both teams were projected to go deep in the playoffs, and anyone who picked either team to win it all wasn’t considered insane (I picked the Jets back in June, actually). The Colts’ll be fine down the line as long as Peyton Manning is healthy, but something tells me things would be a bit more volatile if the Jets were to vanish in round one.
Match figure
Date : 09 january 2011
Start : 19 : 00
ANALYSIS
Both teams pretty much snuck in the backdoor of the playoffs, needing other teams to fall apart like a soggy Caesar wrap to secure their spots. While the Jets haven’t lived up to lofty expectations, and even though they’re playing on the road here in the Wild Card round, I’m taking them in the upset. The Colts’ winning record is no indicator of how they’ve struggled late in games against supposedly inferior opponents. A crushing defeat to San Diego, an overtime loss to Dallas, and a narrow win over Tennessee doesn’t bode well against an offense that’s going to disguise every one of Mark Sanchez’s weaknesses with a thunder and lightning running attack. It remains to be seen if Sanchez really can play mistake-free, but that’ll be the order of the day for the Jets. And if Peyton Manning has but one slip-up, the Colts just might be doomed early.
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Match figure
Date : 09 january 2011
Start : 19 : 00
ANALYSIS
Both teams pretty much snuck in the backdoor of the playoffs, needing other teams to fall apart like a soggy Caesar wrap to secure their spots. While the Jets haven’t lived up to lofty expectations, and even though they’re playing on the road here in the Wild Card round, I’m taking them in the upset. The Colts’ winning record is no indicator of how they’ve struggled late in games against supposedly inferior opponents. A crushing defeat to San Diego, an overtime loss to Dallas, and a narrow win over Tennessee doesn’t bode well against an offense that’s going to disguise every one of Mark Sanchez’s weaknesses with a thunder and lightning running attack. It remains to be seen if Sanchez really can play mistake-free, but that’ll be the order of the day for the Jets. And if Peyton Manning has but one slip-up, the Colts just might be doomed early.
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