Pittsburgh Steelers get “Tebow’d” 29-23 in Wildcard Overtime

At the end of the first quarter it actually looked as if Pittsburgh was going to have no problem winning the game having two field goals and moving the ball pretty well.  Denver seemingly could not do anything in the first quarter.  Then the second quarter came which had the Broncos scoring 20 unanswered points including a 30 yard touchdown pass and an 8 yard touchdown run by Tim Tebow.   Ironically the Denver Broncos and Tim Tebow spent most of the game starting their drives from at or behind the 25 yard line so its not like they were getting great field position or anything.   Tim Tebow outplayed Ben Roesthlisberger by mile and I really cannot wait to see what Skip Bayless has to say tomorrow on First Take.  I would venture to say that Tim Tebow had the best game of his career tonight with a QB rating over 125.  To top it all off he broke John Elway’s record for passing yards in a playoff debut.  Stick that in your pipe and smoke it Elway!

On a lighter note, the Giants made the Falcons look stupid beating them 24-2.  Yes, that means there has now been an NFL team score 2 points in a playoff game.  This also means that every single home team won their playoff game.  This is the first time that’s happened in at least a decade.  The Giants end up having to play the seemingly unbeatable Green Bay Packers.  Don’t worry though, the Broncos are not getting off that easy.  There next game ends up being the New England Patriots at Tom Brady’s house.  Needless to say, the playoffs pretty much got boring all the sudden.  If you notice, there really arent any teams left in the playoffs that aren’t putting up major numbers.  Let’s just hope. And pray…

2011-2012 NFL Playoff Bracket

We have come out with our playoff bracket the same day that the playoffs start.  I know this seems counter productive but the holidays have really taken a toll on the staff.   While the playoffs did not really go as we had planned them at the beginning of the season, we feel as if we were pretty close in our predictions (minus ever voting for the Cowboys for anything ever again).  I think that the Cowboys are going to take a few drastic measures in the next few weeks.  I am not sure what is going to happen but I have a feeling they are going to undergo a mini-facelift.  Anyways, we have not put our predictions on there yet as we are going to create an article specifically for that.  The down side to this years playoffs in my opinion is that the Philadelphia Eagles/Dallas Cowboys are not participating at all in this years playoffs.  I would have told you this is bad news for Michael Vick but I am pretty sure he kept his job at the end of the season when they finished it off with four straight wins.  

Why NFL teams should forget about Jeff Fisher

With the regular season over teams are starting to get rid of their head coaches.  Raheem Morris and Steve Spagnuolo have already found out what it feels like to lose their jobs after having a horrible season with their team (Bucs go 4-12 after starting the season 4-2; Rams go 2-14 which was a tie for the worst record with the Colts).  That being said, a lot of the talk these days has been about Jeff Fisher. This is the guy who was coaching the Tennessee Titans from 1997-2010.  While this is a lot time to be coaching a single team (I believe it was the longest during his era) if you take a look at his records, you can see that his style of coaching is already run its course.  It is outdated because its not motivating anymore.  He is going to have to step into a situation at St. Louis where the players have not been playing for the coach for a few seasons now.  He has had success in the past at Tennessee, but lately the only success he has had was when he was using Vince Young at quarterback.  We all know how he felt about Young the entire time.  Had Young been mentored by a better head coach, I have no doubt that he would be a superstar right now.  Instead he had a mental break down of sorts and is now backing up Michael Vick (which you can bet is a much better position for him to succeed).  He has not gotten a team to the Superbowl since they lost to the Rams back in 2000.  He has had very little success with some very successful quarterbacks.  He has had 6 winning seasons, 6 losing seasons and 5 dead even seasons (8-8) in the 17 seasons that he has been a head coach of a football team.  I realize that he transitioned over from the Oilers to the Titans and that might have had an impact on a lot of their losing seasons, but with one Superbowl appearance in 17 seasons, I cannot understand why an NFL team would want to have him as a coach.  He is 5-6 in the playoffs and he successfully managed to run Vince Young out of town even though it pretty much cost him his job.  After a year off of football sources are reporting that he wants to come back to coaching now?  That he is supposedly ready for coaching again.  I think that any NFL team who looks at him and decides they want him as their new head coach has got to be very desperate.  They must be needing to fill the position as soon as possible.  With St. Louis and Tampa Bay having vacant seats at the moment, I am sure Fisher is licking his chops to get back into the game.  I just really feel that both of these teams would be better served with a coach that has a positive impact on players (especially with Sam Bradford struggling the way he is).

2011-2012 Week 17 Picks NFL

So we have ended up doing pretty well considering all of the set backs that we have faced here.  I have a feeling we are going to have another good week.  I think picking games at the end of the season can tend to be an easier job than those at the beginning of it.  For one, you have seen all the teams play the entire season so one would think that it would be pretty easy to pick the winners at this point.  The second reason I like picking them now is that a lot of teams have already solidified their spots in the playoffs and therefore will probably only play their starters for a quarter, or maybe even just a series.  Its the final week of the season and everyone is scrambling to make the playoffs.  Probably the key game of the entire weekend is going to be the Cowboys/Giants game which will come down to who has the better offense.  I have a feeling that the Giants are going to be able to pull it out in the end.  The Cowboys have done pretty much everything in their power this season to try to stay out of the playoff hunt and I really do not see anything changing today.  So here are our Week 17 Picks:

Detroit Lions @ Green Bay Packers – Detroit Lions
San Francisco 49ers @ St. Louis Rams – San Francisco 49ers
Carolina Panthers @ New Orleans Saints – New Orleans Saints (High Scoring Game)
Tennessee Titants @ Houston Texans – Houston Texans
Kansas City Chiefs @ Denver Broncos – Denver Broncos
Dallas Cowboys @ New York Giants – Dallas Cowboys

2011 NFL Picks Week 9

After one of the worst weeks in Sidelineblog history, we have decided to go a more conservative route.    We have picked 7 games all of which are near guaranteed picks.  If you are crazy like us, you will go with the Eagles against the Bears.  

Jets @ Bills – Jets
Seahawks @ Cowboys – Cowboys
Falcons @ Colts – Falcons
Bucaneers @ Saints – Saints
Browns @ Texans – Texans
Broncos @ Raiders – Broncos
Bears @ Eagles – Eagles

Worst week in SidelineBlog History!

That’s right, this past weekend was the worst possible weekend for picks.  If Baltimore had not come back in the end of their game, we would have gone with a big old Easter Egg in the wins column.  So far we are 1.6 for the weekend with just one game left tonight and hopefully San Diego can pull off a miracle (which they won’t)  because it is starting to see like we might be some sort of bad luck for NFL squads that we pick.   The Detroit Lions looked unstoppable against the Denver Broncos proving once and for all Tim Tebow’s fate in the NFL.  He fumbled three times and threw a pick to lose 45-10.  Buffalo managed the shut the Washington Redskins out completely which just goes to show you that they have not changed much and they are still the same old Redskins.  I am pretty sure the football gods are working against me at this point after last nights game.  San Diego put up a pretty decent effort until the 4th quarter.  The point is that we have had our worst week in the sites history.  We apologize to those who have decided follow our picks religiously.  You should always follow your gut feeling.

2011 NFL Picks Week 8

So far this season was going pretty well until last week.   It took a few late game rally’s for me to go .500 last week.  The Ravens really sucked it up last night against the Jaguars.  I was trying to figure out if the Ravens and Joe Flacco were that bad, or if the Jaguars were just playing some inspired football.  I know the Jaguars are really not that great, but they made the Ravens look stupid last night.  I believe the Dallas Cowboys might have saved their season with a huge win over the St. Louis Rams.  I think they are giving their fans (like me) hope for the rest of the season (as long as Tony Uh Oh stays home).

Here are my picks for this weekend (All Times are Central Standard):

• Arizona Cardinals @ Baltimore Ravens – 1:00PM - Baltimore
• Minnesota Vikings @ Carolina Panthers – 1:00PM – Carolina
• New Orleans Saints @ St. Louis Rams – 1:00PM – New Orleans
• Detroit Lions @ Denver Broncos – 3:05PM – Denver Broncos
• Cleveland Browns @ San Francisco 49ers – 3:15PM – Cleveland
• New England Patriots @ Pittsburgh Steelers – 3:15PM – New England
• Dallas Cowboys @ Philadelphia Eagles – 7:20PM – Dallas
• San Diego Chargers @ Kansas City Chiefs – MON 7:30PM – San Diego

Here are our previous results for the season:

Week 1: 3-3
Week 2: 3-3
Week 3: 7-0
Week 4: 5-2
Week 5: 6-2
Week 6: 5-4
Week 7: 4-4

Totals For Season: 30-13 (Roughly 70%)

2011 NFL Picks Week 7

We have been doing pretty decent so far this season.  We thought we would do better considering we are picking more games per week this season.   Apparently it just makes the results blend in.  About half and half honestly which has definitely become our worst season so far, but we are skeptical that this could possibly go on. See, once you have had a chance to see most of these games, you get a feel for how the team is going to do for the rest of the season.  You just need to stay on top of injury reports, make sure the right players who are the best for that game are starting in the game.  Each team is different and it may seem like its a lot to handle but thats why we have a team behind out picks.  They may not be the best and the brightest (judging by this years picks) but they get the job done and 5 heads are better than 1. 

Picks for this week:

San Diego Chargers @ New York Jets – San Diego Chargers

Washington Redskins @ Carolina Panthers – Washington Redskins

Seattle Seahawks @ Cleveland Browns – Cleveland Browns

Atlanta Falcons @ Detroit Lions – Detroit Lions

Kansas City Chiefs@ Oakland Raiders- Oakland Raiders

Green Bay Packers @ Minnesota Vikings – Green Bay Packers

St. Louis Rams @ Dallas Cowboys – Dallas Cowboys

Indianapolis Colts @ New Orleans Saints – New Orleans Saints

2011 NFL Picks Week 6

So far this season we have been pretty much even again.  We are definitely getting better though.  We are picking more wins than losses and we are getting the games we lock every time.  This week we are taking some pretty hardcore chances with our picks.  We are picking the Bengals over the Colts which has never happened in SidelineBlog history.  We are picking the Bills over the Giants and the Cowboys over the Patriots.  The Eagles over the Redskins I feel is probably just hoping for the best but I truly believe that if Michael Vick can keep the turnovers down, they have the best team on the field everytime they step onto it.

Colts @ Bengals – Bengals
49ers @ Lions – Lions
Rams @ Packers – Packers
Bills @ Giants – Bills
Eagles @ Redskins – Eagles
Texans @ Ravens – Ravens
Cowboys @ Patriots – Cowboys
Saints @ Buccaneers – Saints
Dolphins @ Jets – Jets

2011 NFL Picks Week 5

Here are our picks for week five.  We have been about even so far this season but you better believe that our picks are just going to get better and better as the season goes on.  Once we have had time to diagnose each team and how they play together, we should be able to pinpoint almost the exact score of the games in the future.  Each play of each game goes into our algorithms. No one is perfect obviously, but we try to be as close as possible.  The Eagles are really making it hard for me to choose them but as you can see we have gone with them once again this week.  Take this pick with a grain of salt though as we are definitely Michael Vick fans.  If he can keep the turnovers down then I know he can make it past the Bills.

• Eagles @. Bills – Eagles
• Chiefs @ Colts – Colts
• Cardinals @ Vikings – Vikings
• Saints @ Panthers – Saints
• Bengals @ Jaguars – Bengals
• Chargers @ Broncos – Chargers
• Jets @ Patriots – Patriots
• Bears @ Lions – Lions

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