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... Chargers to Win ( 8 out of 9 ... how many times have they been wrong?)
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Well, they are 30-6 so far picking winners in the postseason.
Wow. Look at all those Pats haters across the ESPN picks grid. Amazing. Only Sasisbury is in our corner.
Last week all the home teams won (unlike the previous two years in wild card round when they went 1-3 each year) and this is the week when the visiting teams win. I expect at least two and maybe three visitors to winNo need to be a rocket scientist in the first round. My dog could have gone 4 for 4...
actaully...bill simmons has us too lol
"Patriots (+5) over CHARGERS I know how it looks on paper. I know the Pats have to play perfectly to win. I know they can't turn the ball over. I know they have to knock Tomlinson around like they did Marshall Faulk in Super Bowl XXXVI. I know they can't give up any long plays to Antonio Gates. I know they can't screw up on special teams. I know they have to run the ball, keep running the ball and keep San Diego off the field. I know that it's intimidating to face a San Diego defense with two known steroid guys on it -- after all, people who use steroids are prone to violent acts of rage.
But I also know these four things:
A. Two Januarys ago in this space, not only did I vow never to pick Marty Schottenheimer in another playoff game but I gave you permission to slice my Achilles tendons if it happened.
B. Marty's playoff record is 5-12; Philip Rivers' playoff record is 0-0.
C. The playoff record for Belichick and Brady as a team: 11-1.
D. Not only are the Pats getting five points but they're nearly 2-to-1 underdogs. If I took you to a boxing match where an 11-1 heavyweight was fighting a 5-12 heavyweight, then suggested "Let's wager on this -- you take the 5-12 heavyweight, I'll take the 11-1 guy, and you give me 2-to-1 odds," is there any way you would take that wager?
Didn't think so. Maybe the Patriots can't win in Baltimore (we'll get to that next week), but they can absolutely win in San Diego. And they will.
The Pick: New England 30, San Diego 27.
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