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Continue reading →: Detroit Lions 2013 Needs
What a weird year for the Lions. They outgained opponents by nearly a thousand yards, but still went 4-12, losing their final 8, after entering the year with hopes of improving on a 2011 playoff appearance. A 3-8 record in games decided by 7 or less and a 30th ranked…
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Continue reading →: NFL Wild Card Teaser Pick
Baltimore -1 and Green Bay -2 3 units I like both big favorites a lot this week so it seemed like a no brainer to tease them both down to near even in a big value teaser.
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Continue reading →: Seattle Seahawks at Washington Redskins: Wild Card Round Pick
For analysis on Seattle click here For analysis on Washington click here Unlike in past years, the Seahawks aren’t just a good home team. They’re a good team with a great home field advantage. After all, they do rank #1 in DVOA and weighted DVOA. However, they still have road…
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Continue reading →: Indianapolis Colts at Baltimore Ravens: Wild Card Round Pick
For analysis on Indianapolis click here For analysis on Baltimore click here The public is all over the dog on this one and it’s not just the public. I can’t tell you how many media people I’ve seen make the Colts their upset pick. If there’s one thing I’ve learned,…
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Continue reading →: Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers: Wild Card Round Pick
For analysis on Minnesota click here For analysis on Green Bay click here The Vikings beat the Packers just last week so they will definitely hang within 8 of the Packers this week right? Well, that seems to be what everything thinks as the public is all over the Vikings.…
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Continue reading →: Cincinnati Bengals at Houston Texans: Wild Card Round Pick
For analysis on Cincinnati click here For analysis on Houston click here As tempting as it is to go against Matt Schaub, whose team is reeling right now, especially since this is Matt Schaub’s first playoff start (quarterbacks are 5-13 ATS at home in their first playoff start since 2002),…
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Continue reading →: New England Patriots: Wild Card Round Power Rankings (#1)
It’s 2006 again. Tom Brady and Peyton Manning appear to be on a crash course. Both quarterbacked arguably the best teams in the league (the Broncos and Patriots ranked 2nd and 3rd in the NFL in DVOA, but I don’t trust #1 Seattle on the road). Both are MVP candidates.…
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Continue reading →: Denver Broncos: Wild Card Round Power Rankings (#2)
It’s 2006 again. Tom Brady and Peyton Manning appear to be on a crash course. Both quarterbacked arguably the best teams in the league (the Broncos and Patriots ranked 2nd and 3rd in the NFL in DVOA, but I don’t trust #1 Seattle on the road). Both are MVP candidates.…
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Continue reading →: Green Bay Packers: Wild Card Round Power Rankings (#3)
It’s tough to know what to make of the Packers. On one hand, they were the preseason favorites and they went 11-5 in spite of a bogus loss in Seattle. They haven’t really been significantly worse than their expectations and I feel like no one is talking about them enough…
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Continue reading →: San Francisco 49ers: Wild Card Round Power Rankings (#4)
It’s a shame Justin Smith had to get hurt. I was really interested to see just how much of a quarterback league this really is. We know it’s a quarterback league. Of the last 21 Super Bowl winning quarterbacks, 20 made a Pro-Bowl first. As meaningless as the Pro-Bowl is…