My incredible NFL prediction skills…not!
For the first time in 8 years, I was able to watch every minute of every NFL Playoff game throughout the course of an entire weekend. Being that I was a slave to retail management since I was 19, of course, I never got my weekends off.
Now that I am working as an internet marketer in training, I have my weekends free.
When I sat down to make my picks for the weekend however, it seems though, that I forgot one very unavoidable rule:in the NFL playoffs, anything goes.
I finished the weekend 1 an 3. I picked the Eagles, Bengals and Packers to win, and of course, none of them did. My only win was in picking the Ravens to beat the Patriots, and even that I had listed as my long shot for the weekend. Go figure it was the only truly dominate performance in the four games we got to watch.
Hopefully next week I see things from a bit more topical level, and have a bit more success with my picks. Only time will tell.
Packers Linebackers should be dominant. For a long time.
One thing that is an unavoidable truth from this weekend’s games was this, the Packers have the most talented group of 
young linebackers in the NFL, which should mean shear dominance for years to come. Think of the Steelers and Saints of the 90’s.
The Packers have Nick Barnett anchoring the middle linebacker spot with A.J. Hawk and Clay Matthews and Aaron Kampman handling the outside linebacker pass rushing duties. To the average NFL fan, those names should ring a bell, but in the years to come, this talented young quartet could really stand to turn some heads.
When Dom Capers took over the defensive coordinator spot in 2009, he instituted a 3-4 defensive scheme–something the Packers have never done.
It proved to be successful this year. The “4 Pack of Backers” combined for 287 tackles and 18.5 sacks. That sack total should rise with a healthy Kampman in 2010.
What is better, none of these guys are older than 30. Packers defense FTW.
Just remember, you heard it here first, the Packers linebackers will go down as the best bunch to play in the 3-4 scheme. Better than Greg Lloyd, Kevin Green, Levon Kirkland and Chad Brown in Pittsburgh, and way better than Rickey Jackson, Pat Swilling, Sam Mills and Vaughn Johnson in New Orleans.
The Great White Hype?
Toby Gerhart, Heisman Trophy runner up, will not be a successful running back in the NFL.
Call it a hunch. I think he running style is too up right–which is okay when you have the strength and power of a Adrian Peterson, or Steven Jackson–but Gerhart does not.
I know he ran for 1871 yards and 27 touchdowns for Standford this year, I just do not see that translating to a strong NFL career as a running back.
Anyone else out there think the 6′1″, 235 pound Gerhart would make a great Dallas Clark-esque slot tight end? Thoughts?
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