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Post by Thunder Good-Oil on Dec 29, 2015 7:29:39 GMT -5
14 teams are still alive. 6 from the NFC are in. 2 of 8 left in the AFC will be eliminated this Sunday.
5 of the 14 teams have never won a Super Bowl.
1 remaining team has never been in a Super Bowl.
NFC:
Carolina
Arizona
Seattle
Green Bay
Minnesota
Washington
AFC
New England
Denver
Cincinnati
Kansas City
New York Jets or Pittsburgh
Houston Texans or Indy Colts
Carolina, Arizona, Houston, Cincinnati and Minnesota have never won a Super Bowl. Houston's never been.
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Post by Thunder Good-Oil on Dec 29, 2015 7:35:14 GMT -5
I'm pulling for:
1) Chiefs
2) Jets
3) DC Injuns
4) Panthers or Bengals or Broncos or Colts
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Post by Thunder Good-Oil on Dec 29, 2015 7:39:34 GMT -5
I'm against New England, Houston, and Seattle.
Therefore... The Patriots will beat the Seahawks in SB50.
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Post by MRM on Dec 29, 2015 10:12:14 GMT -5
The injury situations with some of these teams will make the playoffs very interesting. New England's line is shot to pieces, so is Green Bay's. Cincinnati may have to play a 3rd string QB in their final game this week. Houston is playing with their 4th QB, but still winning. Kansas City really hasn't beaten anybody during this streak they're on.
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Post by Orange Daddy on Dec 29, 2015 10:13:03 GMT -5
I'm for CAM ......
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Post by MRM on Dec 29, 2015 15:22:09 GMT -5
To me, Arizona is the most complete team. Good QB play, good running game, stout defense, good special teams. The thing I wonder about Carolina is will they be able to run the ball when Stewart gets back and can those receivers win their matchups against better defenses. Carolina has played some decent teams. But they have benefited from playing the AFC South and the NFC East, two dumpster fire divisions.
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Post by MRM on Jan 4, 2016 10:21:25 GMT -5
The two teams I expected to play in the Super Bowl at the start of the season may be the first two out. New England and Green Bay are both playing awful now, for different reasons.
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Post by TNCOWBOY on Jan 7, 2016 12:09:58 GMT -5
Green Bay is simply dreadful. It's incredible.
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Post by MRM on Jan 7, 2016 12:51:09 GMT -5
I'm picking Arizona to beat Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl.
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Post by Thunder Good-Oil on Jan 7, 2016 14:02:27 GMT -5
Seems to be wide open. I wonder how Vegas has every team ranked. Wild guess... Houston is the long shot.
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Post by MRM on Jan 11, 2016 9:58:55 GMT -5
Two of those games were some of the craziest games I've seen in a while. Those mental midgets with Cincinnati literally gave that game away. And I can't believe the kicker missing the chip shot field goal for the Vikings. I can't imagine what those two fan bases are feeling now.
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Post by MRM on Jan 14, 2016 12:59:37 GMT -5
Some really close matchups on paper this weekend. The hardest game to gauge is the Pittsburgh-Denver game. So many unknowns. Still unknown if Rothelisberger plays, Antonio Brown may not play, and DeAngelo Williams probably isn't playing. And for Denver, how does Peyton play?
My picks for this weekend:
Kansas City over New England
Arizona over Green Bay (game will be much closer than 3 weeks ago)
Seattle over Carolina
Denver over Pittsburgh (only if Big Ben can't play)
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Post by Thunder Good-Oil on Jan 14, 2016 15:17:10 GMT -5
Jerry Glanville made a couple of good points for not starting Peyton. If the starter were to struggle, Manning coming off of the bench could motivate the team more so than if he were to start and was replaced. Also, he pointed out that Peyton hasn't gone a full game for some time now. If he's only going to be able to play a partial game... starting him isn't the way to go.
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Post by Thunder Good-Oil on Jan 14, 2016 15:18:01 GMT -5
Gronkowski has missed a couple of practices this week.
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Post by TNCOWBOY on Jan 16, 2016 9:54:00 GMT -5
Denver really drawing a lot of good cards right now as far as injuries go with opponents. It's crazy but if they can get New England instead of KC I like their chances.
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