2001 Archives - PO2
0-1 for the divisional playoff round. Also likes went 0-2
Update 1/18/02: We don't see that there is much line value in any of this weeks contests. After chewing over these games all week the play we felt most comfortable with is Chicago laying less than a FG at home. All four of the hosting teams in this weeks divisional round were not even in the playoffs last year! Three of the four travelers this week were playing in the 2nd round of the playoffs last season. Scheduling has had a significant impact on this seasons playoff finalists and must be accounted for when determining just how good a team really is. For instance is Chicago's 13-3 record and top rated NFC defense really merited? After all they played a last place schedule. We don't feel they have a great defense but rather they have a good defense, however they have a defense that matches up very well to Philadelphia. On the other hand defensively Philly doesn't match up quite as well to what Chicago likes to do. We're going to hit Chicago lightly (despite the fact that every prognosticator in the country seems to be on Philly) because they're at home and laying less than a FG, but mostly because we feel we've been in sinc with calling the Bears all season long.
Oakland should be able to score on the Patriots, despite the weather conditions. New England is another team which played a cellar dweller schedule and ended up winning their division. We cashed in several times on both the Patriots and Oakland this season and have a hard time picking a side or total in this contest. Oakland did slide towards the end of the season losing 4 of their last 6, while NE won their last six to grab home field in this contest. We feel the best value play here would be Oakland on the money line, or the over at 40.5. What we don't like about playing Oakland in this spot is the coast to coast travel situation and the highly penalized Raider squad. What we don't like about playing New England is the match-up advantages Oakland enjoys across both lines.
Why is defending champion Baltimore now getting 6 points playing division rival Pittsburgh? These teams know each other well and despite who comes out on top we think this will only be a 3 point decision. Baltimore is as healthy as they've been all season and have finally gone back to ground and pound football. Pittsburgh probably deserved to be in the playoffs last year and despite playing a 3rd place schedule is deserving of their 1st round bye. We usually don't like playing the points but we're going to here (the straight up winner covers the spread 84% of the time).
Surprise, surprise--our preseason NFC championship picks are playing in the 2nd round! We feel Green Bay and St Louis are the two best teams in the NFC and whoever wins this one will go on to play in the Super Bowl. In fact Green Bay is the only team that will give the Rams a fight. Playoff games are usually played pretty close to the vest, that's why we like the Under 55 in this contest, and hit it along with Baltimore on a low exposure two teamer. If Baltimore doesn't come in we're going to hit the under straight up with 2%.
Peace & Prosperity to all, Footballforecasters
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| 2001 | WON | LOST | PCT% |
| A+ Play | 10 | 8 | 58% |
| A Plays | 22 | 18 | 55% |
| B Plays | 99 | 92 | 52% |
| Totals | 131 | 118 | 53% |
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A rated games are plays that we feel very strongly about.
B rated games are plays we feel pretty good about.
College Football Pick's 12/08/01 "A" rated plays
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NFL Picks 1/13/02 "A" rated play
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| @Chicago vs Philadelphia | L | We've seen all the stats about how tough Philly's defense has been on the road, allowing less than a touchdown a game, and how the Eagles are 7-1 on the road this year. But this will be the toughest defense the Eagles have faced this season. What we like in this match-up is the A-train going against the smaller Eagle front four, and Urlacher in the middle containing McNabb. We think this will be a low scoring affair and feel the Eagles will have a hard time moving the ball. We especially like that we're laying less than a FG. |
ALSO LIKES: Baltimore Under 55 StL/GB
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