Wildcard Weekend

Last week went 1-0-1 (+1 Unit), season total 38-37-4 (+7 Units)

Finally some meaningful football games again! 

Pick for Wildcard Weekend:

1)            bal (+3) *1.5 Units – The Patriots losing Welker is huge!  Brady turns to him in tough situations all the time, without him, Brady just lost his go to guy.  Also when these 2 teams met back in Week 4, if it wasn’t for a couple of bad calls, dropped passes and an interception in the Red-Zone, the Ravens could have very well beat the Patriots that day.  This is a very winnable game for the Ravens.  I’ll take the points!

2)            gb (Pick Em) *1.5 Unit – Reports suggest the chances of Boldin playing is doubtful.  That’s an important piece of the Cardinals offense taken out and now GB defense can focus solely on Fitzgerald.  GB’s defense have been playing exceptionally well lately and Arizona’s secondary can be beaten through the air.

3)            CINN (-2.5) *1 Unit – Last week’s matchup between these two teams was very one sided.  But I am not banking on the Jets to repeat that performance.  I feel that emotionally this week, there will be a letdown.  They went all out last week to survive and I think this week they are going to feel the hangover of it.  I like Cincy in this one for a number of reasons.  They’re playing at home, they are going to have a well rested Benson back, they just had a whole week of preparation to review how the Jets manhandled them, revenge for last week is fresh in the players mind and I’ll take an experienced QB over an inconsistent rookie QB playing on the road in a playoff game any day!

Ivan