FOOTBALL IS HERE !!!! ... TIME TO GET IT ON

baseballfrk8998 · January 1, 2014

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Niners are the most complete team in the league, can't wait for us to show the world and rock Seattle.
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I wouldn't necessarily agree with that. The offense was ranked near the bottom of the league in terms of yardage. They were a bit better in terms of points at 11th (25.4) but that also factors in defensive scores.

The defense was seemingly Top 5 in everything, which is fantastic.

So, basically, they have a great defense and an average, to below average offfense.

New Orleans is probably the most complete team in the league right now in terms of offense and defense.
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Far above average offense. See I am not looking at stats for the entire season, I am referring to now, as in their 6 game win streak. No doubt the Niners offense hit a wall a times this season and their total team offensive stats will reflect that. What is their ranking through that time? Also what is their special team rankings?
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The offense has been better towards the end of the year, no doubt. I'm just not sold on Kaep I guess. Crabtree coming back did help though, no doubt about it. The game this weekend should be a lot of fun to watch. I'm excited!

scratchswinger · January 1, 2014

@baseball- if you had one survivor game for this weekend (pick one winner) who would it be?

baseballfrk8998 · January 2, 2014

I think I'd go with NO but I think any of the games could go either way. I'm not sure that there is a safe pick!

I must say that I'm most excited about the 2 NFC games. I think Philly and NO could turn into a shootout (not sure about weather) if Foles can handle the stage.

How about yourself?

scratchswinger · January 2, 2014

I don't have much faith in NO outdoors on the road. I don't see the Packers stopping the Niners running game and Kaep on third down. I would go with the Niners. Second pick would be Bengals.

RookieBlue7 · January 2, 2014

Safe pick in a survivor mode to me? Cincy followed by KC. KC is getting several guys back this week.

SilverBullets · January 2, 2014

Survivor picks, especially in the playoffs are tough. I think the Bengals are maybe the safest pick, but, as a Bengals fan is seriously concerns me. The Bengals have a history of not handling success well. Their defense is very banged up. With that said, they have been virtually unstoppable at home (knock on wood) and the Chargers are a West Coast team playing with a 3 hour time change at 1 PM EST. That doesn't set up well for them. It's going to be a high of 35* on Sunday but, that temp is likely going to be in the morning and my guess is by game time it will be in the 20's (a cold front is moving in Sunday, the low is 3* and the high on Monday is 6*). I would take Bengals but given their history am not sure how I would feel about it.

For me the next safest pick is NO. New Orleans has struggled on the road but they really have only struggled against very good teams. The Eagles play a Nickel D (5 in the secondary) and almost never put 6 in the secondary. That could be a problem against the passing attack.

I'm staying away from the KC/Indy matchup. Indy got them last week and are playing at home. KC's defense has been very vanilla and has struggled mightily in the back half of the season (I beleive they are dead last in total D for the second half of the year). With the lack of an explosive offense (outside of Charles) I look for KC to drop this game and make a early exit. SF/GB is another game I am staying away from. I think SF should make it to the SB this year, but, this game is in Lambeau and #12 is suiting up for GB.

RookieBlue7 · January 3, 2014

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Survivor picks, especially in the playoffs are tough. I think the Bengals are maybe the safest pick, but, as a Bengals fan is seriously concerns me. The Bengals have a history of not handling success well. Their defense is very banged up. With that said, they have been virtually unstoppable at home (knock on wood) and the Chargers are a West Coast team playing with a 3 hour time change at 1 PM EST. That doesn't set up well for them. It's going to be a high of 35* on Sunday but, that temp is likely going to be in the morning and my guess is by game time it will be in the 20's (a cold front is moving in Sunday, the low is 3* and the high on Monday is 6*). I would take Bengals but given their history am not sure how I would feel about it.

For me the next safest pick is NO. New Orleans has struggled on the road but they really have only struggled against very good teams. The Eagles play a Nickel D (5 in the secondary) and almost never put 6 in the secondary. That could be a problem against the passing attack.

I'm staying away from the KC/Indy matchup. Indy got them last week and are playing at home. KC's defense has been very vanilla and has struggled mightily in the back half of the season (I beleive they are dead last in total D for the second half of the year). With the lack of an explosive offense (outside of Charles) I look for KC to drop this game and make a early exit. SF/GB is another game I am staying away from. I think SF should make it to the SB this year, but, this game is in Lambeau and #12 is suiting up for GB.
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KC has also been playing without Justin Houston and Tamba Hali ... Both are back

SilverBullets · January 3, 2014

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Survivor picks, especially in the playoffs are tough. I think the Bengals are maybe the safest pick, but, as a Bengals fan is seriously concerns me. The Bengals have a history of not handling success well. Their defense is very banged up. With that said, they have been virtually unstoppable at home (knock on wood) and the Chargers are a West Coast team playing with a 3 hour time change at 1 PM EST. That doesn't set up well for them. It's going to be a high of 35* on Sunday but, that temp is likely going to be in the morning and my guess is by game time it will be in the 20's (a cold front is moving in Sunday, the low is 3* and the high on Monday is 6*). I would take Bengals but given their history am not sure how I would feel about it.

For me the next safest pick is NO. New Orleans has struggled on the road but they really have only struggled against very good teams. The Eagles play a Nickel D (5 in the secondary) and almost never put 6 in the secondary. That could be a problem against the passing attack.

I'm staying away from the KC/Indy matchup. Indy got them last week and are playing at home. KC's defense has been very vanilla and has struggled mightily in the back half of the season (I beleive they are dead last in total D for the second half of the year). With the lack of an explosive offense (outside of Charles) I look for KC to drop this game and make a early exit. SF/GB is another game I am staying away from. I think SF should make it to the SB this year, but, this game is in Lambeau and #12 is suiting up for GB.
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KC has also been playing without Justin Houston and Tamba Hali ... Both are back
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I believe Hali only missed one of the 8 game stretch in which KC had the worst defense in the NFL. Houston certainly missed a bunch of time but outside of 2 games he really didn't do a lot anyways (re 7.5 sacks combined in week 1 and 3... 3.5 combined in his other 9 games). I just don't see KC making a playoff push. Not versatile on offense. Defense has really struggled over the past 8 games.

And for what it's worth, Hali is looking extremely questionable for this week's game.