{"id":1308,"date":"2007-01-22T10:22:02","date_gmt":"2007-01-22T15:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/2006-2007-nfl-playoff-challenge-round-3-the-post-mortem\/"},"modified":"2007-01-22T10:22:02","modified_gmt":"2007-01-22T15:22:02","slug":"2006-2007-nfl-playoff-challenge-round-3-the-post-mortem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/2006-2007-nfl-playoff-challenge-round-3-the-post-mortem","title":{"rendered":"2006-2007 NFL Playoff Challenge, round 3: the post-mortem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Funnily enough, when I was posting that Montaigne quote earlier, I didn’t even think about how it relates to my near-complete inability to get anything right with football picks. But 0-for-2 I went, dear readers! And now I’ve dragged Thane Rosenbaum into my web of crappy picks!<\/p>\n

It’s tough when the point-spread is off by an order of magnitude, but that’s how badly we (including my challenger) blew the Saints\/Bears game. The Saints picked a heck of a time to pull a stinker, with turnovers galore and intentional grounding in the end zone. I give plenty of credit to Chicago’s defense and running game, and virtually none to its QB, who demonstrated yet again that he has no idea when pressure is coming.<\/p>\n

But that’s the end of the line for New Orleans, who did a great job getting this far. I even cheered when Reggie Bush hot-dogged his way into the end zone. Sure, showboating isn’t sportsmanlike, but with Joe Horn<\/a> out, someone had to step up for the Saints!<\/p>\n

I was sad to see the Saints get whupped, especially when it felt like they were victims of their own mistakes. That’s taking credit away from the Bears, who forced a ton of turnovers and were able to play with far fewer mistakes.<\/p>\n

However, I’ve never been so happy to lose another pick as I was when the Colts knocked off the Patriots! Amy & I tuned out when it got to 21-3, figuring we’d watch the remainder of our latest Netflix movie, Living in Oblivion<\/a>. We checked the game out after the movie and found that it was 28-21. Amy wasn’t convinced, but I figured that at least we’d see an amazing finish for Tom Brady (while hoping that we’d see the Colts finally pull out the big win).<\/p>\n

I actually believed the Colts would pull it off when they scored their last TD. I also laughed about how Peyton would not<\/em> put the ball in the air for the last few plays and risk an INT. And I cheered when Indy intercepted Brady with 20 seconds left, icing the win. It was one of those finishes like in a horror movie, where you don’t believe the killer is really<\/em> dead.
\nAnyway, this weekend drops me to 2-8 for the playoffs, which is godawful embarrassing. Ron is 5-5, which isn’t exactly lighting the world on fire, but beats my ass.<\/p>\n

We’ll try to come up with some entertaining side-bets for the Super Bowl (party at my house!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Funnily enough, when I was posting that Montaigne quote earlier, I didn’t even think about how it relates to my near-complete inability to get anything right with football picks. But 0-for-2 I went, dear readers! And now I’ve dragged Thane Rosenbaum into my web of crappy picks! It’s tough when the point-spread is off by … <\/p>\n

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