NFL Saturday playoff open thread

posted at 4:10 pm on January 12, 2008 by Bryan

Two games on tap today: Green Bay hosts Seattle at 4:30 and New England hosts Jacksonville at 8 pm. If there’s an upset pick, and there probably isn’t, it would be Jacksonville to beat New England. Jacksonville is probably the most underrated team in the playoffs, but picking up back-to-back road playoff wins is a long shot. Beating the unbeaten Patriots is a longer shot. Patriots by 10 is probably a safe pick.

On the other side, the Packers ought to handle the Seahawks. I’d say Packers by at least a figgie.

While you wait for kickoffs, have a rap. You’re welcome.

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From New England. Living in Seattle. Hoping for a Patriots/Seahawks Super Bowl. Pats winning of course.

Greenhorn on January 12, 2008 at 4:15 PM

No upsets this week, but Samuel Adams and I will be glued to the flat screen for the rest of the day.

Your Brother John on January 12, 2008 at 4:19 PM

GO YOU PACKERS, GO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

John on January 12, 2008 at 4:21 PM

My prediction: Tom Brady will break his leg in the first quarter and the Pats will lose 21-7. YES!!!

froghat on January 12, 2008 at 4:22 PM

That rap scared me. But I like the visuals on file folders. Nothing makes stealing office supplies fun like a rap video. Thanks so much, Bryan…..

Wineaholic on January 12, 2008 at 4:23 PM

Go ‘skins!!!

(Note to Tony Romo: If you have to participate in a field goal — please, please, please SCREW IT UP!)

Ian on January 12, 2008 at 4:24 PM

I hate rap… but that was good, very good.

paultevis on January 12, 2008 at 4:26 PM

Let’s go Seahawks!

indythinker on January 12, 2008 at 4:27 PM

The ‘Skins are home after choking it up to start my wild-card descent.

Go Pack Go!

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 4:28 PM

Ian on January 12, 2008 at 4:24 PM

Go Skins? Missed last week’s game?

Bryan on January 12, 2008 at 4:29 PM

Using my impeccable Vulcan logic … I have deduced Seattle will fall prey to Hasselbeck’s tendency to force a pass, resulting in numerous interceptions and a win for the Packer’s.

New England … no logic is needed there.

darwin on January 12, 2008 at 4:32 PM

Go Skins!!!!! Next year ….

darwin on January 12, 2008 at 4:33 PM

What’s the over/under on pick-sixes from Hasselbeck?

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 4:33 PM

Dallas/Jax – Superbowl bound!

infidel on January 12, 2008 at 4:37 PM

And this weekend has started just like last weekend.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 4:39 PM

Did I say Green Bay?

darwin on January 12, 2008 at 4:40 PM

First blood

Drtuddle on January 12, 2008 at 4:40 PM

As a Bears fan who always roots against the Packers, but has grown to like and respect Brett Favre, I will be rooting for Favre to play well, but for the Seahawks to win. Although, I wouldn’t be too disappointed with a rematch of the Packers and Cowboys in the NFC Championship. I’ll also be rooting for a rematch of the Colts-Patriots in the AFC Championship game. Nothing against the Chargers or Jaguars, I just think that rematch has to happen. Any other year and I would be rooting for the upstart Jags to upset their way to the Super Bowl, as I like their team. Tough defense and a strong running game. Something my Bears used to be about…

Michael in MI on January 12, 2008 at 4:42 PM

Brett Favre: eithere Very good or Very bad ..today??? very Bad.

redrock on January 12, 2008 at 4:42 PM

second blood

Drtuddle on January 12, 2008 at 4:44 PM

The Packers are self destructing….

TheBigOldDog on January 12, 2008 at 4:44 PM

Wow, Green Bay is making this the easiest game of the year. Seattle recovered two fumbles in a minute nine.

Oroso on January 12, 2008 at 4:44 PM

So much for any third of my call (Packers straight-up, Packers -7.5, under-43.5).

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 4:45 PM

fahvra needs to retire…..yesterday

custer on January 12, 2008 at 4:45 PM

It’s that Giant reject that needs to retire post-haste.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 4:48 PM

Go Jets!

Oh…yeah…Well, I can dream, can’t I?

JetBoy on January 12, 2008 at 4:49 PM

Right now, it’s not much more of a stretch than my dream of NFL championship #13.

14-0 Seattle.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 4:52 PM

Bloodletting

Drtuddle on January 12, 2008 at 4:53 PM

fahvra needs to retire…..yesterday

His opponents wish…unfortunately it looks like Ryan Grant wants to give the game away.

packsoldier on January 12, 2008 at 4:54 PM

It’s that Giant reject that needs to retire post-haste.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 4:48 PM

I had lamented letting him go.

Not anymore.

JammieWearingFool on January 12, 2008 at 4:59 PM

Gunslinger

Drtuddle on January 12, 2008 at 4:59 PM

Yeah, that fahvra sure looks washed up, doesn’t he? LOL!

packsoldier on January 12, 2008 at 4:59 PM

JWF, the sad thing is he doubled his regular-season fumble lost total.

14-7 Seahawks.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 4:59 PM

Funny.

Go Jags!

tlynch001 on January 12, 2008 at 5:04 PM

Hey, this is almost as good as watching………….soccer. ha ha ha

DfDeportation on January 12, 2008 at 5:10 PM

JammieWearingFool on January 12, 2008 at 4:59 PM

Nice job going 4-0 when it counts. I had an ugly 1-3 ATS, and the over/under wasn’t much better at 2-2.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 5:11 PM

DfDeportation on January 12, 2008 at 5:10 PM

Okay, who let this joker in? :-)

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 5:12 PM

Yeah, that fahvra sure looks washed up, doesn’t he? LOL!

packsoldier on January 12, 2008 at 4:59 PM

I can’t tell through all of that snow.

DfDeportation on January 12, 2008 at 5:18 PM

Football playoffs were meant to be played in the snow, DfDeportation.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 5:18 PM

I love American sports. The greatest in the world!!! ha ha

DfDeportation on January 12, 2008 at 5:19 PM

And I’m designed to watch them here in SOCAL. ha ha ha

DfDeportation on January 12, 2008 at 5:21 PM

Redemption for Grant.

Tied at 14.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 5:22 PM

14-14. Great game going here. This is good stuff, brother.

DfDeportation on January 12, 2008 at 5:22 PM

And I’m designed to watch them here in SOCAL. ha ha ha

DfDeportation on January 12, 2008 at 5:21 PM

I haven’t read through many of the comment threads, but there’s a nomination for Comment of the Day.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 5:24 PM

After one quarter, it’s the Packers 14, the Seahawks 14.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 5:25 PM

It doesn’t get any better than this. Seattle is in big trouble. The Packers took their best shot and now they are back and landing big shots of their own.

packsoldier on January 12, 2008 at 5:28 PM

And the Seahawks turn it over.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 5:30 PM

Bryan on January 12, 2008 at 4:29 PM

No, but I refuse to acknowledge they lost. :)

Ian on January 12, 2008 at 5:33 PM

They are who you thought they were?

cherokeejeff on January 12, 2008 at 5:33 PM

21-14 Packers.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 5:33 PM

No, but I refuse to acknowledge they lost. :)

Ian on January 12, 2008 at 5:33 PM

Unfortunately, Joe Gibbs acknowledged it and went back to NASCAR.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 5:35 PM

More of that washed-up fahvra…

packsoldier on January 12, 2008 at 5:35 PM

PACKERS!!!!

Lambo Leap X 3!

F-A-V-R-E

IntheNet on January 12, 2008 at 5:37 PM

Football in the snow. Glorious!

thegreatbeast on January 12, 2008 at 5:38 PM

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 5:35 PM

Can’t argue with that move. Gibbs was one of the greatest coaches, but this season he was terrible with clock management. Which was a problem with both former coaches in Maryland.

Ian on January 12, 2008 at 5:41 PM

Man! Guys from both teams are makin’ good football plays…

DfDeportation on January 12, 2008 at 5:43 PM

Can’t argue with that move. Gibbs was one of the greatest coaches, but this season he was terrible with clock management. Which was a problem with both former coaches in Maryland.

Ian on January 12, 2008 at 5:41 PM

You can say that again.

Stupid roughing-the-kicker penalty cost the Pack 3; 21-17 now.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 5:47 PM

Amazing rap. Talent + no money = phenomenal results. Go Paul Brogan.

I’d like to see the Colts do it again but the realist in me says that this will be a Patriots year.

I’ll pick Fred Thompson plus 14 (electoral votes) in the playoffs.

Mojave Mark on January 12, 2008 at 5:54 PM

Seattle is getting PWNED!
GO PACKERS!

lsutiger on January 12, 2008 at 6:00 PM

Another JUST DAMN! (© mhking) play from Favre keeps the driver alive.

Grant fully atones for his two fumbles with two touchdowns.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 6:00 PM

Favre is god…..Favre/Thompson ’08???

Big Daddy Cool on January 12, 2008 at 6:02 PM

I can handle that ticket BigDaddyCool!

wytammic on January 12, 2008 at 6:04 PM

At the half…

Green Bay 28
Seattle 17

So much for my under-43.5 call (and to think they made money this year).

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 6:05 PM

Favre is god…..Favre/Thompson ‘08???

Big Daddy Cool on January 12, 2008 at 6:02 PM

That ticket works. Favre is over 35, a natural-born citizen who’s been living in-country the last however many years that requirement is, and he and Thompson aren’t in the same state.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 6:06 PM

Vintage Brett Favre. My God, that man is amazing.

packsoldier on January 12, 2008 at 6:07 PM

I haven’t watched too many games this year, but Green Bay is impressive so far.

Zaire67 on January 12, 2008 at 6:19 PM

How ’bout them 5 time World Champion Dallas Cowboys???

How ’bout Fred Thompson?

Fred08

ReaganConservative3 on January 12, 2008 at 6:24 PM

Go easy, Pack…let’s save some for Dallas

Big Daddy Cool on January 12, 2008 at 6:28 PM

The Grade A can of Whoop-A$$ (Bryan, can I use the uncensored version here?) has been opened.

35-17 Packers.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 6:29 PM

Ian on January 12, 2008 at 4:24 PM

Go Skins? Missed last week’s game?

Bryan on January 12, 2008 at 4:29 PM

No, but I refuse to acknowledge they lost. :)

Ian on January 12, 2008 at 5:33 PM

Bryan, That is your standard “skin fan” talk right there. You should be used to it by now since you are a Cowboys fan in DC.

BTW go PATS

F15Mech on January 12, 2008 at 6:31 PM

Favre is god…..Favre/Thompson ‘08???

Big Daddy Cool on January 12, 2008 at 6:02 PM

Fave will only bring ion the Green Bay vote…

However a Schilling/Thompson ticket will get the vote of the nation.

F15Mech on January 12, 2008 at 6:37 PM

PACKERS IN THE SNOW BY A MILE!!!

Bruce Hendrix on January 12, 2008 at 6:40 PM

Mr. Electric Pants hits another field goal.

35-20 Packers.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 6:43 PM

Let the snow fly. I don’t think the Seahawks have enough day-glo green on their uniforms to help much.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 6:46 PM

Now what was that on Goose’s head? A rabbit?

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 6:47 PM

This new camera angle reminds me of coaching. Now if only the camera guy moved 15 yards down the sideline behind the offense we could get a better sense of what the players are doing.

Big Daddy Cool on January 12, 2008 at 6:49 PM

I hope you took the lumber (like I did) and the over (unlike me)

After 3:

Packers 35
Seahawks 20

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 6:50 PM

Go PATS!!!!

Mooseman on January 12, 2008 at 6:52 PM

pack very impressive

jpsc1 on January 12, 2008 at 6:53 PM

Getting worried yet, Bryan? :-)

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 6:54 PM

Yeah, I’d say Grant has redeemed himself. Wow. Classic Lambeau football!

packsoldier on January 12, 2008 at 6:55 PM

And that, as Packer Radio Network play-by-play guy Wayne Larivee just said, is your dagger.

42-20 Pack, and that TD by Grant sets a franchise record for TDs by a player in the playoffs and most points by the team in the playoffs.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 6:56 PM

And the John Deere 4×6 is out with the plow now.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 7:02 PM

I have to give a shout to one of my fellow Cheddarsphere friends, silent E. He’s got the pic of the day; Favre/Driver ’08 – VOTE 4 America’s Team

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 7:10 PM

game pretty much over, bring on Dallas or NY.

jpsc1 on January 12, 2008 at 7:18 PM

Turn on the lights, the party’s starting.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 7:21 PM

And in comes Rogers.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 7:26 PM

And the John Deere 4×6 is out with the plow now.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 7:02 PM

What ever you do, don’t ever mention snow plows on the field to Don Shula!

t was December 12th, 1982, and the Miami Dolphins came to Schafer Stadium to take on the Patriots. The day before, it had rained the whole entire day, that night the temperatures had plummeted, and the entire field of Astroturf had frozen solid with ice. On game day, a Nor’easter storm blew in and presented both teams with a snowstorm that dumped about 9 inches of snow on the two teams as they played. Neither team could muster much offense, as both teams combined through the entire game recorded only 11 pass completions. It had turned into an ice dancing smash mouth running game for both teams, and it appeared the game would be played to a scoreless tie. Both teams missed field goals during the game. But with less than 5 minutes left in the game, the Patriots had moved their way to within field goal range once again.

A time out was called, as John Smith (an interestingly fitting name), prepared to kick the field goal attempt. Mark Henderson was an inmate at the Walpole State prison. That day, he was on work release, running a snowplow at the stadium during the game. Quarterback Steve Grogan, and then head coach Ron Meyer, motioned for Henderson to drive his snowplow onto the field to clear the yard markers. When Henderson got to the spot where John Smith would be kicking from, he swerved his plow and brushed away the snow, giving Smith enough footing to attempt the field goal. Smith then made the 33-yard field goal, and the Patriots came away with a 3-0 win in the game. Don Shula was incensed, and accused the Patriots organization of deceitful practices, and the media went berserk over the snowplow driver.

Many stories followed that game, but the history was made, and Mark Henderson went down in New England legacy. Nowadays, it’s very rare to find a Patriot fan who has not at least heard of Mark Henderson, and what he did on that frozen December day also known as “The Snowplow Game”.

TheBigOldDog on January 12, 2008 at 7:26 PM

What was that about Brett Favre? Oh yeah…you can’t talk with your foot in your mouth, can ya?

Now it’s up to the Giants to make those coke-sniffers from Dallas cry…

MadisonConservative on January 12, 2008 at 7:30 PM

I didn’t know Shula read HA :-)

Besides, we do things on the up-and-up here in the land of cheese and beer.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 7:31 PM

It doesn’t get any better than this…bring on the Cowboys, Pats, ’72 Dolphins, whatever…the Pack can take any of them.

packsoldier on January 12, 2008 at 7:31 PM

BTW, I think the real Custer talked similar smack right before the Little Big Horn…

packsoldier on January 12, 2008 at 7:32 PM

1/4th of Conference Championship Weekend is set. Your final from the Snow Bowl:

Green Bay 42
Seattle 20

Wish I could stay to see another scare come into the Pats’ lives, but I have to go eat.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 7:34 PM

I hope the Packers get a crack at the Patriots in the Superbowl.

netdude5 on January 12, 2008 at 7:54 PM

Besides, we do things on the up-and-up here in the land of cheese and beer.

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 7:31 PM

It was completely legal at the time.

TheBigOldDog on January 12, 2008 at 7:56 PM

I’m a big Bills fan, but since they aren’t in it this year, I’ll root for my cousins favorite team the Packers.
Congrats to the Packers fans. Hope you can go all the way.
Gotta love those snow games.

Fires1 on January 12, 2008 at 8:23 PM

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go JAGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

;-)

Pachyderm on January 12, 2008 at 8:24 PM

Pats vs. Jags. Where’s the snow???

DfDeportation on January 12, 2008 at 8:33 PM

All football games should be played in the snow…. weather permitting

jpsc1 on January 12, 2008 at 8:52 PM

The Packers are self destructing….

TheBigOldDog on January 12, 2008 at 4:44 PM

Wow, Green Bay is making this the easiest game of the year. Seattle recovered two fumbles in a minute nine.

Oroso on January 12, 2008 at 4:44 PM

So much for any third of my call (Packers straight-up, Packers -7.5, under-43.5).

steveegg on January 12, 2008 at 4:45 PM

fahvra needs to retire…..yesterday

custer on January 12, 2008 at 4:45 PM

Some real brainsturgeons there. BWA HAAAA HA HA HA
Bring on South America’s team, or better yet, Little Manning up on the tundra.

oakpack on January 12, 2008 at 9:08 PM

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