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[Birdman]

Only way the Bears win this is if the defense gets 2 TDs because that offense ain't likely to score

 

[Tom]

TD Saints. Baring some miracle that's it. The Bears have only six first downs and six punts and can't buy a third-down conversion.

 

[Birdman]

Hard to begrudge Cleveland that win last night. Best wishes to them for the rest of the postseason. I don't give them much hope in Arrowhead next weekend but that's a serious win against the Steelers.

Some serious introspection required in Pittsburgh

 

[Steve]

Saturday January 16th
Rams @ Packers - 9:35pm
Ravens @ Bills - 1:15am

Sunday January 17th
Browns @ Chiefs - 8:05pm
Buccaneers @ Saints - 11:40pm

All games are very hard to call for me.

The Ravens seem to have gotten over their slump, the Bills have been the hottest team over the closing weeks of the regular season and now have the monkey of a playoff win off their backs. It's extremely hard to predict which team wins it. I see this being a very high scoring game and I'm going to take Josh Allen to steer the Bills to the AFC Championship game.

The Chiefs have been impressive but have been just doing enough over the last few weeks. A week off is huge though and I have to fancy them despite the Browns basically freerolling here with zero pressure. If the Browns start like they did last week it could go to the wire though.

Packers versus Rams is an intriguing game. Green Bay have struggled mightily against some of the top defenses in the league this season. Jalen Ramsey on Devante Adams should be great to watch. I think Allen Lazard is a very important player in this one. He has not done much since coming back from injury but he needs to step up in this one. If he does then I think the Packers can sneak through in a low scoring affair. You don't know what you are going to get from Jared Goff from week to week, he looks average at best most often but sometimes he looks great and when he's like that the Rams are close to unbeatable. Fascintating game for me.

I have to pick the Saints because they've beaten the Buccaneers twice and convincingly both times. Still Brady looked pretty awesome last week and he does it in the playoffs better than any other player. Another great matchup. If the Saints win and face the Packers they lose, if the Buccaneers win they beat Green Bay.
If the Rams win it's a whole different ball game.

 

[Mouth]

Four terrific looking games in store. The Ravens vs Bills is the pick of them for me as I think it could be a bit of a shootout, of course it's a night game!

 

[David76]

Saturday January 16th
Rams @ Packers - 9:35pm
Ravens @ Bills - 1:15am

Sunday January 17th
Browns @ Chiefs - 8:05pm
Buccaneers @ Saints - 11:40pm

All games are very hard to call for me.

Los Angeles Rams @ Green Bay Packers
Rams are better defensively. By a fair bit. But not by as big as the discrepency in QB play. Packers by 7.

Baltimore Ravens @ Buffalo Bills
These two quarterbacks make me realise how little I know about football. I really expect both of them to fall on their arses, but Allen has moxy and Lamar's wheels are unreal. I think the Bills have the marginally better supporting cast across both sides of the ball, and with home advantage, I will take them to squeak it. Bills by 3.

Cleveland Browns @ Kansas City Chiefs
Yeah the vibe here and elsewhere recently is that the Browns are on a roll. And that the Chiefs are not what they used to be. But every time I see Mahomes, Hill, Kelce need to get it done, they find a way. I think the Chiefs are a much better team, even defensively. Chiefs by 10, but I would love to be proven wrong.

Tampa Bay Bucanneers @ New Orleans Saints
The Saints have this machine-like quality. Every part seems to be well made, and it all links together well on both sides of the ball. That said, I think the Tampa Bay offense is absolute diamond, built on a very good OL with ridiculous playmakers. I think this is the hardest game to call. I will go with the Saints purely because they don't have a glaring weakness. NO by 1.

 

[Bandit]

I don't think the Browns will trouble the Chiefs much but the other 3 games should be close. I know the Saints have bested the Buccaneers twice already this season (smashed them in the 2nd game) but I reckon the Bucs are peaking at just the right time and could do it on the third time of asking.

Ravens v Bills looks the most interesting game though.

 

[Dylan]

Hard to see the Rams living with Green Bay tonight. Even with a healthy Goff they'd struggle to put much more than 17-20 points. The only way they beat Green Bay, in my opinion, is if they turn it over a few times and put up some points on the defensive side or give the offense some very short fields.

I like Buffalo in the other game, I think there's been a bit of an overreaction to last week in relation to both Buffalo and Baltimore. Buffalo have been great for around 10 weeks, last week they weren't great, but ended up with very poor starting field position all night last time, the Colts played about as well as expected and Buffalo still found a way to win. Baltimore put up some yards on the Titans, who have one of the worst defenses in the league. I'd expect Baltimore to be able to gain some yards on the ground but I think in the end Buffalo will have too much firepower for them.

 

[Gromit]

Ravens - Bills - Josh Allen and the Bills have been brilliant but I think it ends here. Ravens to win.

Browns - Kansas - I don't think it will be an easy game for the Chiefs, their starters haven't played for a while and I think teams are starting to figure them out. Their last few games have been tight and we might expect another one. Think they'll still do it though.

Tampa - Saints - Saints did beat them 38-3 earlier on in the season but I have a feeling Brady will pull it off this time. Should be a good game but I have a feeling Tampa.

Rams - Green Bay - You know what, I think Ram will get another upset. Everyone wrote them off before the Seattle game and I assume many will do the same for the Packers game. Packers always choke in playoffs and I think they will once more.

 

[Birdman]

Packers in this for me. Rams are too limited offensively. Packers have better balance both sides of the ball.