NFL Playoff IDPs (1 Viewer)

[Jeff Pasquino]

What say ye?

I'm working on my own lists now.

 

[Jene Bramel]

I'm in agreement with most of your playoff expectation numbers, except I'd flip Indy and Balt over Pitt and SD in your AFC expectations. Toughest thing about this bracket is that my first instinct for every WC weekend game is to take the away team.

I think the teams with the best chance at playing three or more games are Indy, Bal, SD, NY and CAR. Not as confident about PIT, PHI and TEN. So wide open, though.

Among LBs, I'd lean toward Keiaho, Lewis, Pierce and Beason over Cooper, Harrison, Farrior, Bradley, Bulluck, Davis and Jordan. I'd be very nervous about Crowder and Dansby.

Among DLs, I like Suggs, Tuck, Peppers, Kiwanuka and Mathis over AaSmith, Cole and VDB, though I could easily be persuaded to risk Cole.

DBs are a mess. I suppose I'd be looking at Weddle and maybe Bethea, but would probably think hard on a bunch of big play corners like Hayden, Jammer, Webster, Gamble, Marshall, Taylor, Samuel, Finnegan and the like. Unless you're in a best ball lineup, I think this is a -- consider Weddle, then grab some guys late and hope for the best.

 

[Jeff Pasquino]

Good job Jene as always.

You convinced me to bump up Freddie a few notches, but here's my Top 10 at each:

DL:

Trent Cole
Terrell Sugges
Justin Tuck
Mathias Kiwanuka
Dwight Freeney
Julius Peppers
Aaron Smith
Jared Allen
Haloti Ngata
Albert HaynesworthLB:

Ray Lewis
James Harrison
Antonio Pierce
Stewart Bradley
Jon Beason
James Farrior
Freddie Keiaho
Lamar Woodley
Keith Brooking
Chad GreenwayDB:

Ed Reed
Quntin Mikell
Troy Polamalu
Bob Sanders
Antoine Bethea
Chris Gamble
Lawyer Milloy
Brian Dawkins
Quentin Jammer
Corey Webster

 

[Jeff Pasquino]

I'm in agreement with most of your playoff expectation numbers, except I'd flip Indy and Balt over Pitt and SD in your AFC expectations. Toughest thing about this bracket is that my first instinct for every WC weekend game is to take the away team.I think the teams with the best chance at playing three or more games are Indy, Bal, SD, NY and CAR. Not as confident about PIT, PHI and TEN. So wide open, though.Among LBs, I'd lean toward Keiaho, Lewis, Pierce and Beason over Cooper, Harrison, Farrior, Bradley, Bulluck, Davis and Jordan. I'd be very nervous about Crowder and Dansby.Among DLs, I like Suggs, Tuck, Peppers, Kiwanuka and Mathis over AaSmith, Cole and VDB, though I could easily be persuaded to risk Cole.DBs are a mess. I suppose I'd be looking at Weddle and maybe Bethea, but would probably think hard on a bunch of big play corners like Hayden, Jammer, Webster, Gamble, Marshall, Taylor, Samuel, Finnegan and the like. Unless you're in a best ball lineup, I think this is a -- consider Weddle, then grab some guys late and hope for the best.

I think we differ on INDY personnel.Keiaho is supposedly moving to the middle and Hagler to WLB. Davis to #4.Maybe I'm leaning to bigger name, but I like Freeney over Mathis.How can you not like Ed Reed?

 

[Jene Bramel]

I'm in agreement with most of your playoff expectation numbers, except I'd flip Indy and Balt over Pitt and SD in your AFC expectations. Toughest thing about this bracket is that my first instinct for every WC weekend game is to take the away team.I think the teams with the best chance at playing three or more games are Indy, Bal, SD, NY and CAR. Not as confident about PIT, PHI and TEN. So wide open, though.Among LBs, I'd lean toward Keiaho, Lewis, Pierce and Beason over Cooper, Harrison, Farrior, Bradley, Bulluck, Davis and Jordan. I'd be very nervous about Crowder and Dansby.Among DLs, I like Suggs, Tuck, Peppers, Kiwanuka and Mathis over AaSmith, Cole and VDB, though I could easily be persuaded to risk Cole.DBs are a mess. I suppose I'd be looking at Weddle and maybe Bethea, but would probably think hard on a bunch of big play corners like Hayden, Jammer, Webster, Gamble, Marshall, Taylor, Samuel, Finnegan and the like. Unless you're in a best ball lineup, I think this is a -- consider Weddle, then grab some guys late and hope for the best.

I think we differ on INDY personnel.Keiaho is supposedly moving to the middle and Hagler to WLB. Davis to #4.Maybe I'm leaning to bigger name, but I like Freeney over Mathis.How can you not like Ed Reed?

Still unsure of how the Colts play the nickel. It looked like Hagler initially, but he was injured that first week and Session has played well. One of the two could be a better option than Keiaho, but I'm not sure who. I'm leaning Session right now.Freeney-Mathis is a tough call for me, too. I think Mathis plays the run a little better, but both disappear too much for me. Certainly no problem with Freeney over Mathis.I don't trust Ed Reed. Hot as anyone has ever been and a huge big play threat every week. But he made just 34 solos -- barely over two a game. I think he sees Pennington, Collins and Manning -- three tough big play matchups. I should've mentioned Reed, but I think I'd rather have the corners with better big play matchups and more consistent tackle numbers. Personal bias, as you know, and I certainly respect the big play arguments that others lean toward.