NFL is only second to Rugby in our house. Grew up with the old "they wear pads and helmets whatever" biz, gave it a chance and never looked back. Love it. Thankfully due to my irregular shift work hours of late ive been able to watch the games live!
Im a Seahawk fan. Gritty, makes green and blue look good together, next to the ocean, russell wilson, and finally its the birth place of grunge - i was a teen in the 90s so following the hawks feels mandatory for that reason alone. Other teams i tend to root for outside of seattle would be detroit lions, bills, raiders.
I picked every winner last week except the Saints. That team is just cursed. Ive made a note never to pick them in the finals again.
This week is harder to pick. History says the wild card team hasnt done well but i think those stats may be skewed due to the Pats not being a wild card for most of their dominant years.
Not making picks as its too hard but heres the arguement for either team to win.
Ravens v Titans (Tits): Im torn. Ive enjoyed watching the Lamar Jackson show but ive also enjoyed the titans revival with tannehill at qb - what a come back story. Also its hard to go against the team that knocked the pats out. My mother and i danced when it happened, theyve been in the sb enough already. Time for someone else!!! Both teams running games cancel each other out - Lamar can run and so can ingram but the tits have derrick henry who absolutely brains opponents. This could mean it comes down to the passing game, tannehill might have a slight advantage. Im considering putting a small wager on tennesses line bet cause they could keep it close.
49ers v Viks: 49ers have been rocky at home. Viks confidence would be sky high after knocking the saints off at the dome. Jimmy G is a rookie qb and historically they dont do well in these games. On the flip side 49ers needed the bye to prepare and sort out some injuries so they'll be ready to go. Viks have the team to do it and cousins now has that monday night footy hoodoo off his back its a question of recovery from a short turn around. 49ers rightful favs, viks very capable of an upset.
Chiefs v Texans: Texans looked terrible in the first 2 quarters vs the bills and since i backed them to win it was a painfully stressful game to watch. Bills great D all year but their lack of ability to put on points hurt them in the end. Texans beat chiefs earlier in the year but mahomes was not playing. Andy reid is something like 23 wins and 2 losses off a bye week. Add in pat mahomes. Im saying chiefs.
Green bay v Seahawks: This game should be called "the ugly bowl" both teams have got this far through a lot of uninspiring games. Logic says back rodgers at home and seattle has a poor record at green bay. Seattle after knocking out philly is now officially the most banged up team left now getting back beast mode and on their 4th RB. Seattle have a good record of keeping games tight when they have no business being in the game. Everybody is on gb it seems but i hope russell can pull off a big play and win it for the hawks.
What do you reckon dismal?