The Road to Super Bowl XLV: The 2010-11 NFL Playoffs

[BillD1984]

Wildcard Weekend

Saturday, January 8

(5)New Orleans at (4)St. Louis or Seattle- 4:30pm ET (NBC)

(6)NY Jets at (3)Indianapolis- 8:00pm ET (NBC)

Sunday, January 9

(5)Baltimore at (4)Kansas City- 1:00pm ET (CBS)

(6)Green Bay at (3)Philadelphia- 4:30pm ET (FOX)




Divisional Weekend


Saturday, January 15

IND/KC/BAL at (2)Pittsburgh- 4:30pm ET (CBS)

STL/SEA/NO/GB at (1)Atlanta- 8:15pm ET (FOX)


Sunday, January 16


PHI/STL/SEA/NO at (2)Chicago- 1:00pm ET (FOX)

KC/BAL/NYJ at (1) New England- 4:40pm ET (CBS)



Championship Weekend


Sunday, January 23


NFC Championship Game- 3:00pm ET (FOX)

AFC Championship Game- 6:30pm ET (CBS)



SUPER BOWL XLV at Dallas


Sunday, February 6- 6:25pm ET (FOX)

 

[dfergie]

At the house Jerry built... too bad his GM couldn't get the Cowboys there...
Saints - Colts II ?

 

[BillD1984]

At the house Jerry built... too bad his GM couldn't get the Cowboys there...
Saints - Colts II ?

Could very well be.

I don't ever recall a year that so many teams could win it all!

Now that they're in the playoffs, my team to watch...................the Packers!!

 

[dfergie]

Rocky road for sure...
Steelers, Pats are in the drivers seats for AFC imho.. Atlanta, Philadelphia, or "da Bears" NFC...

 

[Jimbo]

Now, WHERE are the people that at the start of the season CLAIMED that the Steeler's playing without Ben the first 4 games would NO WAY MAKE THE PLAYOFFS ????

 

[BillD1984]

Now, WHERE are the people that at the start of the season CALIMED that the Steeler's playing without Ben the first 4 games would NO WAY MAKE THE PLAYOFFS ????

Not me.

Sure, the Steelers are a better team with Big Ben, but they play REAL football with that defense!

Any team that has a Polamulo, Harrison and Farrior can NEVER be taken lightly!

 

[Hart5150]

Now, WHERE are the people that at the start of the season CALIMED that the Steeler's playing without Ben the first 4 games would NO WAY MAKE THE PLAYOFFS ????

In Cleveland.

 

[Hart5150]

Could very well be.

I don't ever recall a year that so many teams could win it all!

Now that they're in the playoffs, my team to watch...................the Packers!!

No way. 14 wins in 03, 04 & 07. 2010 will be the same, a trip to the Superbowl.

In the NFC, I'm thinking the Saints or Falcons. Only team that would surprise me is the Eagles.

 

[BillD1984]

CBS will get monster ratings on Divisional Weekend if Baltimore knocks out KC.

They'll have either:

Ravens at Steelers and Jets at Pats

or

Colts at Steelers and Ravens at Pats

 

[BillD1984]

No way. 14 wins in 03, 04 & 07. 2010 will be the same, a trip to the Superbowl.

In the NFC, I'm thinking the Saints or Falcons. Only team that would surprise me is the Eagles.

IMO, the Packers are the '05 Steelers or the '07 Giants...........a VERY dangerous 6 seed!

 

[BillD1984]

I think the two NFC Wildcards (NO and GB) will meet for the NFC Championship.....

 

[Jimbo]

CBS will get monster ratings on Divisional Weekend if Baltimore knocks out KC.

They'll have either:

Ravens at Steelers and Jets at Pats

or

Colts at Steelers and Ravens at Pats

Yup, Looking forward to both of those games, however it plays out ...

 

[Jimbo]

IMO, the Packers are the '05 Steelers or the '07 Giants...........a VERY dangerous 6 seed!

Only if they can keep Rogers upright.

 

[SabresRule]

IMO, the Packers are the '05 Steelers or the '07 Giants...........a VERY dangerous 6 seed!

I hate to nitpick, Giants were a 5 seed in '07 (Redskins were the 6 seed that year).

 

[Ramy]

Falcons to win it all.

 

[cybok0]

I think the two NFC Wildcards (NO and GB) will meet for the NFC Championship.....

I have to agree with you.

 

[cybok0]

I hate to nitpick, Giants were a 5 seed in '07 (Redskins were the 6 seed that year).

True but the Giants still played every game on the road.

 

[satjay]

CBS will get monster ratings on Divisional Weekend if Baltimore knocks out KC.

They'll have either:

Ravens at Steelers and Jets at Pats

or

Colts at Steelers and Ravens at Pats

I agree nice opening week matchup! Looking foward to the first round AFC matchups!

 

[BillD1984]

My Wild Card (and beyond) predictions:

Saints 35, Seahawks 14- It's an absolute joke that the Saints have to travel 2,000+ miles to play in a hostile environment against a sub .500 team

Jets 19, Colts 17- IMO, the toughest of the four games to predict, but I can see the Jets D coming up big

Ravens 24, Chiefs 13- Baltimore's D and their postseason experience will be the difference

Packers 38, Eagles 34- Should be a fun game to watch. Like I keep saying, WATCH OUT FOR THE PACKERS IN THE PLAYOFFS


Yes, I'm picking the road team to win all four WC games

I'll extrapolate my predictions through the Super Bowl based on my WC predictions:

AFC Divisional Round
Steelers over Ravens
Patriots over Jets

AFC Championship
Patriots over Steelers


NFC Divisional Round
Packers over Falcons
Saints over Bears

NFC Championship
Packers over Saints

Yes, I'm picking the road team to win EVERY game in the NFC


Super Bowl XLV
Patriots over Packers


BTW, in the preseason I picked Baltimore over Green Bay in the Super Bowl

 

[HD MM]

Now, WHERE are the people that at the start of the season CLAIMED that the Steeler's playing without Ben the first 4 games would NO WAY MAKE THE PLAYOFFS ????

The Steelers fate hinges on the health of the fluffy haired Samoan.