Against the grain

I happen to believe that the NFC playoff race is as wide open as this year's Republican Presidential race. So therefore I'm going to go against the top two seeds and pick the Giants and the Packers. (Almost) Everybody would love to see Brett Farve in another Super Bowl and I'm one of those people but this Packers team is just so young and they don't have any playoff experience. They are going to have to prove to me that they can play great this time of year. Mike Holmgren is a legend in Green Bay and He loves to coach there and I have a feeling that might give him a slight edge. I know Seattle is a bad road team but I'm just going to say so what? and go against that. Feel free to laugh at me later. The Cowboys-Giants game will be great because it's division rivalry game and when those games are played in the post season they are even rougher and more physical than they are in the regular season. I have a gut feeling about the Giants this year. They seem like a tougher more committed team than they have been in the past. They are hungry and they know people are betting against them and they like that. They played great against the Patriots and they looked very good against the Bucs so I will give them a slight edge in this game. This might be the kind of game to come down to overtime or a field goal. As far as the AFC goes I won't go into as much detail. I love, love the Jaguars and the way they play football but I can't see them beating the Patriots they're not quite ready. In the other game I'm going to go with the Colts and I would have went with the colts even if Antonio Gates hadn't gotten hurt. I just think the Colts are better than the Chargers.