NFL Wildcard Sunday 2012 Preview

Alex B.
Ride The Pine
Published in
2 min readJan 8, 2012

So we are lazy and mostly like to look at pictures of girls, but we’ll take a complete of minutes during the 2012 NFL Playoffs to make some picks. With no research or effort, we base our decisions strictly on hearsay and things that have nothing to do with the actual game…Enjoy.

Well, well, well, it looks like I went two-for-two with picks yesterday so for anyone thinking I’m a fool…you’re probably still right.

Atlanta Falcons vs New York Giants

I feel like the Falcons are one of those “fake” good teams. They do well during the regular season because they play in a crappy division, they may even have a big win against a top tier time during the regular season but ultimately get housed in the playoffs. I’m pretty sure Matt Ryan has yet to win a playoff game and I expect that to continue today. This will be one of those games that Eli will play out of his mind too and Sportscenter will spend the next three days debating on if he really is an elite quarterback like he said he was in the beginning of the year. One of the Giants defensive guys called the Falcons offensive line “dirtbags” which should add a little spice to the game, I’m keeping my fingers crossed for a couple of blatant nut grabs. The Giants are already in that playoff mindset with their win in a do-or-die game last week against the Cowboys and come out on top in a pretty close game, maybe featuring some OT.

Winner: Giants (by 3–10)

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Denver Broncos

The sentimental side of me wants Tim Tebow to have a dramatic comeback in the fourth quarter to lead the Broncos to victory…but I don’t think the game will be that close. Get ready for the “can Tebow have a career in the NFL conversations?” because the Steelers are going to roll big and make Tebow look real bad. I know Big Ben has the bad ankle but let’s be honest he’s allegedly assaulted girls in bathrooms with worse injuries.

Winner: Steelers (by 14+)

--

--