I finished the regular season 41-19 for the season, 6-1 on Thursday games, 2-1 on Saturday games, 26-15 on Sunday games and 7-2 on Monday games. I will pick all the playoff games and here are the picks for the Wild Card round;
1. Washington vs. Seattle (Sat. 4:30)
The Redskins are one of the hottest teams coming into the playoffs but have a tough task to travel across country to play the Seahawks. Seattle comes in to the playoffs playing their worst football of the season losing to both the Panthers and Falcons down the stretch. Seattle always seems to appear better than they are with the aid of a weak division schedule, compared to a team like the Redskins who played in a division that produced 3 playoff teams. The keys for this matchup will be how much pressure the Seahawks can put on QB Todd Collins and for the Redskins how well RB Clinton Portis can run the ball. The Seahawks will have all of their receiving corp. healthy this week (Branch, Hackett, Engram and Burleson) and the passing game may be too much for the Skins secondary. PICK: Seahawks
2. Jacksonville vs. Pittsburgh (Sat. 8)
Jacksonville is poised to make some noise in the playoffs with the success of their running game and the nearly perfect season by QB David Garrard. The Jags did the unthinkable a few weeks ago by going into Pittsburgh and beating the Steelers, who were 7-1 at home this season. Without RB Willie Parker the Steelers are a lot more one dimensional and Big Ben has been banged up as of late, the Steelers haven't been the same since the loss to the Patriots.
PICK: Jaguars
3. NY Giants vs. Tampa Bay (Sun. 1)
Neither team has played well down the stretch, but the Giants do bring some momentum from their game with the Patriots last week. The Giants have been a dominant 7-1 on the road and will look to continue that success by relying on the running game, because you never know which Eli Manning will show up. The Bucs QB Jeff Garcia has been dealing with a back injury but the same Garcia beat the Giants, last year in the first round of the playoffs while with the Eagles and also when he was in San Fran in the "Trey Junkin" game. The Giants defense need to control this game. PICK: Giants
4. Tennessee vs. San Diego (Sun. 4:30)
The Chargers might as well have been given a bye, the Titans couldn't even compete with the Colts 2nd string last week. Kerry Collins came off the bench last week to spark minimal life into the Titans offense. L.T. and the Chargers should use this game like a scrimmage.
PICK: Chargers
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