AFC

1. Tennessee
2. Pittsburgh
3. Miami
4. San Diego*
5. Indianapolis
6. Baltimore

NFC

1. NY Giants
2. Carolina
3. Minnesota
4. Arizona
5. Atlanta
6. Philadelphia


FIRST ROUND MATCHUPS

January 3rd:

Falcons at Cardinals game at 4:30 pm on NBC

Colts at Chargers at 8:00 pm on NBC

January 4th:

Ravens at Dolphins at 1:00 pm on CBS

Eagles at Vikings at 4:30 pm on FOX


Tennessee, Pittsburgh, NY Giants and Carolina have byes



WHO YA GOT ?

I'm picking Minnesota, Arizona, Baltimore and the Colts to win

Carolina over the Vikings, Giants over Cardinals, Colts over Steelers and Titans over Ravens in the Divisional Round

Giants and Colts advancing to the Superbowl

Peyton beating Eli in the Manning Bowl










*if San Diego loses this game, lock this thread and suspend me for a fortnight

12/28/2008 10:18:37 PM

i dunno, the panthers have a knack for beating teams in the playoffs that beat them in the regular season

(cowboys, eagles in 2003)
(bears in 2005)

i don't see them losing to the giants again in a repeat game, but hopefully they (giants) lose their first playoff game. i dont see ATL or ARI beating them (giants), but philly has a good chance if they can beat the vikings

[Edited on December 28, 2008 at 10:30 PM. Reason : ()()()()()()()()]

12/28/2008 10:29:41 PM

BEARS ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

12/28/2008 10:34:08 PM

bah humbug, the dolphins will beat the ravens.

12/28/2008 10:39:17 PM

so if the giants lose their first game and carolina wins theirs, would we (carolina) get the home game for the NFC championship? i've never had to worry about these scenarios before

12/28/2008 10:41:11 PM

yes

12/28/2008 10:41:45 PM

^^yep

[Edited on December 28, 2008 at 10:42 PM. Reason : slow]

12/28/2008 10:42:20 PM

we were thisclose to having the nfc championship game here in 03

only a a 4th and 26 play prevented that

12/28/2008 10:44:24 PM

Atlanta -1
Baltimore -3
Phille -3
Indy/SD ?

12/28/2008 10:45:37 PM

fyi, cards opened at +3 & got pounded to +1 w/in minutes

12/28/2008 10:48:14 PM

Panthers over Titans in the Battle for Smash and Dash Naming Rights

12/28/2008 10:51:14 PM

that new "double trouble" name is lamer than hell

12/28/2008 10:56:29 PM

damn, the Colts/Chargers/Steelers group has a tough road...

12/28/2008 11:08:20 PM

Today was a good day for football.

12/28/2008 11:08:58 PM

i hope it continues into tomorrow

12/28/2008 11:20:42 PM

the 5 and 6 seeds are better than the 3 or 4 seeds on both sides. good news for the panthers!

12/28/2008 11:36:18 PM

Vikings better than Phille. Everyone already forgot the 10-3 clunker they lost to the Redskins last week. Vikings are a tough matchup for Carolina...as we've already seen. That game wouldn't happen until the NFCCG though.

12/28/2008 11:47:32 PM

san diego gon' win it all!

12/28/2008 11:50:20 PM

^^philly is a far more efficient team than the vikes (finished a half game back of the vikes in a far tougher division)

[Edited on December 28, 2008 at 11:50 PM. Reason : ^]

12/28/2008 11:50:31 PM

Vikings played 6 of the 11 other playoff teams and 5 other games against a team with a record at or above .500
Eagles have played the same amount against similar competition.

Bottom line is that they are both good teams who play completely different styles. If Pat Williams plays, it will make a huge difference in the game...pun intended

12/29/2008 12:11:10 AM

Chargers over Colts
Ravens over Dolphins
Falcons over Cardinals
Eagles over Vikings

Titans over Ravens
Chargers over Steelers
Eagles over Giants
Panthers over Falcons

Chargers over Titans
Panthers over Eagles

Chargers over Panthers

12/29/2008 12:11:28 AM

The Colts/Chargers game is the only one that really feels like a big time matchup this week

So its easy to see why NBC chose it for its primetime game

The other three games definitely feel like a Rays/White Sox series

Arizona/Atlanta has Matt Vasgergian written all over it

12/29/2008 12:02:54 PM

jeff Chadiha sees the Panthers making a nice playoff run:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs2008/columns/story?id=3796789

12/29/2008 12:39:58 PM

Atlanta def. Arizona
Ind def. SD
Baltimore def. Miami
Minn def. Phil

NYG def. Atlanta
Carolina def. Minn
Baltimore def. Tenn
Ind def. Pitt

NYG def. Carolina
Ind def. Baltimore

NYG def. Ind

12/31/2008 6:33:31 PM

so did the Lions not end up backing their way into the playoffs?

1/1/2009 4:28:07 PM

Nope, they missed it again.

But they will make it next year, they are due for a championship!

1/1/2009 9:33:21 PM

AFC:

Colts over Chargers
Dolphins over Ravens

Steelers over Dolphins
Titans over Colts

Steelers over Titans

NFC:

Eagles over Vikings
Falcons over Cardinals

Falcons over Panthers
Giants over Eagles

Giants over Falcons

Super Bowl: Giants over Steelers

[Edited on January 1, 2009 at 11:13 PM. Reason : courtesy: stixman]

1/1/2009 11:01:09 PM

hmm...what was I seeing

[Edited on January 1, 2009 at 11:21 PM. Reason : ...]

1/1/2009 11:03:49 PM

^ Uh I mean that's exactly what i said.

[Edited on January 1, 2009 at 11:15 PM. Reason : lol]

1/1/2009 11:07:34 PM

just ignore me...



I mean it...ignore this post

[Edited on January 1, 2009 at 11:21 PM. Reason : ]

1/1/2009 11:11:47 PM

AFC:

Colts over Chargers
Ravens over Dolphins

Colts over Steelers
Ravens over Titans

Colts over Ravens

NFC:

Eagles over Vikings
Cardinals over Falcons

Panthers over Cardinals
Eagles over Giants

Panthers over Eagles

Super Bowl: Panthers over Colts

1/1/2009 11:15:22 PM

So if you live in the home market for the Cardinals you may not get to see the game because its not sold out.

Thats sad this is the first home playoff game ever for the Cards and they can't even sell it out, they don't deserve an NFL team.

1/2/2009 12:44:01 PM

maybe the local economy is just really bad and people cant afford tickets

pretty pathetic to not be able to watch a playoff game on tv though in your own market

1/2/2009 12:45:30 PM

Arizona has a lot of rich people in it, I don't know what the economy is like there though.

1/2/2009 12:48:38 PM

it doesnt make sense to me either, im just trying to give them the benefit of the doubt

this is the NFL...how the fuck can you not sell out a playoff game

1/2/2009 12:49:48 PM

probably because they know they have 0 percent chance of doing anything in the playoffs.

1/2/2009 1:15:12 PM

Minnesota is even worse.

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20090102_On_deadline_eve__8_000_shy_of_sellout.html

Quote :

" As of noon yesterday, about 8,000 tickets remained for Sunday's wild-card playoff game between the Eagles and Minnesota Vikings at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. The NFL set a deadline of 3:30 p.m. local time today for the Vikings to sell out the game; otherwise, it will not be televised locally in Minnesota. However, yesterday the league gave the Arizona Cardinals a second 24-hour extension to sell the remaining 3,700 tickets for their game against Atlanta. It could do the same for the Vikings. Sales were slow Wednesday night and yesterday morning but were picking up in the afternoon, said Steve LaCroix, the Vikings' vice president of sales and marketing. Prices start at $30. "I don't know what to say about our fans sometimes," Pro Bowl defensive end Jared Allen said. "We need to sell some tickets.""

I don't know what the technicalities on this are, but I remember in the 1-15 Panthers season this problem came up nearly every week and somehow the team would buy its own tickets in order for it to be a sellout so the game would be televised.

[Edited on January 2, 2009 at 2:05 PM. Reason : .]

1/2/2009 2:04:10 PM

Quote :

"Prices start at $30."

I wish Panther playoff tickets would start at $30

[Edited on January 2, 2009 at 2:14 PM. Reason : ?]

1/2/2009 2:13:55 PM

There's a few cities that would have the same trouble selling out playoff games like Minnesota & Arizona. The problem is that corporations hold many of these season tickets and are cutting back expenses. They aren't shelling out extra cash for high priced tickets so you have a large amount of expensive seats available that would normally sell out. According to sportsline.com all Minnesota has left is $80, $120, and 160 seat tickets now.

1/2/2009 10:48:43 PM

BTTT

matt ryan throws an INT

Warner just throws a deep ball to fitzgerald, who makes a crazy catch

1/3/2009 4:46:49 PM

TD Cardinals; flea flicker bomb to Fitzgerald

1/3/2009 4:46:51 PM

Edge is going to win this game for the Cards

1/3/2009 4:49:00 PM

ryan looking a little shook early

1/3/2009 4:59:08 PM

not unexpected from a rookie in his first playoff game


looking forward to see how the new guys handle playoff pressure

1/3/2009 5:03:21 PM

boldin to the house

[Edited on January 3, 2009 at 5:31 PM. Reason : 14-3]

1/3/2009 5:31:09 PM

no such thing as holding in this game... two blatant no calls.

1/3/2009 6:32:56 PM

anyone have any online video streams?

1/3/2009 6:37:43 PM

http://www.homertv.net

http://www.channelsurfing.net/

1/3/2009 6:41:13 PM

Ryan looks much more like a rookie this game.

I would rather play the cardinals than anyone in the playoffs, so let's hope the Eagles win.

1/3/2009 6:59:39 PM

that was a very homo celebration

1/3/2009 7:07:43 PM