{"id":1956,"date":"2010-01-24T06:30:02","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T11:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/01\/24\/nfl-championship-sunday\/"},"modified":"2010-02-25T06:45:04","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T11:45:04","slug":"nfl-championship-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/01\/24\/nfl-championship-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Championship Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the glorious day that the Lord has made \u2013 for Championship football!  Not much has changed since I wrote about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/01\/18\/a-quick-look-forward-to-the-nfc-and-afc-championship-games\/\" target=\"_blank\">AFC and NFC Championship games<\/a> last Monday.  The Colts and Saints are still favored, but there seems to be a ton of momentum from the pundits that favors the Jets in an upset over the Colts.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Colts over the Jets<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nI really do not see the Jets pulling this one out, but the reasoning from the so called \u201cexperts\u201d is that Rex Ryan\u2019s defenses are so damn complicated, that the Jets are going to confuse Peyton Manning with various blitz packages.  I think that logic is flawed, and while the game may be close, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/gamecenter\/2010012400\/2009\/POST20\/jets@colts\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/gamecenter\/2010012400\/2009\/POST20\/jets@colts', 'the Cots win');\" target=\"_blank\">the Cots win<\/a>.  Maybe not cover, but win nonetheless.  Besides, even if this one is a low scoring game, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/gamecenter\/2009122004\/2009\/REG15\/falcons@jets\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/gamecenter\/2009122004\/2009\/REG15\/falcons@jets', 'Falcons and Matt Ryan beat the Jets');\" target=\"_blank\">Falcons and Matt Ryan beat the Jets<\/a> in a \u201cmust win\u201d game for the Jets, and Atlanta (like a lot of other teams) made Mark Sanchez look like a rookie.  The Colts will do the same.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Vikings over the Saints<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nBesides wanting the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/gamecenter\/2010012401\/2009\/POST20\/vikings@saints\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/gamecenter\/2010012401\/2009\/POST20\/vikings@saints', 'Vikings to upset the Saints');\" target=\"_blank\">Vikings to upset the Saints<\/a>, I think they will for a couple of reasons.  First, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/gamecenter\/2009110200\/2009\/REG8\/falcons@saints\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/gamecenter\/2009110200\/2009\/REG8\/falcons@saints', 'Falcons easily exposed the Saints');\" target=\"_blank\">Falcons easily exposed the Saints<\/a> \u2013 their defense cannot handle a decent rushing attack.  Second, the Vikings defense should put pressure on Brees; of course he is capable of handling pressure, but I think Brees will be forced into a mistake or two which may make a difference in this high scoring game.  The X Factor here may be Percy Harvin; if he is out, Minnesota will have a difficult time winning.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the winners, I expect two great football games; cannot wait to crack open a bottle of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drbeerlove.com\/old-rasputin-russian-imperial-stout.shtml\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.drbeerlove.com\/old-rasputin-russian-imperial-stout.shtml', 'Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout');\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout<\/em><\/a> to enjoy on this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weather.com\/weather\/today\/Columbus+GA+31901\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.weather.com\/weather\/today\/Columbus+GA+31901', 'nasty stormy day');\" target=\"_blank\">nasty stormy day<\/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_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>This is the glorious day that the Lord has made \u2013 for Championship football! Not much has changed since I wrote about the AFC and NFC Championship games last Monday. The Colts and Saints are still favored, but there seems to be a ton of momentum from the pundits that favors the Jets in an &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/01\/24\/nfl-championship-sunday\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NFL Championship Sunday<\/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-1956","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\/1956","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=1956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2325,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956\/revisions\/2325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}