bold
- adj.adjectiv
- Fearless and daring; courageous.
- Requiring or exhibiting courage or daring.
- Unduly forward and brazen; impudent.
- Strikingly different or unconventional; arresting or provocative
Looking back at last week’s games, I was fairly on point with my game winner predictions; SEA and NE both showed well, while the DAL/GB game could have gone either way right there at the end. While I did pick DAL to win in a close game, I think that negated Dez Bryant catch was the difference in me being right or wrong. My brain says that the officials got that one right by the letter of the rule but, much like the Calvin Johnson catch; every time I watch that replay my eyes tell me that was a catch and fumble. The one game I wasn’t even close on was the IND/DEN game. The Colts defense decided to show up and Peyton Manning just looked horrible.
Looking at my BOLD predictions, I was close on a few but technically only got one correct. Let’s take a look at my predictions.
What I got right:
Lynch has less than 75 rushing yards – The Carolina defense looked good for most of the day, and corralled Lynch for 59 yards on 14 attempts.
What I got wrong:
Brady throws 5 TDs – This one was interesting. Brady getting a rushing TD is so rare that it could be a BOLD prediction in itself. Regardless, this was a miss as Brady ended the day with 3 passing TDs and 1 rushing.
Flacco has more total TDs than Brady – This was so close to happening right at the end of the game, but Flacco decided to throw an interception in the endzone instead of the TD. Both Brady and Flacco ended with 4 total TDs.
Benjamin has 100+ and 2 scores – This kid had a great season and is going to be fun to watch over the next few seasons. Sadly, last weekend he fell short of my prediction; logging only 75 yards and 2 TDs.
There will be 400 total rushing yards in this game – Not even close on this prediction. The teams combined for 264 rushing.
Rodgers throws two INTs – It’s not that the Dallas defense is impressive, but I tried to play the averages here and I got bit. Even an injured Rodgers doesn’t throw interceptions at home. Rodgers’ home streak without throwing an INT survives the season.
CJ Anderson scores 3 times – What a letdown, of a game and a prediction. The Denver offense just looked pathetic. Anderson was unable to find the endzone all day.
Luck has 4 turnovers – Luck did have 2 INTs, but he didn’t fumble and ended the game with only the two turnovers. Two is still pretty bad, and he probably won’t get away with doing that and winning in his remaining playoff game(s).
You guys were a little more accurate this week. I received predictions from 14 people, with some people submitting multiple predictions that brought the total for the week to 23. Russell Wilson was the most common theme of your predictions, all from SEA fans. I received several predictions of him with 300 or 350 yards or that he would have 4 or 5 touchdowns. All of them fell a little short. Jive again rolled with the “all home teams winning” prediction and fell one game short of being correct. CD had her games confused, as she had GB winning big and the SEA/CAR game being decided by one score.
Noshoes leads this week with two correct predictions, and he was close on one or two others.
What you got right:
Noshoes – BAL blows a double digit lead.
Noshoes – Rodgers relax quote is referenced at least 8 times during the game.
MTGriz – Luck nor Manning throw more than 2 TDs
Not BOLD but accurate –
VMCAU – I boldy predict that Hawks fans will be jizzing all over themselves here and MFA will say a bunch of really stupid shit.
Moving on to next week –
GB @ SEA – I would feel a lot better about GB in this game if Rodgers wasn’t hobbled. Going into SEA is already tough, tougher in the playoffs, but doing with a QB that is sporting a bum leg is going to be rough. Rodgers needs to get the ball out fast and hope his o-line helps him out. I also don’t think they can afford to just not throw at Sherman in this one. I give GB a punchers chance in this game, but the way SEA is playing right now I just can’t pick against them this week. I think the game is much closer than the week 1 matchup, but SEA wins. My predictions for the game are:
Lacy has more rushing yards than Lynch.
Wilson is sacked more times than Rodgers.
IND @ NE – The Colts defense was the surprise of the playoffs last weekend. How much of that was a better gameplan and on the Colts and how much was on a clearly injured Peyton Manning is the big question. Going into the Foxboro, the Colts defense will need a repeat performance to have a shot in this game. The last game these teams played was not even close, with the Colts losing 42-20. Luck wasn’t particularly bad that day, but the Colts could get nothing going on the ground (Luck led the team with 15 rushing yards, while Bradshaw and Richardson combined for 4 yards on 13 attempts). The Colts will need an answer for Gronk, and they will hope that Herron is able to get something going on the ground. I’m going to pick the upset, Indy wins in a close game. My predictions are:
Gronk has 100+ yards and a score.
There are at least 4 turnovers in this game.
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