AFC Championship NFL Picks
Written January 21, 2010 by Nick Jones
Some of last week’s NFL match ups could give us a preview into some of the favorite highlights coming up with the final four this week. Offense is fun to watch and talk about but defense is many times the key to winning.
Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis couldn’t have done his job much better last week. Philip Rivers passed 45 times against the Jets but only 4 were thrown into Revis’ coverage area. And one of those was juggled and intercepted by Revis. This week Revis’ next challenge will probably be Colts Reggie Wayne. Will Peyton Manning have more success throwing the ball against Revis?
Last week the talk around the Colts vs Ravens game was all about Ray Lewis and the Ravens’ defense. But it ended up being the Colts’ defense that influenced the outcome of the game. This leads to the much anticipated match up of the brawn on the Jets’ line and the 228 pound rusher Shonn Greene against the speed and quickness of the Colts defense. If you have to make a pick for this year’s NFL AFC Championship game the best bet is to look at the NFC.
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The majority of people are taking the Colts to kill the Jets this week but you have to consider how well New York matches up against Indy. Indy has the worst running game in the league, and is ALL Peyton. The Jets have the #1 pass-defence and if they can put the clamps on Peyton early… it could very well be a Jets win. TheCoach isn’t calling a J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS win but they will cover the spread. I know Indy shut down Baltimore’s running game last week but the Jets strive on being quick and elusive.. something Ray Rice isn’t…
Minnesota and New Orleans is going to be such a good game. I was hoping all season long these two would meet up in the NFC Championship and honestly.. either team could team this game. The Saints are -3.0 favourites and historically home team get given three points for the home-field advantage… so basically this game is a pick-em and there is ONE thing that I like about the Saints and its that home-field advantage. Last week Warner and Romo combined for 7 sacks and 4 fumbles largely in part to not being able to communicate with their offence. The SuperDome is NUTS and I don’t care how much experience Favre has, the crowd can help a team and also hurt the other so much.
Best of luck to all this week,
Regards,
TheCoach