NFL Divisional Weekend Preview

Arizona Cardinals @ New Orleans Saints
Spread: Saints, -7
o/u: 57
The Cards had a huge shootout victory last week over the Packers, and they'll need to do it again against the Saints. The Saints D isn't great, but they have one of the NFL's best offenses. They can put up points against anyone, pretty much any way they want. Last week saw an almost complete breakdown of the Cardinals defense. If it happens again, there's no way the offense will be able to keep the score close. If they can play like they did at the start of the game, and keep it up for 60 minutes, the score will be close, but the Saints should still pull it out.
Pick: Saints 41 - Cardinals 31

NFL Wild Card Weekend Wrap-up

One week down, four more to go. Lets see how everybody did:

NY Jets 24 - Cincinnati Bengals 14
The Bengals may have been the favorite, but most people seemed to be picking the Jets to win. And win they did. The Bengals scored first, but the Jet D actually dominated right from the start. With the exception of that touchdown drive, the Bengals didn't have a first down until three minutes into the second quarter, and that was on a penalty. By that point, the Jets had tied the game, and would take the lead for good on their next possession. Both teams had solid rushing attacks in this one, as they both had 171 yards on the ground. Their passing games seemed to have switched places for this week, though. The Jets normally shaky air attack went for 182 yards as Mark Sanchez completed 12 of 15 for 2 TDs. The Bengals normally stable passing game only managed 146 yards as Carson Palmer completed only 18 of 36. The key to the game was turnovers. The Bengals lost the ball on a pick and a fumble, while the Jets protected their possessions and never lost it. What we saw was a finally complete Jets team. For the first time all season, every facet of their game was working properly at the same time. If they can continue to play this way, a Super Bowl berth isn't a far stretch.