Here is the AFC version.
Yes, these will look stupid in January. (Some will say they look stupid now, like that was a hard comment to think up.)
Yes, if your team was neglected, you'll be mad. OK. Oh no! A guy on the Internet is wrong about (fill in team). (Is the sarcasm obvious?)
There is a reason the games get played.
NFC East
Giants: Sorry Cowboy fans, but winning the Super Bowl means I automatically pick you. Lombardi? Pfft. A guy on the Internet picking you is the real deal.
NFC North
Packers: I assume Rodgers will be OK. Not great, just OK. The other Packers made Brett Favre look good last year. Viking's fans get ready to get mad. Tarvaris Jackson is the QB.
- B/R Ticket Guide
(If Rodgers is really bad, I said Lions, OK?:))
NFC South
Tampa Bay: Garcia is good, and now he is wanting to show that they never needed a stinkin' Favre. New Orleans might be OK, but what was the excuse for last year? Was Deuce McAllister that vital?
NFC West
Do I really have to pick one? OK, Rams are healthy now. Seattle, Holmgren is a lame duck. Arizona, Warner has fumblitis. 49ers, um, what's the name of the guy who beat out Alex Smith?
Wild Card
Dallas is a great regular-season team that got screwed by my Super Bowl pick. The other WC is New Orleans. Why? Deuce McAllister is back, and we all know Bush and Brees suck without him. (That last sentence was sarcastic, but strangely enough it might be right.)
Dallas plays the Rams in the wild card, and the Rams are just there, as the Cowboys self-destruct.
New Orleans beats the Giants because, well, the Giants are not that good (No Osi Umenyiora or Strahan).
Then Aaron sacrifices the Rams, and Tampa Bay shows that home-field advantage means something against the Saints.
In the NFCC, Rodgers proves worthy of Favre's mantle by throwing a late pick.
Super Bowl
Tampa Bay falls to the Patriots.
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3 months ago
Now I understand you are a Patriots fan, and I respect that. But I totally disagree with the Packers as a pick. ESPECIALLY they are said to go to the NFC Championship. I like Tampa Bay, but not as much as I like Minnesota.
Tarvaris Jackson will do alright, when healthy. Other than that, the running game will be the main show. Bernard Berrian will add to a lacking receiver corps, and whoever the QB is, he will be the first guy he looks for.
from 3 months ago
Every team stacks 8 in the box because they do not respect Jackson. Either he has a breakout year or the Vikings have a long year
from 3 months ago
then i think he will have a breakout yr.
from 3 months ago
It is possible. My crystal ball is broken.
3 months ago
haha, too much faith in Rodgers. A late pick is Favre's mantle? i recall Brady throwing a pick in the AFC Championship game as they were driving to win the game.
It happens to everyone. What doesn't happen to everyone, is throwing 442 TD passes and 61,000+ yards.
from 3 months ago
Dear Favre apologist,
You and I seem to disagree about the other guys on that team. I think when Favre trusted them and did not force it, they carried him. When the gunslinger returned they could not carry Favre of 2005.
Now, Favre apologist, Brady is not in this article, but you really want to compare interceptions with Favre? Um, I'll be nice and not mention who is the career interception record holder or who once threw more interceptions than Touch Downs.
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200201200ram.htm
Six interceptions? Yes, the Rams were good. But, unless I'm wrong, Brady faced the exact same team a few weeks later.
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200202030nwe.htm
Funny, he had 0 interceptions.
Gee, you want to compare Favre's interceptions to, well, anybody?
I think you might have a glass house.
3 months ago
Agreed, Favre has thrown lots of interceptions. However, this was the first time it directly costed his team a Super Bowl berth. Also, Favre didn't cheat to win his first Super Bowl. Everyone knows the only reason Brady and the Patriots ever won is because of Belicheck cheating. Belicheck was a sorry coach who just happens to win a super bowl with an at best DECENT team?
Im not here to call out the Pats (even tho i did)
I'm here to say Favre's legacy isn't interceptions, and the ones who do see it that way. Don't appreciate football at all.
from 3 months ago
David that would make sense if he didnt have 5 superbowls......3 as a coach and 2 as a coordinator. Besides if you're not cheating you're not trying to win.
from 3 months ago
Dear David,
Guess you don't watch the news in your little world.
Despite your implication, Walsh had no tapes of the Rams walk through and said he didn't film it.
Now, Mr. Favre apologist, every time a team loses in the playoffs, be it in the championship or if trying to make the Eagles convert a 4th and 22, it costs the team its Super Bowl bid. Oh wait, that pathetic 8-8 team was the one that beat Green Bay as Favre threw four interceptions.
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200501090gnb.htm
Are you going to contend his four interceptions had nothing to do with losing AT home to an 8-8 team?
Hey, future Favre apologists,
1 This article is not about the Patriots, so don't think you can change the subject.
2 Use something other than interceptions. Really, this is too easy.
Wow, Packer fans must be thrilled to have idiots claiming to be Packer fans upset I picked them to go to the NFCC.
3 months ago
I hate to say anything good about New Orleans, but Deuce really was vital. Reggie Bush is a gimmick player; he's nothing more than a glorified receiver. So without Deuce they didn't have a true running game, which mean Brees had to throw the most passes in NFL history basically.
from 3 months ago
I sort of agree, but with all those names, it was McAllister? Maybe the addition of Shockey helps.
(I imagine the first time he complains he was open, Brees tells him to shut up and do his F'in' job.)
3 months ago
Nice maverick article, its always interesting to not hear about the obvious candidates in the NFL.
For what its worth, I think Aaron Rodgers have a better season than Tavaris Jackson.
from 3 months ago
I agree, but as we both know, they play the games for a reason. As Ryan pointed out, maybe with all those Safeties playing up to stop McFadden, Tarvaris Jackson becomes unstoppable. I don't think it'll happen, but I doubt he looses sleep at night because a guy on the Internet doubts him.
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