Conference Round - Short Takes
The Super Bowl write up will be out this weekend, just wanted to take a brief moment to brag and put out a couple of random thoughts. The brag is about getting all the games right two weeks in a row; the conference round picks went 2 – 2 both straight up and against the spread which makes me 8 – 2 straight up and 7 – 3 against the spread for the playoff rounds. (All right, getting two games right is not all that big though I did get the exact score of the NFC game.)
My first observation comes out of the NFC game. Brett it is time to quit. The beating you are taking is showing; your ego is writing checks that your body can no longer cash. It is part of getting older. You can play about three quarters of a season but that is going to be decreasing precipitously. Look if you need to figure this out get someone who recorded the game to send you the cut aways to your wife and daughter.in the crowd during the fourth quarter.
Out of the AFC game it appears that the AFC East is no longer a one-team division. The Jets’ offensive line is outstanding, Sanchez does not have to be a great quarterback, slightly above average will be plenty good enough. This takes considerable pressure off his development; he can grow into the job because he does not have to carry the team. The Patriots are in for some stiff competition starting sooner rather than later.