Good going to the top four.

I took 5th place. That's about right.
Took some home team upsets
Played the field. Some wild picks.


For my Seahawks lookin too next year. I'm still proud.

Congratulations to the teams making the playoffs.

PETERSON WINS RUSHING TITLE

Vikings running back Adrian Peterson finished his second NFL season as the league’s leading rusher.

Peterson churned up 1,760 yards, 61 more than Michael Turner of the Falcons. Peterson averaged 4.8 yards per carry.

DeAngelo Williams of the Panthers finished third, with 1,515 yards.

Peterson’s performance could generate some MVP votes, but the favorite at this point seems to be Peyton Manning of the Colts, who recovered from a serious knee injury to lead his team to nine straight wins.


ROMO COLLAPSES IN THE SHOWER

After the Cowboys’ season completed its collapse on the field in Philadelphia, Dallas quarterback Tony Romo reportedly collapsed in the showers.

The incident was alarming for the other players who were in the shower with Romo, and a stretcher was brought to the locker room before Romo was able to regain his composure.

Though the collapse is being attributed to a rib injury that Romo suffered during the 44-6 loss to the Eagles, Romo also missed a couple of days of practice due to an illness.


L.T. HAS ABDOMINAL STRAIN

Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson, who looked like the 2006 MVP version of himself in Sunday night’s 52-21 win over the Broncos, suffered an abdominal strain in the second half, and did not return.

After the game, Tomlinson told NBC’s Andrea Kremer that he hopes to play next weekend against the Colts.

“Well, hopefully, I’m [going to] play,” Tomlinson said. “You know, but again I gotta get it checked out, make sure everything’s OK. You know, I think I could have went back in the game, but, you know, we wanted to take it easy. Hopefully, I’ll play.”

Tomlinson had 14 carries for 96 yards and three touchdowns.

The Chargers host the Colts on Saturday night, in a game that will be televised by NBC.


WILD WILD-CARD WEEKEND READY TO ROLL

The starting times for the four wild-card games are set.

On Saturday, NBC will televise the Falcons-Cardinals game at 4:30 p.m. EST. At 8:00 p.m. EST, NBC will broadcast the Colts at the Chargers.

On Sunday, the Ravens will visit the Dolphins at 1:00 p.m. EST on CBS. At 4:30 p.m. EST on FOX, the Eagles will face the Vikings in Minnesota.

Four road teams will all be favored.

x-clinched playoff berth
y-denotes division winner
z-denotes first-round bye
*-clinched home-field advantage

AFC:

Miami earns the No. 3 seed based on conference record over New England (8-4 to Patriots' 7-5)
San Diego earns the No. 4 seed based on division record over Denver (5-1 to Broncos' 3-3)
Baltimore earns the No. 6 seed based on conference record over New England (8-4 to Patriots' 7-5)

NFC:

N.Y. Giants earn the No. 1 seed based on head-to-head record over Carolina (1-0)

AFC Teams eliminated from playoff contention.

Cincinnati (Week 12), Kansas City (Week 13), Oakland (Week 14), Cleveland (Week 14), Jacksonville (Week 14), Houston (Week 14),
Buffalo (Week 15), N.Y. Jets (Week 17), New England (Week 17), Denver (Week 17)

NFC Teams eliminated from playoff contention.

Detroit (Week 11), St. Louis (Week 12), Seattle (Week 13), San Francisco (Week 14), Green Bay (Week 15), New Orleans (Week 15),
Washington (Week 16), Tampa Bay (Week 17), Chicago (Week 17), Dallas (Week 17)

AlexdeParis said:

I was sooooo happy!! They're going all the way

Congrats, BlackAdder!

lilgish said:

Thanks for posting this. I thought I was doing something.
Nest year I'm topping 170!

MuthaFunka said:

Congrats on that strong finish.
But you know, never in a million years would it have occurred to me to follow YOUR lead.

RodeoSchro said:

Yup if I hadn't finished under .500 last week . . . .
2 back isn't as American as I like, I'll work on changing that next year. :lol

Revolution said:

I also think that it says a lot that the overall winning percentages haven't been much different, either....

SUPRMAN said:

Oh, I KNOW! Trust and believe - I KNOW! LMAO!

CarrieLee said:

Hey even though i hate new england 11-5 was a good season without your starting
qb. Hey you can root for the steelers the rest of the way.
Here we go steelers, here we go.

AlexdeParis said:

Yeah and whine baby favre had nothing to do with the total collapse of the
jets. Mangini had to take the fall. And it seemed very convenient for favre
to start talking about his ailing shoulder the final week of the season.
Well if your shoulder was hurting why didn't you sit your ass down buddy.

It's been a lot of fun yall in my first year picking against the org.
Congrats to the winner and lilgish for keeping tabs on this whole thing.
I look forward to next season.
[Edited 12/29/08 20:01pm]

Yea, the season did go fast. Try being a Bengals fan..lol

Poor Detroit fans.

My picks for this round

colts
ravens
falcons
eagles

Indianapolis over San Diego
Baltimore over Miami

Minnesota over Philadelphia
Atlanta over Arizona

Colts
Ravens
Cards
Eagles

Indie
Balmore
falcons
Vikes

I'm going with all the road teams. I think they're all legitimate favorites for a reason. Hey, their combined record is 5.5 games higher than the division champs.

Indianapolis over San Diego
Baltimore over Miami
Atlanta over Arizona
Philadelphia over Minnesota

AlexdeParis said:

Not that I'm complaining, but someone please explain to me the Pats' elimination, versus San Diego's clinching a berth.

thanks.

AlexdeParis said:

The hardest one for me was Philly, although you would think Arizona could win at home.

Minnesota despite the Giants rushing has good run defense. Minnesota can also keep McNabb off the field. Tavaris hasn't hurt them yet but he could throw 2 int's.

If Philly wins, they go to the Meadowlands. They aren't winning there . . .,

SUPRMAN said:

Minnesota's pass defense is horrendous! That plays completely into the Eagles' hands.


They just won there relatively easily. Of course, Jacobs got hurt in that game and it wasn't the playoffs, but they're certainly capable of winning there.

ThreadBare said:

The Chargers won their divison. The AFC West title. NE did not win their division. The AFC East. Miami did.
They get the spot. Baltimore tied NE. But have a better conference record. So they round out the 6th spot.

july said:

Miami winning on opening day was bigger than anyone knew . . .
It meant the difference between not only the division crown but a playoff berth.

july said:

Last but certainly not least, New England would've been the division champs at 12-4 if they hadn't been destroyed by the Chargers in San Diego.

Congrats to blackadder7 for winning this season

This season's playoffs are wide open IMO, this wild card round will be alotta fun.

My wild card picks:

Atlanta
Indy
Miami
Philly - They better beat them one-dimensional Vikings!!! lol

Thanks, y'all. For the record, as a Raiders fan, I despise the Pats. I'm glad they'll be watching the Super Bowl this season.

The pro bowl will play in Miami in 2010 a week prior b-4 the superbowl (If I read that correctly). What do you guys think of that??? If your in the superbowl why would you even play in the pro bowl for because you might get injured. They are trying to "Hype" up the pro bowl. Keep it in Hawaii

kpowers said:

I think it's a good idea in one respect, because it keeps fans interested but I don't see ANY Super Bowl players playing in it, and I'm pretty sure their respctive teams would forbid them to play as well.

MuthaFunka said:

I agree with that...the game isn't even on my radar (and I'm a HUGE fan)...they need to bring some skills competitions into it like the NFL's fastest man, best hands, best arm etc.