The AFC and NFC championship games are almost here, and i couldnt ask for a better match up in each division, could you unless your a Saints, Falcons, Seahawks, Pats, or Ravens fan but even if you are a fan of one of those teams the match ups we have this weekend are still great match ups there is no denying that. I will start with the AFC only cause i save the best for last (i try and stay impartial but im just no good at it ha) only kidding everyone, but anyways lets get to it. Now i know the Jets have taken the road less traveled this week by keeping there mouths shut so to speak, and when they do talk its nothing be compliments for the other team, and i think they said it best on Mike and Mike in the morning..."I think they thought making the Pats angry would work to there advantage, but they think making the Steelers angry definitely will not." I couldnt agree more if thats what they are thinking and i am sure it is. See the Jets are a physical defensive team and last week they were going up against a team thats more finesse then hit you in the mouth, and i think maybe they wanted the Pats mad to maybe try and play a way they usually dont play and maybe had them use a little to much of their emotion, where as the Steelers are one the most if not the most physical team in the league and i think if they tried that with them it would only make things worse for the Sanchize and the Jets as a whole, so i retract my statement from last week when i said that it wasnt smart to talk like that about Brady, cause i guess they had a plan all along, and it play of perfectly for them in the end. But like so many people point out this isnt the Pats of old and if it was i dont know that the Jets would have taken that route becuase the Pats when they were so dominate had one of the best defenses in league and they were better on defense then on offense. That being said ill get back to this weeks game, these teams are really the same on the defensive side of the ball they both are outstanding the Steelers a little more so then the Jets but not by much and like everyone keeps saying the stats from the regular season mean nothing now that we are in the playoffs but the one big advantage the Steelers have is at the quarterback position, i know the Sanchize has some crazy post season switch that he turns on once the Jets get into the tournament but i am not sure if he can come away with another performance like he had last weekend and if you ask me he will need to top last weeks showing in order to beat this Steelers defense, because unlike the Pats defense this Steelers D is battle tested in the post season and they have been here and know what to do, not to mention they are playing at home, I know the Jets have an outstanding defense but so did the Ravens and look what the Steelers did to them. I think the Steelers wont start out like they did last week, i think last week they were a little off cause of their bye week in round one and thats why they started out like that, i look for them to set the tone early in this one and i think Sanchize will have a lot less time to throw, they are gunna make him beat them i know for sure the Jets wont be able to run the ball like they did last week, I am not saying the Steelers will get much of a run game going either but Big Ben can handle the pressure of having the game on his sholders in fact i think he might want it that way. Maybe the dirty Sanchez does too but i dont think so. I think the Steelers are gunna be in his face early and often and its gunna force him to do things he shouldnt and trust me the Jets will turn the ball over against this Steeler defense they wont come away with 0 turnovers like they did last weekend which was a huge reason why they were able to win that game. So if you ask me i think this will be a close one but the Steelers are gunna win at home and advance to the Superbowl. I know the Jets beat them last time they played but it was without Troy and Heath and those are 2 key guys on this Steeler football team. Plus i think the Steelers want to get the Jets back for beating them. Next up we have the NFC championship game with the Packer vs. the Bears in chicago, this should be a really good game these teams have already played each other 2 times this year each team winning at home, although early on in the season when the Packers lost to the Bears they were just getting used to not having a run game and i dont think either team was as good then as they are now both teams have improved a lot since that first meeting, and the second one well that was much more recent and i think that it will be much like the game in the final week of the season. I know the Bears defense is much better then the Falcons and they are playing on a field that is much worse off then the one they played on last weekend, I know the Bears have a great defense but so do the Packers especially when they play to their full capability. I know the Bears defense knows a lot not just about Aaron Rodgers but a lot about this Packer offense seeing as how they face them 2 times every year, but the Packers have the same advantage as the Bears, i know i keep hearing that in week 17 the Packers had to win so they showed the Bears "everything they had" which i dont buy for a second i am sure every NFL coach has some wrinkles that no one else has seen and if they dont i am sure they can come up with some in a weeks time, espeically when you have an offense as talented as the one the Packers have, i am not worried about that i am more worried about the Pack containing Peppers coming off the edge, i think we can handle him and if not i am hoping Aaron can be as elusive as he was last weekend, last weekend we did a good job against the Falcons D-line who has a pro bowler of its own so we will see how our O-line fairs against the Bears relentless attack, BUT all that being said i think Rodgers plays mistake free and Cutler doesnt and we surprise them with a great game on the ground by Mr. James Starks and win a close one on Solider Field and go to the Superbowl, Packers over the Bears......Steelers over the Jets culminating in a Packers vs. Steelers Superbowl in Dallas baby!! GO PACK GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (knock on FREAKING wood!!!) I just think in the playoffs you obviously need a good defense but what you really need is a great quarter back and the Packers and Steelers have both so in the end i think thats the big difference here.
One last thing i was looking at the ESPN.com home page sorta down towards the bottom and something caught my eye, a pitcher that Barry University just picked up this year, why did a JUCO pitcher catch my eye your wondering.....maybe cause he has a career ERA of under 1 or stikes outs 2 of every 3 batters he faces or something crazy like that....nope....its cause the dude is 7 foot 2 inches....once i heard that i was thinking to myself damn this guy must throw like 112 miles an hour i mean he has the leverage to do so for sure....NA mid 80's they say when pitched in High school he was outstanding, then he took a year off for family but still pitched in a Florida summer league or something like that but then the dude had open heart surgery and now he is back on the mound at Barry U and if their pitching coach can coach this kid up to the level a 7 ft 2 in pitcher COULD be at then everyone else in D II college baseball better watch out cause this kid could bring nastier stuff the his idle....wait for it......thats right you guessed it Randy Johnson. Although this kid seems a little nicer then Johnson on the field we will see how he bounces back from his time off, i am gunna follow him the best i can this season and i'll keep all the baseball fans that read updated on his status. One more quick note on the baseball level i was reading the Rangers blog yesterday and they were talking about Wilsons new contract as a starter and since he had so much success there that they were gunna try it with Neftali Feliz just to see where it might lead i am not sure if they will actually try it this spring training or maybe next, i think this is a good idea but then who will we have to slam the door in the late 8th and 9th inning, i guess if he is as effective as a starter as he was as a closer i wont complaing cause 240 quality innings are of course better then 70 but once he is done or any of our starters are done and the mid relievers are outta gas then we gotta rely on who? I am sure they will find a quality closer before making the switch with Feliz or at least i hope they do cause i think this would be a great move IF he can handle the job. That would give us Wilson, Feliz, Hurley, Webb (who we hope will return to quality status) and i am not sure the 5th but thats IF Feliz makes the switch which is yet to be seen but pitchers and catchers report in Feb. so we will see once spring training is in full swing which direction the Rangers take. Ill be back later with the NBA recap and some College hoops anything you wanna hear about just lemme know on Facebook or in the comment section on here, thanks.
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