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Baltimore Ravens @ New England Patriots - Sunday, 3:00 PM ET

New York Giants @ San Francisco 49ers - Sunday, 6:30 PM ET

Predictions, projections and general ramblings...post 'em here.

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Patriots over the Ravens, 27-20
An ugly win is still a win...and this one is as ugly as a Steve Buscemi - Renée Zellweger lovechild.

49ers over the Giants, 31-23
49ers sack Eli Manning 5 times, cause 4 turnovers and never trail in this game.

Patriots + Giants

Both teams peaked at the right time.

If there is a god

Ravens over cheaters

49ers over Giants

After watching last week's SF-NO matchup, I have a hard time believing that the 49ers aren't peaking at this point as well... It was the best team performance I've seen from my beloved Niners since Steve Young was under center.

Ravens and Niners.

The Patsies have lost to every tough opponent they have faced this season.  As well as Buffalo.  Wins over the Chiefs, Raiders, Dolphins, Eagles, Colts, Redskins, and others don't make you a great team.  Every time they've been tested, they've failed.

The Giants are frauds.  The Niners defense is WAY better than the Packers, and there won't be random hail mary passes at the end of the half.

Patriots & 49rs. 

Ravens and niners

But it's still the Patriots and the play-offs. I think you still have to give them the benefit of the doubt.

I say it'll be a rematch, the Patriots vs the Giants, but I'd love to see the Ravens vs the 49ers.

I want to see a Niners/Ravens Superbowl.....

But my gut is telling me it will be the Pats/Giants.

Rematch of Super Bowl XXXV, with the opposite result.

Its easy to say rematch.  Its unlikely that it will happen.

I feel strongly that the Pats will lose.

Brian, I'm pretty sure you didn't read my post.

I'm taking the Ravens and the Niners as well.  Defense wins championships

Pats/Giants (now that I pick them they'll lose)

you're right - So many people have been saying "rematch of 2007" that I didn't bother paying attention to the numbers.

San Francisco vs New England

F the Giants and Ravens

Ravens vs 49ers.

Just to hear the 4 letter network debate. Who's more elite? Flacco or Smith. It ist a quarterback driven league after all.

Giants and New England. 

My prediction in my original post is my hope as well. I want to see a 49ers-Patriots Super Bowl really bad.

The young ferocious Niners defense vs Brady and the mighty Tight E's...
The Hooded Evil One vs this year's NFL Coach of the Year...
Alex-Gore-Davis-Crabdiva against an NAIA-caliber defense...

Break out the beer and nachos, baby...that would be a SB worth watching!

But first, the Giants.  GO NINERS!!

These are 2 tough games to call.

I see the NFC game literally as a toss up.

On the AFC side I find it tough to see Cam Cameron in a Super Bowl even as an assistant and he has been terrible this year calling that offense. And I am not sold on Flacco being anything special anymore, I have soured on him. With that said the Pats defense could stink the place up which they have been known to do.

For gambling purposes I would probably take the points in both games but I don't even feel strongly about it. Really 2 games to avoid from a betting standpoint.

I'm rooting for an all Harbaugh family Superbowl.

I think the Ravens should have gone for it because when you play the Patriots, you need all the points you can get.         

I predict the turning point of this game will be the first drive of the second half.   

the pats are going to end up rolling big time in the 2nd half - that's just what they do.  nobody adjusts better at halftime than belichik.  those 2 TE's just cannot be covered.

Well, it looks like my prediction is coming true.  The Ravens need to keep the Patriots out of the endzone here.   

I told ya its the pats and the playoffs. Things just go their way. A missed 20 yard field goal and a dropped touchdown pass?

The Ravens should have gone for it.  They needed a TD on that drive because they weren't winning that game if it went into OT. 

Cam Cameron lost that game along with Harbaugh. 3rd and 3 and you RUN out of the shotgun? Seriously? Then Harbaugh goes for it on 4th and 6 and doesn't try a long field goal to tie it?

Shows no confidence in your kicker. Then when you call on your kicker for a chippy 32 yarder, well that's what you get.

Cam and Harbaugh lost that game for them. Took it out of the players hands with terrible decisions.

Wrong.  The refs screwed up this game.  Calling defensive holding on a pick by the Ravens early on was bad enough.  That was incidental contact.  But denying Lee Evans a touchdown late in the game was inexcusable.  He caught that ball and took two steps before the ball was knocked out of his hands. 

That was NOT a touchdown by Lee Evans. The refs have been consistent calling that all year. Must have possession through the play on touchdowns, Evans hardly had the ball in his hands. The Ravens choked plain and simple.

Seriously, let's not go there.  Remember the first half catch by the Patriots that wasn't challenged?  The Ravens lost fair and square.  They chickened out and choked.   

This just in...





That is all.

Whoever it is, beat the stinkin' Pats.

not just beat, fucking Annihilate

Ted Ginn would have come in handy.  Kyle Williams is the goat in today's game.       

One of the better games played.

The two teams with the better offenses won today.

That's the long and short of it for sure.  It was the difference in the game for multiple reasons.

Funny how the teams with the better offenses won, yet it still came down to defense & special teams.

The passed opportunity for a field goal on 4th-and-6 would have been a 50-yarder; Cundiff is 1 for 10 lifetime on kicks of 50+ yards.  A decision by Harbaugh to attempt a 50-yarder would have effectively been him giving up on the game and picking a scapegoat to blame for the loss.

I edited my last post because I said the wrong Williams.  I was thinking of Kevin Williams' fumble in the 1994 NFC championship when I typed my previous post.          

Yes...I really don't like the Giants, but I want to see a 43-3 beat-down that cripples the Pats forever.

Actually it was VERY close to a TD. Evans did not drop the pass, it was knocked out of his hands after the catch so he doesn't have to maintain possession throughout the catch, however he does have to touch down with both feet in the endzone prior to the ball being knocked out for it to be a TD and it was VERY close. Just before the 2nd foot comes down the ball is knocked out, but it's like a split second. I think the call was right, but it was much closer than you are insinuating. Give NE's DB credit. That was not a choke, that was an extremely well timed swat of the ball by the DB.

The kick is another story.

Hold Williams down with a bed sheet, I'll get the soap and socks.




To: New York,

You're welcome.  - Kyle Williams

I do find it hilarious that the 49er fans, when -2 in turnover ratio, are screaming endlessly about how SF lost the game (NYG didn't win it) and the Giants are sooooo lucky.  Yet the week before, when they were +4 in turnover ratio and won on a last second TD, well, that was just the better team winning!

The "fumble" on the punt when it his knew wasn't lucky.  It was utter stupidity on behalf of the 49rs player. 

Kyle Williams is the goat for sure...those two return blunders, for time and situation, were about as big as mistakes get. Spidey's perpetual anti-49ers whining aside, the better team won that game. The Giants defense was tough all game, especially on 3rd down, and SF couldn't maintain any long drives.

Even with the loss, I'm proud of the run my football team went on this season, and think they have the talent to be right back in contention next year. Props to the Giants on the W...hope they destroy the Patriots and keep the title in NFC hands.

As you should be.  Going from 6-10 to 13-3 and in the NFCCG is a huge jump and knocking out the Saints is nothing to sneeze at.  The coach clearly has the team going on the right path.

   

Do you think the outcome would have been different if Ginn was handling return duties?

^^^ Hard to say. I wouldn't normally expect Kyle Williams to make those mistakes, so how could I say that Ginn would have avoided that bounce, or held on to the ball when the defender slapped at it.

One thing is certain...the 49ers definitely need to add some receiving talent this offseason, whether it be a highly drafted rook or a FA signing. Vernon Davis is a beast, but he can't do it alone. Crabdiva is talented but inconsistent, and while I hope that is something that will come with more maturity, I won't hold my breath while the hoping is going on.

It certainly does appear that the 49ers have turned the page, and with a little roster tweaking will be regularly competing with NO and GB for NFC titles.

I gotta give the 49'ers credit Sunstroke, their defense has impressed me. Smith however does not and I think the turnover ratio was something of an aberration. I don't think they'll be 13-3 next year, but they probably won't have to and will probably still win the West.

Congrats on turning the corner.

Now can you please remove the curse on the Dolphins? Please. :)

What you say is true, however, I'm surprised you would say this the day after such a devastating loss.  I'm never deeply affected by what happens with the Dolphins, but if they had lost a game like this, I would be focusing on how close they came and what went wrong the day after the game.  I guess it's different when you've witnessed five Super Bowl championships.  I definitely see the 49ers taking the division again next year, however.