Well good for Eli, Peyton's little brother who looked abysmal in  the first half, pulled it out today.  So far so good for the Manning family, one moves on.  Big brother will do the same next week.

 

This is about todays games. so back to the Giants/Buc game.  No one really gave the Giants a chance.  I did, after seeing Eli's performance last week, I just had a feeling that he woud come up big this week.  Like I said, it didn't start out that way.  But in the end, the Giants prevailed.

 

But now onto the real game of interest.  San Diego vs the Titans.  It was a rough, hard fought game, with lots of hard hits and some injuries.   But we know now that the Chargers will be visiting the Dome. 

 

 Vince Young had to leave the game in the first half after he was thrown to the ground hitting his head really hard.  Frankly I was surprised he was back in for the next series.  Antonio Gates also left the game, on a cart.  It will be interesting to see if he is able to come back next week at the Dome.

 

Rivers had a rocky start, as tid LT.  In the second half they did get things going.  Outplaying the Titans big time

 

I really don't see the Chargers giving the Colts much of a problem though.  Their defense is tough but we have had 2 weeks to prepare. for them, plus we played them earlier in the year so know what to expect.  I see The Colts just being able to outscore  San Diego.

Even with Rivers and LT,  tihis time Peyton won't be throwing to the other team.  You can be sure of that, and although iI don't think it will be that close, but if Adam needs to nail a last second field tgoial to win it, he won't miss this time.

 

So with the Wild Card games behinjd us, I think they pretty much played out like we though, except that the Giants handled Tampa Bay in their house.  Now let's get ready for the BIG BOYS, let's see how the Pats, and the Coilts, the Cowboys and the Packers do.  These are the teams that have been in the headlines all season  long.  The way I see it is that the Colts will handle the Chargers, the Jags may actually be able to handle the Pats, I'm not predicting they will win, but it may be a competative game.

 

As far as the NFC, I see the Giants going into Dallas and handling the Cowboys.  The Cowboys just have not looked great these past few weeks.  I see the Packers beating the Seahawks at Lambeau.

 

Let me know what your thoughts are on the Wild Card gmes and the matchups for next week.

 

One week from tonight the Colts will be heading to the AFC Championship game for the secoind year in a row.  GO COLTS!!