Seattle?
Jacksonville?
New York Giants?
San Diego?
Jacksonville?
New York Giants?
San Diego?
Which Road Team has the best shot at Winning this weekend?
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I would say the Giants are most likely to win on the road, mainly because Dallas hasn't played well for the last 6 weeks.
I also wouldn't discount Seattle. They have a lot of recent post season experience that Green Bay simply can't match.
I also wouldn't discount Seattle. They have a lot of recent post season experience that Green Bay simply can't match.
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Giants
Jacksonville
San Diego
Seattle
in that order.
Jacksonville
San Diego
Seattle
in that order.
Seattle seems to eekk them out on the road this year. Wouldn't be surprised when they win at GB.
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They were 3-5 on the road.
Whoops, is it too late to recant?
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Nope. I have to do it everyday.
I can attest.
FArting
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Giants
All of them can.
I think NY will win at Dallas.
Seattle is next at 50% chance in my mind.
San Diego and Jacksonville have the toughest tasks.
Hope all four dogs win. Wouldn't that shake the whole football world?
The 4 spotsline "experts," their term, not mine, picking against those ridiculous spreads, love only NY. Why not? They are gutless.
http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/features/writers/expert/picks
TSN's Vinnie Iyer has all four favorites winning in blowouts.
http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=335185
Even if all four favorites win, which I doubt, the Vegas spreads are so ridiculous, the dogs may cover all four, even in defeat.
I think NY will win at Dallas.
Seattle is next at 50% chance in my mind.
San Diego and Jacksonville have the toughest tasks.
Hope all four dogs win. Wouldn't that shake the whole football world?
The 4 spotsline "experts," their term, not mine, picking against those ridiculous spreads, love only NY. Why not? They are gutless.
http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/features/writers/expert/picks
TSN's Vinnie Iyer has all four favorites winning in blowouts.
http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=335185
Even if all four favorites win, which I doubt, the Vegas spreads are so ridiculous, the dogs may cover all four, even in defeat.
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I think the Giants have the best shot. But I think the Jags can and...yes limbwalking now, will beat NE.
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I predict Seattle will upset the inexperienced Packers, Patriots crush Jax, Colts eek by SD and no idea but hope th Giants win.
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Seattle.
Giants.
well I actually would expect for all home teams to win. granted that doesn't happen often and many expect at least one dog to win this time.
but when you look at each matchup here's my take:
my most probable upset? chargers over indy. I think indy is good enough to repeat as champions. but of all of the four dogs......the chargers have seemed to bother their upcoming opponent more than any other. that defense is playing as well or better than any other in the playoffs at the moment. that pass rush is something else. and their secondary seems to get better as well.
second most probable: Giants over cowboys. The numbers say the giants are a great road team.....which gives them a shot. their only loss is @ dallas. owens and glenn should start. since i am emotionally involved i will spare you all........my thoughts on the game.
third most probable: seattle over greenbay. I think this will be a close game. and the weather is always a threat for a GB home game. as we all saw that's not necessarily a good thing for favre since they are so pass happy. However, seattle is not a good road team. seattle is a good team, perhaps underrated a bit, but their road record has held them back in the past.
fourth most probable: jags over pats. not that the jags can't give NE problems. My take is the jags are too one dimensional on offense. what the pats do well is taking what a team does best and forcing them to do something else. and for the jags that's not a good thing. they aren't a passing team by trade.......they definitely aren't a good 3rd and long team.....at least in games I've watched. the jags gave up a lot of points to a good pitt offense. I see them giving up points to the NE pats. and I don't see them being able to outscore NE. this would be the most shocking upset IMO. If they do intend on an upset, they better come out and throw the ball early. that will force the pats to be honest and keep them on their heels. then run it on them as the game goes on. see the pitt-colts game two years ago.
but when you look at each matchup here's my take:
my most probable upset? chargers over indy. I think indy is good enough to repeat as champions. but of all of the four dogs......the chargers have seemed to bother their upcoming opponent more than any other. that defense is playing as well or better than any other in the playoffs at the moment. that pass rush is something else. and their secondary seems to get better as well.
second most probable: Giants over cowboys. The numbers say the giants are a great road team.....which gives them a shot. their only loss is @ dallas. owens and glenn should start. since i am emotionally involved i will spare you all........my thoughts on the game.
third most probable: seattle over greenbay. I think this will be a close game. and the weather is always a threat for a GB home game. as we all saw that's not necessarily a good thing for favre since they are so pass happy. However, seattle is not a good road team. seattle is a good team, perhaps underrated a bit, but their road record has held them back in the past.
fourth most probable: jags over pats. not that the jags can't give NE problems. My take is the jags are too one dimensional on offense. what the pats do well is taking what a team does best and forcing them to do something else. and for the jags that's not a good thing. they aren't a passing team by trade.......they definitely aren't a good 3rd and long team.....at least in games I've watched. the jags gave up a lot of points to a good pitt offense. I see them giving up points to the NE pats. and I don't see them being able to outscore NE. this would be the most shocking upset IMO. If they do intend on an upset, they better come out and throw the ball early. that will force the pats to be honest and keep them on their heels. then run it on them as the game goes on. see the pitt-colts game two years ago.
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The Giants, though it'd be tough for me to put money on Eli on the road.
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On the road is where Eli plays the best.
Giants have the momentum and are peaking at the right time. Cowboys played their worst football at the end of the season. Tony Romo relies on T.O. way too much and if Owens isn't fully healed, then there could be comfort issues with the QB. The conditions are ripe for the Cowboys to panic. They may end up trying too hard.
On the other hand, Eli is a crapshoot from week to week, although he does play well on the road.
For me, it's a "pick'em" game.
The other three games will be blowouts by the home team.
dallas have too many weapons to lose this game to the giants. I don't think the giants defense matches up well with the dallas offense. they struggle to cover owens and witten. In fact in the last game it was pierce that said they would stop witten(as he was the one to be concerned about) and they forgot about owens. this is a dilemma they have when they play dallas. now add terry glenn to that mix as well. I like this matchup for dallas. they have to stop the giants run game and force them to be one dimensional. if they do that they probably win.
as far as forcing owens the ball. in the games that dallas lost....philly the main one......this was a problem. but there were many games that dallas won in which they gave the ball to others when owens was marked thruout the game. if anything romo wins as much as he does because he doesn't force it to owens when he's covered.....and does a good job of finding the third or fourth option. I think the play calling should be centered around finding the guy who the giants aren't worried about.
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yeah. the giants were on a hot streak and the media loved them the last time they played dallas. the odds are going for them. dallas should have every motive to come out and put one on the giants again.......as the scoreboard may not truly indicate how well dallas played against them the past two games. this is a bitter rivalry and the players talk a lot to the media about each other.....mainly jacobs starting it up in the preseason. dallas won't be lackluster in this game.
