Since I couldn't laugh at myself in the now bumped "Predict the Final Standings" thread, I may as well do my Super Bowl picks here.
WILD CARD
Ravens @ Chiefs
Jets @ Colts
Packers @ Eagles
Saints @ Seahawks
DIVISIONALS
Ravens @ Patriots
Colts @ Steelers
Saints @ Falcons - you heard me
Eagles @ Bears - Vick gets slowed down on the icy field by that D.
CONF. CHAMPIONSHIPS
Steelers @ Patriots
Saints @ Bears - Just can't see the Saints winning against that D on a snowy field with basically no run game.
SUPER BOWL
Patriots vs. Bears
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
--If you had just asked me going into the dance who'd be in the Super Bowl without actually doing all the match-ups, no way would I have picked Chicago. It's just kinda the way it worked out. My original NFC pick was the Saints, though I am just having trouble seeing it now with their run game essentially decimated. You need to be able to pound the rock in January, especially up north. Bears look like a solid play-off team; great D, good on the run, and can pass when they have to, they could surprise some people in the playoffs (if a #2 seed can be classified as "surprising" anyone).
That said, if the NFC Championship Game is Bears @ Falcons, I'd have to take Atlanta. I just like the Bears if the playoffs run through Soldier Field like they did in my picks.
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