SUNDAY JANUARY 20,2018

PLAYOFFS ROUND THREE(CHAMPIONSHIPS)

NFC CHAMPIONSHIP

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THE MATCH UP

RAMS AT SAINTS

Met once in regular season, Saints prevailed.

Rams and Saints are the top two teams in the conference. Both teams are very good on both sides of the ball. Both teams have many play makers that can come up with the big key play to win it for their team. I think the Saints have the better offense. While the Rams have the better defense.

This will be a close game. I think the Saints defense will take out Todd Gurley and that running game, leaving it up to Jared Goff to beat them. I do like the Saints run defense, they will be able to contain Gurley. If you can get pressure on Goff you can rattle him. The Saints will need to stop Aaron Donald any way they can and give Brees that extra split second. Wade Phillips will have to come up with something very clever to stop the Saints offense. I see them taking a page out of the Cowboys playbook, bringing all kinds of pressure from every direction to force Brees to make a mistake. Goff will need to have one of his best games if they want to win in New Orleans.  I think Sean Peyton will have a different game plan where he will use his two headed monster in the back field and wear out the Rams defense by running the ball and quick passes out of the back field.

I like the Saints in this one. NO PLACE LIKE THE DOME. I believe this year is the Saints’ year. Plus Drew Brees is a hall of fame quarterback and he is going to get the job done. I think Sean Peyton will ou- coach Sean McVay and Wade Phillips, throwing the kitchen sink at them.

OUR PICK: SAINTS

AFC CHAMPIONSHIP

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THE MATCH UP

PATRIOTS AT CHIEFS

Both teams have met in regular season with the Patriots prevailing.

Last time these two met it was a high scoring affair and a great game. I expect this match up to be another shoot out. The weather will be cold which both teams are used to. I do not see it affecting either team’s playbook. Tom Brady looked like his former self last week as the Patriots destroyed the visiting Chargers with ease. Chiefs led by Patrick Mahomes looked sharp as he guided his team over the red hot Colts. Both teams have very talented offenses. I think Kansas City with all their weapons of mass destruction gets the edge over the aging dinosaurs the Patriots have. I give the Chiefs the nod with the better defense especially how they put the brakes down hard on Luck and the Colts. Andy Reid is a great coach. However, the man under the hooded sweat shirt will have a better game plan. Most likely stole the Chiefs game plan somehow during the week. It is the playoffs, during which the Patriots are a different animal.

The big key to this game is the Chiefs at home. With the win last week over the Colts, they broke that nasty streak they were on with bad home playoff losses. They never had Patrick Mahomes during those games and he is a big difference. Even though the Patriots are different animal in the playoffs which they are, this is a road game for them. The Patriots  have been to more Superbowls than road playoff games. The Death Star is unstoppable in New England with the home cooking. Plus in the regular season the Patriots struggled big time. Tom Brady looked like a shell of his old self. I might be heading down a dark road with no head lights, but this is the game the Patriots fall in. The Chiefs defense will make Brady uncomfortable in the cold and with the loud fans it will not pleasant. I don’t think the Patriot defense can contain the Chiefs offense. I’m throwing out a bold statement in this prediction. This is the end of the Empire Empire. January 20, 2019 is the date where the Patriots empire will start to crumble. It will be a bad loss for them that eats away at the Death Star all off season like termites on wood. Big changes will happen. Give me an AMEN !!!!!

OUR PICK: CHIEFS