NFL Divisional Round - Sunday Picks

San Diego @ Indianapolis
The Chargers did beat the Colts in week 8. They still have LaDanian Tomlinson. That's about all I see in their favor. The win certainly wasn't tainted, but it wasn't something that gives me confidence they'll do it again. The Colts were on the road in San Diego a week after their loss to New England. They also were without several players who were hurt. Almost all will be back for this one and it will be in Indianapolis. In that game, Peyton Manning threw six interceptions. Yet, the Chargers still needed the Colts to miss a field goal with a minute and a half left to hold them off.

That's not the only reason I'm not picking the Chargers. They looked like crap against a Tennessee Titans team that was playing without a quarterback. Technically, Vince Young is a quarterback, but he doesn't act like one on the field. That Titans team barely squeaked by the Colts' backups in week 17 even though they needed to win to make the playoffs. Frankly, last week's performance by San Diego was slightly uninspiring. And how happy would you be if your team was in the playoffs and Norv Turner was your coach? While I'm not a big Tony Dungy fan, he's better than Turner. Plus, rumor on the street is Dungy could very well be retiring at the end of the season. I'm sure his players have heard and will probably have a little extra motivation. So, do I think the Chargers can win? Sure, if Manning throws six interceptions. Since he does that very infrequently, I'm taking the Colts.

New York Giants @ Dallas
Some big controversy going on. Dallas quarterback Tony Romo spent the bye week in Mexico with Jessica Simpson. This was after he completely crapped himself while playing the Eagles in front of her. What exactly is there about her that is supposed to screw up his game? Is she Kryptonite? Did she break his junk or something? I do understand the criticism of him being in Mexico even though it's a bye week. This is the playoffs. Don't lose focus especially when you finished the season rather poorly. Kind of like not losing focus when a ball is hiked to you for a game winning field goal.

Now, teammate Jason Witten came to Romo's defense because he was actually down in Mexico with them and ...............wait a second. I see what's going on. Romo and Witten are homos. This Jessica Simpson thing is just a scam to cover their flaming affair. Sure, she's still hot, but her last movie went straight to video and I'm not sure she sings anymore. Actually, I'm not really sure what she sang before, but my guess is that it qualifies as music. So, it's not surprising that she could be looking for a little publicity by hooking up with a potential NFL Super Bowl quarterback. And she was married to some dude in a boy band so she's used to being around guys with ambiguous sexuality. It's a win-win for everyone. She gets some face time on a national broadcast. Romo gets to hide his love of buggery.

Anyway, back to the game. I think at full strength the Cowboys are clearly superior to the Giants. That's why they won twice during the regular season. There's been talk that Terrell Owens will be a game time decision due to a sore ankle, but I think everyone knows that the biggest media pimp won't take a chance on missing a playoff game. I think quarterback is the key. Everyone should know by now that I have a healthy disrespect for Eli Manning's big game play, but I don't hold Romo's any higher. As the season went on, he didn't play well. His only previous playoff experience ended with the fumbled snap, but he really hadn't done anything up to that point. So, whichever quarterback doesn't screw up in the fourth quarter will win. I'll go with the Cowboys.