{"id":1928,"date":"2010-01-11T03:09:50","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T08:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/01\/11\/looking-forward-to-this-weekend%e2%80%99s-playoff-action\/"},"modified":"2010-02-25T20:19:03","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T01:19:03","slug":"looking-forward-to-this-weekend%e2%80%99s-playoff-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/01\/11\/looking-forward-to-this-weekend%e2%80%99s-playoff-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Forward to this Weekend\u2019s Playoff Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend offered up some entertaining football.  I am glad I stuck with the Green Bay\/Arizona game.  Unlike the Eagles, Patriots, and Bengals, the Packers where able to make a stunning comeback attempt.  This weekend all <a href=\"http:\/\/sportsdirect.usatoday.com\/odds\/usatoday\/odds.aspx\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/sportsdirect.usatoday.com\/odds\/usatoday\/odds.aspx', 'the home teams are favored');\" target=\"_blank\">the home teams are favored<\/a> to advance.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Dallas at Minnesota (-2.5)<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nDallas is hot \u2013 I like their chances over Minnesota, but if the Vikings live up to their potential they could roll all the way to the Super Bowl.  I just don\u2019t see it happening.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Arizona at New Orleans (-7)<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nNew Orleans was the class of the NFC \u2013 I don\u2019t like they way they slacked off at the end.  I understand trying to get everyone healthy, but I don\u2019t believe you can just turn it on at will.  Arizona has the offense to go toe-to-toe with anyone.  If they follow the game plans that Atlanta almost executed in their upset bids over the Saints, I think the Cardinals can pull off the upset.  Of all eight teams left in the playoffs, the Saints are the ones that I want to lose.  Always a Falcons fan until the bitter end!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New York at San Diego (-9)<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nWhile the Jets have the defense to stop anyone, I just get a feeling that the Chargers will do everything right to move on to the AFC Championship game.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Baltimore at Indianapolis (-7)<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nSpeaking of good defenses, the Ravens looked damn impressive in their win over the Patriots, but the Colts are a different team.  I do not see the Ravens shutting down the Colts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend offered up some entertaining football. I am glad I stuck with the Green Bay\/Arizona game. Unlike the Eagles, Patriots, and Bengals, the Packers where able to make a stunning comeback attempt. This weekend all the home teams are favored to advance. Dallas at Minnesota (-2.5) Dallas is hot \u2013 I like their chances &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/01\/11\/looking-forward-to-this-weekend%e2%80%99s-playoff-action\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Looking Forward to this Weekend\u2019s Playoff Action<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-1928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1928"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2344,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928\/revisions\/2344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}