Suicide Playoff Edition

[scott77]

After 17 weeks my pool of 92 is down to 2 of us, with the winner getting $9200. Any ideas on who to take? Thinking of Pats or Cinci but not confident on either one. This week will be extremely tough with no clear favorites on the board. Thanks for any opinions.

[mrhotpicks2]

you can use any of the 8 teams playing ??

[cuse_man]

u try to split ?

[scott77]

yeah my pool is different than the rest, we could use any team any week it didn't matter if we used them before. The same goes for the playoffs.

[cuse_man]

id try to split with the guy

but id take dallas.... then AZ maybe

[scott77]

I will find out tomorrow or thursday if the guy wants to split or not but need to be ready if he doesn't want to.

[mrhotpicks2]

Dallas will likely lose to Philly IMO .... sooo hard to beat a team three times. anyhow, id def. offer the guy a split !!! if i was in your shoes , altough id wait until saturday, right now id take baltimore. yes i know NE is 8-0 at home. welker really makes them click more than moss. rice will eat yards on NE's average defense. NE just simply isn't "great" and nobody gives the ravens much love because they just snuck into the playoffs this year.

[cuse_man]

eh... pats better chance beating a run oriented team though

I like pats in that one, but could def see them losing too.

[msearcy]

like your read mrhotpicks2!

I think BAL is the best bet.

[scott77]

That's what sucks, you can make a case for any team to win or lose this weekend. Hopefully we'll just split it, and if not, hope to get lucky.

[cuse_man]

im sure he will split it... u gotta have some big pockets to pass up 5k with this weeks card

[mrhotpicks2]

i dont see NE beating Balty. lot of services will be on NE because NE is 8-0 at home, blah blah its playoff time, pats time blah blah. they arent that good and without welker they are screwed IMO. they dont move chains with moss, they move them with welker! high hopes for ravens last year going into playoffs, not so much this year, NOBODY is even thinking about them. they are dangerous IMO solid defense (although not as good as years past) , a QB that doesnt make big mistakes, and a GREAT run game ( love some ray rice ). but to each is own. if i were in it with u id split in a heartbeat , u both did so well all yr, why not just split and not stress over playoff games. but thats me. best of luck however u go

[cuse_man]

if u could find out who he is taking u could try Dallas then bet philly +4 ;)

[IceBoxMN]

Originally Posted by mrhotpicks2

.... sooo hard to beat a team three times.

Since 1970 there have been 18 teams with a chance to beat an opponent 3 times in a season - those teams are 11-7 in those games

[IceBoxMN]

HOWEVER... Andy Reid is 7-0 in his first playoff game of each season.

Dallas/Philly probably the game to stay away from.

My opinion (besides splitting of course), is betting against the rookie on the road