NFL Playoffs Round One Predictions – From the Files of a Preteen NFL Fanatic

This is a guest post on Round One of the NFL Playoffs by Chase, our 12 year old football statistician and two-time Fantasy Football Champion.

Super Bowl Bound – Round One

Indianapolis Colts at San Diego Chargers – If the Chargers want to win, L.T. and Philip Rivers will have to have a perfect game.  The Colts have been known to put up a lot of points up on the scoreboard, so either the defense will have to shut down Peyton Manning or the Chargers are going to have put up as many points as they did against the Broncos in Week 17.  This will be a well fought out game, so I recommend watching this game over all the other first round games.  My prediction: IND 31 SD 27.

Baltimore Ravens at Miami Dolphins – The Dolphins will have to give it their all if they want to win.  They’re going to rely heavily on the passing gain because of the Raven’s ability to stop the run, but they’ll still have to watch out for the veteran, Ed Reed’ and the Secondary.  The Ravens can stop any team from scoring very well, but the offense can’t score much against teams that have a good shot at winning the Super Bowl, so they better get a rhythm going and put more pressure on the Dolphin’s offense.  I really don’t think there’s much to be seen in this game, so skip it if you have better things to do.  My prediction: BAL 27 MIA 13.

Atlanta Falcons at Arizona Cardinals – This game will depend mostly on which offense plays better.  Both Matt Ryan and Michael Turner will need to gain tons of yards and score multiple times.  Kurt Warner will have to give 110% so he can lead his team to victory.  Both teams weren’t expected to do much at the beginning of the season, but they’ve proved experts wrong and now they get a chance to win it all.  This will be an interesting game with a quarterback that has a great career ahead and a quarterback that’s had a great career.  My prediction: ATL 45 ARI 37.

Philadelphia Eagles at Minnesota Vikings – The Eagles have had a wacky ride to where they are right now and even though they’re #6 I believe they have a pretty good chance of accomplishing what the Giants did last year.  I still don’t see the Vikings as a team to go all the way mainly because they still have many weak positions in the team. Their D-line is good and Adrian Peterson who has a good future in hand is great, but unless the lineman can sack the quarterback ten times and Peterson can have at least one hundred  yards and three touchdowns(which we’ve seen he can do) they’ll be going home early.  I don’t think the Eagles will have much of a problem moving on to face the New York Giants.  My prediction: PHI 31 MIN 26.

Super Bowl XLIII Prediction – Who’s going to Tampa?

This is a guest post by Chase, our 12 year old football statistician and two-time Fantasy Football Champion, with his predictions for who’s going to Tampa for Super Bowl XLIII.

This bracket shows who I think will win the Super Bowl.  I think the Super Bowl matchup will be the last two Super Bowl winning teams, the Indianapolis Colts and New York Giants.

Even though the Colts didn’t win their division, they are still a very strong team and many teams should watch out for them.

After upsetting the Patriots in the most recent Super Bowl, the Giants have become a better team.  They have a really good chance of repeating their Super Bowl victory.

This will be one of the most interesting Super Bowls ever because Peyton and Eli Manning fight to win the Lombardi trophy.

Chase's Super Bowl XLIII Prediction

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Thoughts and Predictions on the 2008 NFL Season

This is a guest post on the upcoming NFL season by Chase, our 12 year old football statistician and 2005 Fantasy Football Champion.

Last year gave us one of the wackiest football seasons ever. Who would have thought the Patriots would go undefeated in the regular season, that the Giants would win the Super Bowl over the undefeated Patriots, or that Brett Favre would come out of retirement and become a New York Jet.

I think this will be another exciting season for the NFL. Here are 3 games I recommend watching this season.

  • #3 The Indianapolis Colts at the San Diego Chargers, week 12. The Colts always have trouble handling the Chargers. The Chargers seem to be bad luck for the Colts.
  • #2 The New York Jets vs the New England Patriots, week 2 & 11. When these 2 teams play it’s going to be an intense matchup. These 2 teams are going to become even bigger rivals. Favre and Brady. You can’t miss it!
  • #1 The New England Patriots at the San Diego Chargers, week 6. Lots of people think this is the Charger’s year, and I mean, who wouldn’t? Last year they had a great season and they made some pretty good draft picks. Fullback Jacob Hester is a rookie, but I think he will make a big impact on the team. If you watched LSU last season you should know what he is capable of doing.

I have 2 breakout teams this season…the New Orleans Saints and the Oakland Raiders.

The Raiders have a lot of young players like Darren McFadden and JaMarcus Russell. I’m not saying they will win the Super Bowl or anything like that, just that they will do a lot better than last year now that Russell is more familiar with everything.

I think the Saints will do as well as they did in 2006. They have a few more playmakers on the team. I don’t know what happened last year, but I think they will do better this season.

A player to watch is Adrian Peterson. He had an outstanding rookie season and who knows what he could do in the future.

There is a lot to watch for this season, and I think it will be a tough and competitive season for every team. Here’s how I think the playoffs will end up:

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Brett Favre Merchandise to Celebrate a Fantastic Career

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Brett Favre Retires – We’ll Miss You!

If you’re a regular reader of this blog. then you already know how much we love Brett Favre. Our post from this past August, Brett Favre: For the Love of the Game, spells out exactly how we feel.

Little did we know as we wrote that post during the NFL Preseason, what an incredible season Brett would have. Those records we mentioned that he was close to breaking, well, he broke those and many more. He also achieved another incredible accomplishment that very few people saw coming: he brought his beloved Green Bay Packers all the way to the NFC Championship game.

Through his 17 seasons, Favre’s pure joy in simply playing the game shone through again and again. Now that he’s retiring, we’ll miss Brett. There will never be another quite like him!

New York Giants Super Bowl XLII Photomints

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Way to go Brett! New Career Touchdown Passes Leader

Brett Favre, one of my favorite football players to watch, became the NFL leader in career touchdown passes on Sunday. Brett threw for his 421st touchdown in the first quarter of Sunday’s game against the Vikings, passing Dan Marino for the record.

My personal favorite scene in the celebration that took place after the touchdown was when Favre picked up his receiver, Greg Jennings, and carried him on his shoulder. Even the Minnesota home crowd had to love watching that picture of pure joy.

Even better for Brett is that fact that the Packers are 4-0 and one of only two undefeated teams in the NFC. If you’re keeping track, that’s 8 wins in a row dating back to the end of last season.

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Big NFL Game of the Week – Chargers vs. Patriots

Of the NFL football games this week, I’m counting the San Diego Chargers versus the New England Patriots as the Big NFL Game of the Week.

It doesn’t mean quite as much as it did when they met late last season in the playoffs, but whoever wins this one could have the mental edge if it comes down to another meeting in this season’s playoffs.

With two of the best teams in the NFL battling it out, this should make for a good game.

The Patriots, who are always contenders, have really stepped up their game with the addition of Randy Moss. I know it’s early in the season, but they could really be the team to beat.

The Chargers are coming off of great season (not counting the season ending loss to the Patriots) and they have the reigning league MVP, LaDainian Tomlinson. Combining LT, TE Antonio Gates, and some great defensive players, they’re poised for another great season.

My (1 – 1) pick is the San Diego Chargers. Mainly because I’ve been a big fan of the Chargers since the Dan Fouts days. Not to mention I have both Tomlinson and Gates on my fantasy football team.

Lori’s (0 – 2) pick is the San Diego Chargers.

And the pick for Chase (0 – 2), our 11 year old football statistician and 2005 Fantasy Football Champion, is the San Diego Chargers.

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Monday Night Football Prediction – Cardinals vs. 49ers

2 games for the price of 1 for the first Monday Night Football of the 2007 season.

For the late game, we have the Arizona Cardinals at the San Francisco 49ers.

I’m interested to see how each of these teams do this year. I think they both have some upset potential.

But as for this game, I think the Cardinals squeak by with a win in a competitive battle. And I hope my fantasy football wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald has some great games this year.

Lori predicts that the Cardinals win.

Chase makes it unanimous with a Cardinals pick as well.

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Monday Night Football Prediction – Ravens vs. Bengals

The 2007 football season is now underway. Woohoo!

Tonight we get a double scoop of Monday Night Football on ESPN. That’s a great way to start off the football season.

For the first game of the night we get the Baltimore Ravens at the Cincinnati Bengals. That’s always a good rivalry.

Last year the Ravens looked good with Steve McNair at the helm, while the Bengals looked a little under the weather compared to the previous year.

I think it will be a pretty tough game, but I’m predicting that the Cincinnati Bengals pull it out with a marginal win. Of course, Carson Palmer is my fantasy football quarterback, so maybe it’s just wishful thinking!

Lori’s prediction: Ravens.

And finally the prediction of Chase, our 11 year old football statistician and 2005 Fantasy Football Champion: Ravens.

Looks like I’m outnumbered.

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