#1 Straight Ballin’ vs #4 Big Red.
This could be the ‘real’ Super Bowl as the 2 top scoring teams face off with many player having favorable matchups. It is rare that a #1 seed would be an underdog to a #4, but… Yahoo is projecting Big Red by almost 8 points.
Ballin’ has the advantage in QB with Favre, but since the Seahawks have become a pass first offense Hasselbeck has been on fire. Both QBs face bad defenses in the Rams and Panthers.
WRs slightly favor Ballin’ with Braylon, TO, and Fitzgerald, because Red’s Torry Holt is playing the Pack and may not have Bulger throwing.
RB’s greatly favor Big Red with Barber vs Philly and Addai at the porous Raiders. Gore should do well vs the Bengals for Ballin’, but Steven Jackson may have a tough time vs GB.
TE is a toss up with Cooley and Gonzalez. Cooley is a TD machine and Gonzalez gets the yards.
Kickers favor Ballin’ with Elam in Houston being more consistent this year than Rackers.
Defense heavily favors Big Red’s Pack playing the turnover happy Rams, while Ballin’ has the Steelers playing the Jags who make very few mistakes.
IDP also goes to Big Red with London Fletcher vs Ballin’s Ray Lewis. Both are playing offenses that turn the ball over quite a bit.
#2 Back to Cali2 (BOB) vs #3 Woopiecushions
Again, the #3 seed is projected to upset the #2 seed by 11. The Cushions had done an amazing job considering their first 2 picks were busts.
QB heavily favors Cali with Brady about to torch the Jets while Derek Anderson draws the average Bills.
WR is a draw on paper, but with Gaffney the new hot hands for the Pats and Welker both on the Cushions, it is hard to see them not getting more points than Coles, Rice and Roydell.
RB is a problem point for Cali as well. Rudi may run well vs the 49ers, but Wolfe may or may not get a lot of carries vs the VERY stout Viking run D. The Cushions should get another good game from Grant vs. the Rams and Jamal Lewis will be busy vs the Bills.
TE is Cali’s with Kellen Winslow vs the Bills compared with the Cushion’s revolving door that has Alex Smith as the pick of the week. Both teams have solid kicking situations with Stover vs the Dolphins for Cali and #2 kicker, Folk vs Philly
The Defenses are also close. Cali has the opportunistic #1 Vikings vs the Bears compared with the Pats facing the terrible Jets.
The Cushions #1 IDP Willis is a tackling machine and should fair well against Cali’s Urlacher.
Consolation bracket
The #5 seed Ogres are projected to win by almost 6 over renamed Hello Kitty. Both QBs have tough match ups vs the Bucs and Jags. Hello Kitty is gambling on the Raven D, taking them vs the hapless dolphins while the Ogres are hoping that Denver’s D last week was a trend and they find a way to stand up vs Houston. The fun will be watching the WRs. Ogres have the #7 WR with Greg Jennings, erratic Chad Johnson, and the explosive Steve Smith. Kitty has Lee Evens who could get one of those 200+ yard 3 TD games vs Cleveland, Branch on the now pass first Seahawks, and Roddy White who scored the last 3 weeks.
The #6 Raiders are a 10 point dog to the high scoring Ghostriders. The QB battle should be good with Peyton facing the Raiders for the Raiders (does that sound weird to you?) and Romo vs Philly. The WR favor the Ghostriders with TJ at SF and the now healthy Andre Johnson vs Denver. The Raiders start Battle (who is QB for SF?), McDonald in San Diego, and Vincent (absent) Jackson. For RB, Ghostrider has MJD and Kevin Jones with tough games vs. the Steelers and Charger Ds. The Raiders have it a good matchup with Stecker at home vs the Cards, but having to start Chris Brown in Arrowhead is tough. Gates gives the Raiders the TE advantage and Vinatieri has a better chance vs the Raiders (for the Raiders) than Gould in Minnesota. The Chargers D also favors A-Town, though Ghostriders Bucs are playing an Atlanta team in total disarray. James Harrison has a distinct advantage over Merriman since he will get playing time.
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