[Vigilantcitizen]

With the halfway point of the season upon us, the playoff picture will become clearer today.

With two teams high in the wildcard race having tough games, ravens and giants, teams below them have a good chance of making up ground for the wildcard.

[Vigilantcitizen]

Good article by John Clayton about the increased percentage of blitzes defenses are running this year.

Good article by Dan Pompei about the Patriots, and how their balance on both sides of the ball has contributed to their success.

[roadrunner96]

http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/NFL_SC-PRED

Some prognosticators predict on this page.

As I remarked earlier; how interesting that with the Spread, Pittsburgh is picked by 4 of 6 of the quote experts unquote to defeat New England-3. I can easily picture this as being a game where New England wins but by only 3 points.

In fact, 4 of the 6 "experts" are below 500.

Maybe I do not understand the spread rules that well. I do not see "Oakland @ San Diego (-5.5)" at all.

An interesting table to look at in that linked page.

[DoctorMichael]

Thanks for the schedule AND the highlighting of important games.

[Pharmboy]

Reporting from Giants country in Freeperland. I was at the home loss last week vs. the Lions and the parking lot before the game was the highlight of the day. If they can't come back today against the Vikes they'll look like pretenders.

Historical footnote: it was during their run to the SB in '86 that they were losing against Minnesota and Phil Simms completed a 4th and 17 sideline pass to Bobby Johnson. They won the game, and ran the string on the season from that point on. That is considered THE play of that season.

[Vigilantcitizen]

Are you ready for some football?

NFL week 8 ping.

[Allegra]

GO REDSKINS!!

I'm actually a die-hard TEXANS fan, but the Redskins need to win today because of that election thing that has held fast since 1933. Besides, I went to high school in the DC area and they're my second favorite team. ;-)

[Captiva]

ugh. I hate when the Browns are off.

Go New England!

(for today only)