After last night's "win" Doc Rivers came on the radio this morning and called his team out. He asked the yahoos on WEEI who they thought stopped anyone (they couldn't come up with anyone). He also called his team out saying they needed 'individual pride'. Seems like a good idea to me, but this may be a risky move. The players may completely tune him out after this.
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Big Picture: You can question the wisdom of Ricciardi's offseason maneuvers, but the Blue Jays should be a fun team to watch in 2006. With the acquisition of Glaus, Lyle Overbay, A.J. Burnett and B.J. Ryan, they might have moved ahead of the relatively stagnant Red Sox as the biggest threat to New York in the AL East.
(AP) FOXBORO Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi and running back Corey Dillon were both on the field at the start of practice Tuesday.
Who do you think is going to win this first week?
Saturday, January 7
4:30 p.m. on ABC -- Washington (10-6) at Tampa Bay (11-5)
8:00 p.m. on ABC -- Jacksonville (12-4) at New England (10-6)
Sunday, January 8
1:00 p.m. on FOX -- Carolina (11-5) at N.Y. Giants (11-5)
4:30 p.m. on CBS -- Pittsburgh (11-5) at Cincinnati (11-5)
I'm going to play two different games. The first is to predict the complete route to the big game right now, the second is to pick each game each week.
The final standings are like this, which is important, since the highest seed plays the lowest seed in the NFL Playoffs:
AFC: Indy, Denver, Cinc, New England, Jacksonville, and Pittsburgh.
NFC: Seattle, Chicago, TB, NY Giants, Carolina, Washington
My complete pick goes like this:
AFC Wild Card: New England and Pittsburgh for the wild card.
AFC Division: Indy vs. Pitt (Pick Indy) and New England vs. Denver (pick New England.
AFC Championship: Indy vs New England (Pick New England).
NFC Wild Card: Washington, NY Giants
NFC Division: Seattle vs. Wash (pick Seattle) and Chicago vs. Giants (pick Giants)
NFC Championship: Seattle vs Giants (pick Seattle).
The Big Game: New England vs Seattle (pick New England).
In my second game, for wild card weekend, I'm picking Washington, New England,
Giants, and Pittsburgh. Then I'll see where I stand next week.
In game 1, picks for wild card weekend are 1 point, 2 for divisional picks, 3 for championship and 4 for the big game.
In game 2, picks are 1 point for each game you pick.
Can you beat my picks?
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Of course we'd rather face Jacksonville next week. Just looking at the matchups, it's obvious the Pats would rather face up with a team that has big question marks when it comes to the Quarterback position. Their defense may be good, but you have to wonder how they can advance in the playoffs without a decent offense.
It's nice the Patriots will be in prime time, too. Saturday at 8 PM will be a great time to sit down and enjoy the game. Hopefully, it will be a good game and they can get ahead quickly. I wouldn't want to come from behind against Jacksonville.
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