The Chipper’s Top 4
Posting this in a different position this time…front and center.
This is where the rubber meets the road…The four toughest games of the year to pick. A couple of these games could go either way and the other two are pretty much a lock. But, the football is an odd shaped object and you never know how it’s gonna bounce, so……………..
Game # 1: Saturday Baltimore Ravens vs. Denver Broncos.
At first look, this is a no-brainer right? Right…the Ravens don’t have a chance in hell to win this game so I’m just gonna put the score down right now:
Prediction: Broncos 34 (Goodby Ray) Ravens 20
Game # 2: Saturday Green Bay Packers vs. San Francisco 49ers
The Packers are the underdog in this one…even with arguably the best QB in the league in Aaron Rodgers. They’ve gotten back almost everyone from injury in the nick of time (Jordy Nelson is still iffy). The GB defense is starting to play better too. The weather conditions should be pretty good and that favors the far superior Packers QB in the passing game. They run the ball just enough to keep defenses honest and when needed, Rodgers can scramble with the best of them. He did get sacked a league worst 51 times in the regular season though and SF will look to expand on that. The Packers have too many weapons and they’ll keep the 49ers D guessing as they go on the road and get the the win.
Prediction: Packers 27 49ers 21
Game # 3: Sunday Seattle Seahawks vs. Atlanta Falcons
The Seahawks go on another cross-country road trip and this time they’ll have a fight on there hands. They didn’t get to play RGIII at 100% so we’ll never know how they really would have made out. Seattle lost a key player on D last week for the remainder of the playoffs and that will leave a huge hole to fill. They have good enough depth though and the backfield basically has another set of linebackers to support the run and get after a statuesque Matt Ryan. This game will mark the 5th road game out of the last 7 weeks, so look for a let -down as the Falcons have a fantastic home record in the Ryan era of 19 -1! It looks like the end of the road this week for the road underdog.
Prediction: Falcons 31 Seahawks 21
Game # 4: Sunday Houston Texans vs. New England Patriots
(See Game # 1 summary above)
Prediction: Patriots 42 Texans 24