NFL Playoffs Report

So, what have we learned this weekend:

Bret Favre IS a god. (Okay, the folks in Green Bay knew this for a couple of years.) if he keeps this up, Packers’ fans will start asking “Who?” when Bart Starr’s name is mentioned. Heck, Favre has been doing it long enough there may not be any Packers’ fans left who remember Starr.
Ron Grant can pick himself off the scrap heap after fumbling twice and go on to have one hell of a game. (Why did the Giants let this guy go again?)

The Seahawks, beneficiaries of two gift TDs in the opening minutes could do absolutely nothing on defense after that and deserved to be sent…well, packing.


Gerard tried to move the Jaguars against the old guys New England plays on defense but it just didn’t seem to be happening. I guess experience means you can figure out how to get things done without be super fast or super strong but by being in the right place at the right time and knowing that eleven playing together can overcome a star or two on the other side.

Tom Brady WILL be a god in the near future if he and the Patriots keep playing in this style. As it is he’s pretty close to perfection. He certainly appears to be omniscient in so far as where his receivers are relative to the defenders and is able to find the former while avoiding the latter.


Peyton Manning is a demi-god who has his flaws. (Sure he had a great day in the percentage and yardage categories, but those three interceptions were killers. Especially the one on the 1-yard line as the Colts were going in.)

The Chargers had more depth than most people give them credit for. Really. You lose your star running back (Tomlinson) in the opening drive of the first half and your starting quarterback (Rivers) in the third quarter and you are not supposed to be able to win. Especially against Payton Manning and the Colts. But win they did. Their defense bent like hell but held firm and created turnovers when they needed to. And for this they get to go against the Patriots next week. They’re going to need a god’s help to win that one. Perhaps Thor’s available.


The Cowboys, once “America’s Team,” will get to go play some golf, rest, heal and generally start their vacations—perhaps in Mexico—now that they have lost to the Giants whom they beat twice earlier this year. People in Dallas can start coming up with excuses as to why Tony Romo couldn’t complete passes when he needed to. But they really don’t have to bring up Mexico or Jessica. All they need do is lok at the last quarter play by the Giants’ D.

Eli Manning is living on the edge and loving it. For the second week in a row his Giants committed no turnovers and as a result they will be moving on to another game. They may be down to using practice squad guys in the defensive secondary and their second string tight end, their wide receivers may have sprained ankles and sore backs, but they are getting it done. But next week’s game is at Lambeau Field and they’ll have to face Favre and a bunch of young guns who have learned only how to win.



Who will win Conference Championships next week?

Let’s just say that the Super Bowl will feature a quarterback who was born and raised on the Gulf Coast on one side and one from California by way of Michigan on the other. Together they have four Super Bowl rings and five appearances in the Big Show. Yeah, it will be Packers vs. the Patriots on February 3rd.

What say that when they retire we wave the waiting period and just induct Favre and Brady into the Hall of Fame on the day they announce. For Favre that could be February 4th for Brady, it could be in 2015 after he has his 8th or 9th ring.