black-shoulder's Prediction Channel

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Why are the choices restricted to the Titans and the Steelers? Neither team are my pick to win it all.

The Titans have not been right the last few weeks of the season. Yes, they have everything won already then, and needed not play hard, but you can't just "turn on a switch" when needed. I won't be surprised if they are bounced this week.

The Steelers' O-line is porous. Big Ben can get hurt, and if he's hurt, then Pittsburgh would have zero chance.

I actually think the Ravens with its D may have the best chance. The Giants, if they can compartmentize the effect of Plexico Burress, are still a very strong team.

The Panthers are a pretty all-round team. But they don't present me as a team that has this one special weapon that other teams cannot stop.

My picks would be the Ravens or the Giants.

The Rebels won

Utah won

My goodness, I went 0-4 in the wild-card games! :(

Chargers won

Vikings won

Ravens won

The end of humanity? A nuclear bomb would do it... the end of the world? I don't think so... humans are too eogcentric about themselves...

The Bobcats are 3:10 on the road... the sixers aren't exactly lighting it up at home either, but I still like their chances.

Sundin would for sure be playing by this game, and maybe Luongo will be back too... The Canucks got man-handled by the Sharks in San Jose - if they are serious about being a contender in the Western Conference, they would need to win this game at home to prove that they can play with the big boys.

The Blues no longer have the Canucks-killer in Curtis Sandford (he plays for the Canucks now, interestingly) - so I think the Canucks will win.

The Canucks have played 41 games out of its 82-game schedule, and Sundin has yet to make his debut. Assuming that he can play tonight against Edmonton, he can play a maximum of 41 games. In the last five, six years, he has managed to score at about a-point-per-game pace, so I think he can probably get about 40 points, barring injuries.

No player from the Jets organization wants Favre back, and some are throwing him under the bus already calling him "selfish" and other things. The experiment has failed... the Jets need to move on, and I think by now, Favre should understand that he can only damage his legacy more if he continues to play.

Can you get two worse teams playing? The T-Wolves have 4 home wins, and the Thunder has won a SINGLE time this year on the road... eeek...

The Grizzlies have only 2 road wins so far this year... even if the Nets don't play too well at home, I still don't see the Grizz winning.

0% - it did NOT happen.

Mats Sundin will probably play in this game... that should give the Canucks enough motivation to win.

The Chargers played a courageous wild-card game. But with so many injuries, going up against the Steel Wall defence of Pittsburgh may just be waaaaaaay too much to ask.

The Eagles have been 5-1 since starting the season 5-5-1, including a playoff win. The Giants, meanwhile, have stumbled down the stretch. Meanwhile, the Plaxico Burress saga has seemingly done a lot of damage to the Giants. I still don't buy Eli Manning as a trustworthy QB in the playoffs... so I'm going for an upset here.