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Giants + 4 1/2 and ML +$180....this line is already down to 4 in some places so get the extra 1/2 point now if you like the Giants....I like the Giants in this one has they have the best shut down D of any of the remaining NFC teams...they shut the Cowboys down twice, and shut the Redskins excellent passing offense down this past week when the game meant nothing to them...I'm convinced they can shut anybody down including the Pack and Rodgers...can't run on them eihter..Giants running game better lately...enough to keep the Pack honest...think Giants O is good enough to put up 20 points against an average Pack D...don't think the Pack get to 20...Giants 20- Pack 16..and at 12:1 like the Giants to win the NFC...2nd longest odds on the board with the best D among the teams...I'll take it.

Miami+10...too many points for a playoff game....no matter who the QB is for Miami, either are at least an average QB...an average QB might not be good enough to win this game but their running game along with their front 7 of Miami will put Big Ben down a lot I think and/or throw a couple of interceptions...Brady picked them apart like he does everyone but Miami missing a DB or two in the game Sunday...Ben and gang should be fresh enough but don't think Pitts O line can control Miami's front 7 enough to make this a 10 point win...Ben will not be able to sit in the pocket to see his 3rd and 4th options....I don't see Miami laying an egg in this one...their whole team demeanor is not a soft team like it was in the past...their game Sunday didn't count and they kind of played like it...Miami keeps this tight...21-20 type game.

Lions +8...the least favorite of my picks this week but still a pick...Lions performance has been off for about 3 weeks now...they have shown they are inferior to Dallas, Giants and Pack...but Seattle? Not so sure...Seattle has not dominated at all this year...like their team, playing in Seattle used to be intimidating...something is missing this year...they barely beat the 49ers after losing to the Cards at home..are they "sandbagging"? ....maybe...or maybe they just aren't as good as they used to be...I'll bet on the latter just a bit...Stafford is a really top QB and think he'll have a good game and put up 20..I'll say Seattle 27, Lions 23....
 
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um sorry dude but giants aint getting a win in GB they are playing 3rd str8 road in only 17 days


IF they make it out of packers sorry man aint winning #4 roadie

a cover is a possibility freezing temps and winds cause low scoring games.

Packers are horrible ats after any lions win the bears also drop the cash after a lions win
 
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Pack have no run game. Secondary for giants is better than wideouts for gb. Rodgers needs all time effort to win this one.
 
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Lions +9

Lions +9

Like this a bit more with the line moving up 1 point to +9....if you look at the Seahawks this year, they really only blew out one team, the Panthers....I guess they toyed with a really lousy Rams team with a rookie QB too...but they didn't steam roll anybody this year...so why would they today? I think they don't....they don't steam roll teams this year because they aren't dominate anymore...good enough for a weak NFC West to win is about it....take the 9 points...I think the Lions can keep this one close the whole game..
 
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Miami +13 and Giants liking even more

Miami +13 and Giants liking even more

Everyone and their brother is calling for a Steeler blow out..hence, the jump from 10 points to 13 points as the spread...there's been no news I'm aware of to cause this to change as I think Tannerhill being out was factored in...Moore's a good backup so not a big deal anyway..there's a lot of talk about cold weather being a factor..that this is the first time Levian, Ben and Antonio have been healthy together, that the Fins haven't beaten a good team except the Steelers and they only won because it was so hot that day....my thoughts have nothing to do with any of those things...what I've seen with my own two eyes is a Steeler team with the better O and a Dolphin team with the better D. I'm not saying the game is even..but how much better than Miami's D is the Steeler O and vice versa? Not as much as 13 points would make you think IMO. The fact Miami beat them once by 15 makes you really wonder how the spread can be this high? Miami will try their usual conservative grind it out tactics and try to keep the ball away from Pittsburgh...I think they'll have some success that way, just like they did last time they played...Pittsburgh hasn't really stopped anybody lately on D...an very average Raven O almost beat them two weeks ago..they should have lost to the Browns last week...teams can and have put up points on the Steelers kind of routinely this year..Dolphins I think might get 17-23 or so.

Steelers O has been their strength..I don't think Levian (SP) will run wild on the Fins front 7...they are really athletic and bad asses...Ben was hurried last time these two played and got hurt...he didn't look shart against the Ravnes throwing 2 key picks....so I see the Steelers in the 20s somewhere...I could see a 27-17 or 28-20 type game today. Cold with some wind I think will keep the score down a bit...long drives by both teams I think will also keep the score down.

So I'm betting the Steelers don't get into the 30s and the Fins get at least 17...

The 2nd game is similar to the first with regards to one team having the better O and the other the better D....In this case, I think the Giant D is the best unit on the field and that's where they get the edge to win this one...Line has jumped a point as folks just love Rodgers and the streak the Pack is on...as I've already stated, I see the Pack having tons of trouble getting separation with their receivers and Rodgers running for his life...Rodgers doesn't like to throw into covered receivers so see him taking off a lot today...and the Giants front 7 tracking him down...if you see Rodgers signaling to his receivers to get open, or see him complaining to the refs, or see him limping around, or see him arguing with his head coach, then that's the beginning of the end for him...he's something special when the game goes his way and he controls the game, which he has done for 6 straight weeks...but he does unravel a bit when things don't break quite right...usually it's because the rest of the team is not doing enough as he said earlier in the season...just have feeling that's the Rodgers we see today (i.e., the frustrated, whiney version)...Eli, on the other hand, is just the same goofy QB...he doesn't get unraveled or flustered...but he can really have some stinkers with lots of picks...but the Pack D which was terrible at the beginning is now just mediocre...and the Giants will score in this one and Eli does just fine...I think this is the one outright upset in the playoffs and you don't need the points....nothing changed my mind since I wrote this first...
 
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