2009 NFL Playoffs Picks
Written December 29, 2009 by Nick Jones
As the NFL playoffs approach, will the favorites fall or stand tall? Early in the season it seemed to be easy to pick some of the NFC games – after all the Saints were undefeated and the Vikings had Farve leading the way. Now, a bit more drama has unfolded.
Did New Orleans peak too early? They had a near perfect game on Monday night of Week 12 beating the Patriots. But they seem to have (hopefully) hit bottom with an overtime loss at home to the 3-12 Tampa Bay Bucs. The Saints are fortunate that the falling Vikings lost to the Chicago Bears this week on Monday night.
And how about those Vikings? After a great 10-1 start, they seem to be following the downhill path of last year’s New York Jets…….by the way, that was Brett Farve’s team last year. They are now looking very shaky, losing 3 of the last 4 games. Losing this week to the lowly 6-9 Bears they made Jay Cutler suddenly look like the “star” that Chicago was expecting him to be when they traded for him.
Maybe slow and steady wins the race. That seems to be the way the Arizona Cardinals have played all year. They are only giving up an average of 17.4 points on the road and average 4.2 yards rushing. The Cardinals have won 10 games and clinched their division for the second year in a row. Quarterback Kurt Warner is leading his team with his 100th touchdown pass and his 52nd career 300 yard game last weekend. Earlier in the season he became only the 2nd player to throw for 14,000 yards with two teams.
And then there’s the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles. There’s history between these two teams that could provide for quite a rivalry for the next couple of weeks. Last year the Eagles knocked the Cowboys out of the playoff picture. This year the Cowboys beat the Eagles at home in November by holding their star receiver, DeSean Jackson to only 2 catches. We could get plenty of chances to see if they can keep that pressure on Jackson since these two teams play each other this week for the NFC East title and then could play again next week in the first round of the playoffs.
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