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Alright here goes nothing brother. I have ill will for your selections…

4. I love the Saints over the Eagles!!! Yup, try and sell me on the Ugglies. It hasn’t worked yet, and it’s not going to work now. I watched Brees pick apart a McNabb lead Eagles squad in week 4, and the Saints have only gotten better. Add to this that Lito Sheppard is out of commission, and the Eagles won’t be able to keep up with all of the packages that the Saints throw at them. Weird, I just had a crazy déjà vu thing were I dreamed that this whole season was a dream (ala Bob Newhart show). Is it possible that the Saints are headed to the Superbowl? I’m not saying, I’m just saying. Saints by 14!!!

3. I love the Pats over the Bolts!!! More on this below…

2. I love the Colts over the Raves!!! OK, these last two picks are obviously related. Allow me to pontificate by an intricate numbering system:

Pats will win in SD for the following reasons:
a. Qualcomm stadium isn’t much of a homefield advantage really. The weather is predictably perfect every day.
b. The Tom Brady factor. I watched all the post game stuff last week with a ton of glee b/c I saw the old Tom. Watching Tom most of this regular season he looked and sounded like Andy Reid press conference. You just want to give the guy a hug. But last week he was laughing, smiling, confident in the press conference. He’s got swagger right now, and the Bolts don’t have a great secondary.
c. If history can not betray the Pats this week because the only p-off team that has consistently given the Pats trouble are the B’cos and Skeletor decided to start a young QB named Jay. He shouldn’t consulted with Andy Reid or Dave Wahnstedt before making that decision, or maybe the Pepsi CEO before he made those horrible Diet Pepsi commercials with Jay Mohr. Worst emotion ever, feeling embarrassed for someone you will never meet and knowing that some marketing guru just lost their job.
d. Belicek’s multiple packages. Some call him yoda, and on defense, yeah he throws a lot at you, but Bill’s offensive scheme is not anything earth shattering: get to the line quick and call a play that one up’s the defensive personnel. It’s not some crazy scheme, but he’s got an offensive package for everything and guy who can do double or triple duty in multiple sets. The difference is that Bill runs it more effectively than anyone else.
e. The final reason: because the stars are aligned. More below.
The Ravens should win against the Colts because:
a. The Colts good D last week was definitely a fluke.
b. Since Billick took over the offensive reigns, Jamal Lewis has stopped running like a dainty Victorian princess and has run up the middle. I haven’t watched the Ravens a ton, but when I have, their play-option has been outstanding.
c. The Ravens are the only NFL squad with two legitmate shut-down corners in McAllister and Rolle. In my mind there are only a select few shut-down CBs in the league: Champ Bailey, Nate Clements, Brian Dawkins, Sam Madison, Antoine Winfield, DeAngelo Hall, Rashean Mathis, that’s about it. Every other good CB is an athlete who can make enough plays to put a band-aid over there coverage ability. Yeah, the Ravens have two, and they are real good.
d. Peyton doesn’t like to get nicked. Hit him in the mouth and he looks like his brother on a normal day.
However, the Colts will win because:
a. As I said before the stars are aligned. I’m seeing a Pats @ Colts conference championship game, and no 1 and 2 seeds are getting in the way of that.
b. We need a repeat of the greatest game of football I’ve ever seen, of course the Colts @ Pats conference championship 2 years ago. Try and come up with a game in any sport where one game and one team brought about an immediate league wide rule change. I can think of three:
i. The Trent Tucker rule can about after Tucker made a jump shot against the Bulls in MSG with 0.1 seconds left. This brought about the 0.3 seconds rule in the NBA.

ii. I’m too young to remember, but from what I understand, Wayne Gretzky ridiculous goal scoring in the late eighties changed the blue line rules in hockey, but that was over the span of a season.
iii. Rodney Harrison and the Pats secondary pummeling Marvin, Reggie, Brandon, and Marcus Pollard, and making Peyton whine like a baby.
c. It’s obvious to me that we need to have another Pats @ Colts game to prove my point once and for all: Peyton is the greatest loser of all time. Or maybe KG is? I just got extremely sad.

and 1. I love the Bears over the Shawks!!! Sound familiar Bears fan? Super bowl quarterback coming into town? Offensive game changer on the field? Questions about your QB? It’s happening again right? Wrong. The difference between the 06 Hawks and the 05 Pants is that the Seahawks aren’t a superbowl caliber team. Also I've already pciked two road teams. With that said, I look forward to watching the Saints douse Sean Payton and put on their conference champion hats at Soldier next week with thousands of ugly fans booing their beloved Bears. For now, Bears by 10!