Pick Em' (Divisional Playoffs '11)

So I missed the opportunity to post my picks for last weekend. But I can tell you this, I did not have the Seahawks at all.

After one weekend of 4 tumultuous games, we're back for Round 2. The Divisional Round.

The AFC is made up of two Week 13 divisional match-ups. The (5.) Baltimore Ravens will go against the (2.) Pittsburgh Steelers. This has been arguably the rivalry of the decade in the NFL. The Ravens and Steelers have been fighting hard for a while and once again they'll be coming together in what is expected to be a tight, hard hitting match. They split their games they had this year, both teams winning in the others city. Now the Ravens have to do it again. In their rivalry, the scoring is 302-302 and the game count is 8 wins for Baltimore and 9 for Pittsburgh. We'll see what happens come Saturday My pick is below.

The other match-up from Week 13 features the (6.) New York Jets at Foxborough to face the (1.) New England Patriots. After winning against New England in Week 2, the Jets lost a miserable 45-3, Week 13. Now they head back to their old foe of 6 weeks ago, trash talking along the way. The Jets defense is going to have to step it up, like Jefferson's Movin' on up, to stop the "score when we can" Pats. And the offense is going to have to put together more connections if they expect to score 6 in the Razor Blade. My pick is below.

The NFC is just....the NFC. No one wants to give them real credit. I don't, yet time and time again they prove that everyone should have their eyes on them. The (4.) Seattle Seahawks will travel to the (2.) Chicago Bears. The underrated losers that is the Seahawks have proved everyone wrong and beat the champion Saints. Putting something together against the Bears is plausible. Especially if the Bears defense has a liquidation meltdown like the Saints. My pick is below.

The final match-up of the NFC and the weekend is the (4.) Green Bay Packers travelling to the (1.) Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons seem to get no respect at all, even though their record suggest otherwise. I mean Matt Ryan is 20-2 at home and no respect for this team. I guess the Atlanta Falcons are the illegitimate child of the late Rodney Dangerfield. Meanwhile, the Packers are coming off of a good win against Philadelphia and Aaron Rodgers has had a good season thus far. Is momentum good enough to get them the win? My pick is below.

THE PICKS

Baltimore Ravens 17

@ Pittsburgh Steelers 13

(CBS, 4:30pm Saturday)

Even though Joe Flacco has never won against Big Ben, I gotta go with my home team. In a tight-fisted rivalry, it's anyone's game.

Green Bay Packers 21

@ Atlanta Falcons 27

(FOX, 8:00pm Saturday)

The Falcons have been the NFC team this year and anyone who disputes this must not have been watching their games this season. I think the Aaron Rodgers train ends here.

Seattle Seahawks 10

@ Chicago Bears 24

(FOX, 1:00pm Sunday)

Seattle may have had the Saints implode, but the Bears eh, maybe. And the Seahawks did allow 36 points against the Saints...luckily the Saints allowed more. So the Bears have it.

New York Jets 34

@ New England Patriots 31

(CBS, 4:30pm Sunday)

The game will yet again rest on a field goal after being tied for most of the 4th Quarter. And as crazy as it may seem and the Jets could do it. They talked all that $h*! before the game in Indy, maybe it'll payoff here....even though it didn't Week 13.

So there you have it. I'll probably be proven wrong on all accounts. But we'll see.

J out.