[Elvis]

Who you got?

KC
Hou +3

Pitt
Cinci +3

Sea
Minn +5 1/2

GB
Wa -1

[Elvis]

Look at all them playoff home dogs. And here's a bit of news:

[OldSchool]

I'm taking KC, Cinci, Seattle and the Packers.

[aeneas1]

yeah, 3 of 4 home teams are dogs... last year home teams posted an 8-2 record in the postseason (wc-cc), over the last 4 years home teams own a 28-12 record in the postseason...

so what are we lookin' at this weekend, in terms of offensive points scored and allowed rankings?

chiefs #10 offense vs texans #8 defense
texans #21 offense vs chiefs #3 defense

steelers #6 offense vs bengals #2 defense
bengals #4 offense vs steelers #13 defense

seahawks #6 offense vs vikings #10 defense
vikings #19 offense vs seahawks #1 defense

packers #16 offense vs redskins #17 defense
redskins #13 offense vs packers #11 defense

[Indrid Cold]

Being 30 minutes from Cincy, love to see them win. (Does any Rams' fan like Pittsburgh?). Ain't happening without Dalton.

I like KC and Wash to win. GB is overrated and hey that Rams' loss to the Skins doesn't look so bad now, does it?

It would be great to see Min win, but have a lot of doubt there. I like them to cover 5 1/2 though.

[RamsFanSince82]

KC, Pitt, Minn, Wash.

[aeneas1]

Being 30 minutes from Cincy, love to see them win. (Does any Rams' fan like Pittsburgh?). Ain't happening without Dalton.

I like KC and Wash to win. GB is overrated and hey that Rams' loss to the Skins doesn't look so bad now, does it?

It would be great to see Min win, but have a lot of doubt there. I like them to cover 5 1/2 though.

agree re cincy, good luck w/o andy, but i think the seahawks could very well rout the vikings... other than the rams game, the seahawks have been on a terror since midway through the season, averaging 33 offensive points per game while holding opponent offenses to just 15 per game, and that stretch includes smoking the vikes in minny 38-7 (the vikes' sole score came on a ko return) and smoking the cards in 'zona 36-6 to close out the season, talk about bouncing back from a loss... and they played 7 of the 8 games without lynch... the skins? just not sold... they faced the 26th rated strength of schedule (the rams faced the 3rd toughest, packers the 6th toughest), facing just 3 teams with a winning record, just 3, and lost them all, by an average score of 15-35... and of course, hard to count the pack out when a guy named rodgers is throwing the ball for them, especially considering their defense put together a pretty nice year... agree on kc over the texans.... anyway, it's postseason football, anything can happen, ain't it great!??!!!

[Indrid Cold]

agree re cincy, good luck w/o andy, but i think the seahawks could very well rout the vikings... other than the rams game, the seahawks have been on a terror since midway through the season, averaging 33 offensive points per game while holding opponent offenses to just 15 per game, and that stretch includes smoking the vikes in minny 38-7 (the vikes' sole score came on a ko return) and smoking the cards in 'zona 36-6 to close out the season, talk about bouncing back from a loss... and they played 7 of the 8 games without lynch... the skins? just not sold... they faced the 26th rated strength of schedule (the rams faced the 3rd toughest, packers the 6th toughest), facing just 3 teams with a winning record, just 3, and lost them all, by an average score of 15-35... and of course, hard to count the pack out when a guy named rodgers is throwing the ball for them, especially considering their defense put together a pretty nice year... anyway, it's postseason football, anything can happen, ain't it great!??!!!

Really disappointed for the local team (Cincy); don't see that going well. I actually think they were legitimate SB contenders until that game against PIT when Dalton got hurt. Crazy good defense, OL, and really nice skill players, but none of it works without the QB. Plus, they've been PIT's patsy for a while now...

I drafted Eddie Lacy in fantasy (lol), watched a lot of Pack games...they ain't crap this year. We should have beat them at home...really! For a long while, I thought WAS got the short end of the stick with Cincy assistants coaches made HCs, but I'm actually really impressed by Gruden now...and Cousins amazingly enough.

Yeah, probably wishful thinking that MIN will do anything. But Zimmer is a really good coach; he'll understand that Ram's blueprint and weather could hold the score down.

[aeneas1]

Really disappointed for the local team (Cincy); don't see that going well. I actually think they were legitimate SB contenders until that game against PIT when Dalton got hurt. Crazy good defense, OL, and really nice skill players, but none of it works without the QB. Plus, they've been PIT's patsy for a while now...

I drafted Eddie Lacy in fantasy (lol), watched a lot of Pack games...they ain't crap this year. We should have beat them at home...really! For a long while, I thought WAS got the short end of the stick with Cincy assistants coaches made HCs, but I'm actually really impressed by Gruden now...and Cousins amazingly enough.

Yeah, probably wishful thinking that MIN will do anything. But Zimmer is a really good coach; he'll understand that Ram's blueprint and weather could hold the score down.

feel the same about cincy, have always liked dalton, think he's been given an unfair rap given his postseason lack of success, was hoping to see him get some postseason wins this year and finally dispel a lot of the criticism, he had a great year, got jobbed out of his 3rd pro bowl nod imo, has done a great job in cincy short of playoff success, it's also been nice to watch dalton and aj grow after entering the league together... and, no doubt, cincy's d had a great year, they've been pretty solid on d for the last 5 years or so....

[dieterbrock]

I think Pittsburgh d is god awful and think McCarron is going to shock some people.
I think Cincy wins.
I'm going with Cincy, KC (although pulling for Houston), Seattle (rooting for Minn) and Wasington in a shocker

On a side note, Houston is the 1st team in history that made the playoffs while starting 4 qb during the season. 4!!!!
To think, Fisher couldn't get any snaps for Mannion yet Houston just kept rolling guys out there, and winning.