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Here's the link to the playoff predictions that this guy at CNNsi came up with. He has the Giants as the 1st seed but has us going 3-3 down the stretch.

Thanks for posting jcrown92....though I have to say that it looks like a bunch of BS to me.  The Giants have just a good chance to win out as lose out, so clearly all that guy did was put up the remaining games on his office wall and throw darts at the games.  The red darts were wins and the blue darts were losses.  Or perhaps he had a boardwalk wheel where he spun it and saw if it landed on "Yes" or "No."  

Either way, it's total crap in my opinion.  The Giants need to come out and play each game like it's a playoff game...if they do that, they could walk out with a 15-1 record...or they can walk out with a 9-7 record or anything in between.

Sorry, I'm not a fan of the "experts" and "pundits."  And no, I don't consider myself one of them...unless I am the most incredibly biased "pundit" ever.

re-post...didn't realize we've moved on.

fanfor55years said:

jcrown, I guess SI must have the Falcons or the Bucs beating out the Panthers for that spot, but I cannot see either one of them coming into Giants Stadium and winning a playoff game.

And to clarify, I am by no means "scared" of the Panthers, much less any other team. But if you're going to beat the Giants in the lead-up to the Super Bowl and they have a bye week and home field, you are only going to do it with a strong ground game and a stellar defense. I don't see a better candidate than Carolina. The closest to them would probably be the Redskins, but we have consistently taken Portis out of the game and I don't know where their next option comes from.

November 20, 2008 3:48 PM  

  fanfor55years said:

One other team that might compete in January at Giants Stadium is the Vikes, but I don't think they'll be in the playoffs.

fanfor55years said:

Jim Stoll's prediction of 13-3 and the collapse of the CowTurds is looking awfully good right now.

And how sweet is it that they gave away some of their future to "make sure" they got the Lombardi Trophy this season? They are in deep doo-doo because they have an aging O-line in a Division that has a lot of good D-lines, and that O-line can't be rebuilt overnight.

I suspect that even the commentariat, pre-disposed to love "America's Team" will not be touting them for the Super Bowl next season. They're going to be eating the dust of the Giants, the Skins, and maybe even the Eagles, although the last will have quarterback issues and is a team that has been too dependent on two stars who are both on the downhill part of their careers. The "experts" will predict Giants, Skins, Cowboys, Eagles in that order, and will probably be right. And there will be a lot less talk about "the strongest Division in the NFL" because except for the Giants and the Skins, who are rising, there are a lot of reasons to think no one else will make the playoffs.

November 20, 2008 4:00 PM

I agree Sean. As bad as the Panthers have been playing lately, it's hard for me to see them falling out of the playoffs with an 8-2 start. Also, I don't see the Giants losing 3 more games. I can see 2 losses but team this team is mentally tough and has faced every possible situation. I see Jim's prediction coming true or better.

Congrats to Daniel and welcome to the "Winners Circle" :-) Is he A regular Poster under a Different name or one of the silent Masses?

NFC Seedings will be

1 NYG 13-3

2 Arizona 11-5

3 Tampa Bay 11-5

4 Green Bay 10-6

5 Carolina 10-6

6 Dallas  10-6

Injured Giants Brandon JacobsBrandon Jacobs , Aaron RossAaron Ross  and Chase BlackburnChase Blackburn  all practiced today, but Plaxico BurressPlaxico Burress  did not.

blogs.nypost.com/.../jacobs_practice.html

I wonder is DAniel Siriani is related to Jackie the Joke Man's ex-wife Nancy Siriani...?

Jacobs also said that Ward reminds him almost every day of their future paychecks.

www.newsday.com/.../ny-spgchalk195933356nov19,0,7606925.story

I hope that if Ward is not back in Blue that he is collecting those large paychecks and running very succesfully for an AFC Team. Dont want to have to root against him, especially dont want to see him in NFC East complimenting Westbrook, Portis or Barber

55-

The only team that scares me in the NFC is Dallas. If they could some how start building up some confidence and get their lineman blocking again I think that would be a scary offensive attack for us to stop. Too many weapons. I'd much rather see Washington or Carolina as I think we would be able to stop both passing attacks. Dallas on the other hand has proven in the past that when they are clicking on all cylinders they can move the ball seemingly at will against us. So lets hope they don't make it to the post season.

You know why I can't take the Redskins seriously? Jason Campbell. He's not good.

Nosh, Chinese Democracy is available on MySpace.

Sorry not a Guns N' Roses fan.

KD I believe that was Thats my Quarteback we were having the Chineses democracy discsion with

Thought it was you asking about it yesterday. Well, note to whoever cares.

Nosh, I can't really take Dallas all that seriously, and that was BEFORE their "change-up" back was put on IR. Barber has not been able to do much against the Giants except in one game over the course of 2 1/2 years. Take him away, and then pressure Romo against a somewhat suspect O-line that has consistently been beaten by good D-lines of late, and I don't think they're a real threat.

But who knows? Let's wait and see whether we can start thinking about the playoffs after Sunday. If we win this game then I think we're in pretty good shape in regard to the bye, which I think is very, very, very important because this team is going to be beaten up by the end of the regular schedule. Thirteen weeks of NFL football with nearly every game being quite physical means they really need a week to lick their wounds.

Call me Detective Columbo or Detective Dopey,But im smelling conspiracy with all these non-commenters winning the prizes.

Demo did win the camera,but some un-heard of people won the whole blitz Xbox package,now this..

Now if none of us commenters entered then its our loss .But Just my opinion there should be like a 15-20 comment minimum to be eligible for a prize.Then atleast you know it wasn't some dude who just checks up on G101 to see if you guys are giving away free stuff..

Ok, Enough rambling about this,because I didn't enter anyway. but once again I think the prizes should be going to the loyal readers and commenters..And if Daniel is and comments under a different name then my bad,and forget my whole ramble..haa..

I will tell you guys the number one reason why I am not scared of Dallas at all.  Two words:  Wade Phillips, aka, the NFC's answer to Norv Turner.

I read once that the difference between a good coach and a bad coach in the NFL is about 4 wins.  I never thought about that, but that makes sense to me.  In baseball, you can win it all in spite of a bad manager (2001 D-Backs - Bob Brenly).  In basketball, you can win it all in spite of a bad head coach (last year - Doc Rivers).  You can't win in the NFL if you have a bad head coach.  Dallas is going nowhere but the toilet, book it.

FF55 described the Cowplops big problem as an aging offensive line that can't be rebuilt overnight.  Guess what?  That's a perfect description of the Rednecks, too.  They played well the first half of the season, but I think the Dallas game showed that they are getting more and more creaky.  Meanwhile, Danny Bonaparte wasted next year's second rounder on another big-name vet who hasn't produced at all this year.

BTW: Not only did I mirror Jim Stoll in predicting 13-3.  I also predicted the implosion of the Cowplops (beating fists on my pecs like Tarzan).

However, after watching Roy Williams contribution against the Rednecks, I'm inclined to agree with Nosh that tha Plops might be the team to worry about in the NFC.  Talk about Boldin and Fitz.....TO and Williams have to be up there at least potentially as one of the most dangerous tandems in the league.  Thow Whitten in the mix and whoa!  Of course it all depends on protecting Romo.  But if they are smart and develop a west-coast-style system of short drops and quick passes to that big three, it could carry them this year.  Much as I hate to admit it.

Single elimination... any team can have "the day".  

Why is everyone so negative?

Giants 13-3?  Psshaw

15-1!!

See it!  Believe it!!

Mike V:  Sure hope you're right. But they won a freakin SB with Barry Switzer at the helm (or was it two SB's?)

Part of my Cowplops implosion theory was that Cuddles Phillips would lose control of the team, and he might.  

MIKE V-

I hope you're right. About Dallas going in the toilet. We already know Wade Phillips sucks.

Jim:  15 and 1 is realistic at this point.  Unless Dallas goes on a tear from hear out, we should be favored to win every game left on the schedule.  

Now Im predicting that Eli wil have 7 TD passes this week..Or at least a career high 5 ..

Bearcat - I think it was one, I think Jimmy Johnson won the other two.  Seriously, look at all the recent coaches that won the Super Bowl - TC, Dungy, Cowher, Belichick, Gruden, Billick, Shanahan, Vermeil, Holmgren, Jimmy Johnson, Gibbs...with the exception of Switzer, all of these guys were good NFL coaches.

Remember those Buffalo teams in the late 90's coached by Wade?  Specifically the one that fell victim to the Music City Miracle?  Those teams were pretty good...yet they didn't win a single playoff game under him.

I just think that not enough people understand the importance of having a good NFL head coach.  This is also why, every time in the past two years when analysts would pick San Diego (and Dallas) to win the Super Bowl, I just laughed to myself.

The greatest Giant RB of all time on the Boomer and Carton show. For anyone whose interested.

podcast.wfan.com/.../1441293.mp3

Giff has been making the rounds lately promoting his book.

Didn't his book come out last year?

I can't believe that Mussina retired.  What a class act.  I will miss that guy.

Ohh nevermind its a fitness book. Between that and T.O.'s book I'll be jacked by christmas.

Yea, Tiki has a book too. He was all over Sirius this afternoon.

F Musina. Guy is the most over-rated pitcher ever. He was a nice guy and all, but he was on good teams and I don't think he ever topped 20 wins.

KD,

Moose is 33rd on the all-time list and 23 out of 33 are in the Hall.  Also, 4 players in front of him arent' elidgeable yet but will get in.  That makes it 27 out of the top 32 guys are in the Hall.  Yeah, wicked overrated.  C'mon, do you really have the audacity to claim that Mosse wasn't a better than average pitcher.  Maybe not exceptional but a great pitcher.  I can't even argue about this...back to football.

If we can stop the Arizona offense then we should be able to do the same things with Dallas when they start "clicking." The only two match-ups in that game I'm nervous about is Williams vs. Ross and Witten vs. Who-Ever-The-Hell-Is-On-Him. Webster can shut down T.O. for most of the game and our D-Line and LBs can bring the pressure on Romo and make Barber a non-factor.

We all know we can run on any team in this league, and Newman, the thug and the two rookies shouldn't scare any smart, calm and good QB in this league. The only person on their defense to be wary of is Ware.

Murph, Moose has more wins than Bob Gibson, Jim Palmer and Juan Marichal. He isn't in the same galaxy as those guys. That's why I think he's over-rated. I can name 10 pitchers over the past 20 years I'd take over him. Nice enough guy though.

Found these quotes on Bob Gibson, thought they were funny:

'Don't dig in against Bob Gibson, he'll knock you down. He'd knock down his own grandmother if she dared to challenge him. Don't stare at him, don't smile at him, don't talk to him. He doesn't like it. If you happen to hit a home run, don't run too slow, don't run too fast. If you happen to want to celebrate, get in the tunnel first. And if he hits you, don't charge the mound, because he's a Gold Glove boxer.' I'm like, 'Damn, what about my 17-game hitting streak?' That was the night it ended."

~Hank Aaron

When his catcher Tim McCarver went to the mound for a conference, Gibson brushed him off, saying "The only thing you know about pitching is you can't hit it."

He also has a quote (can't find it) where he says he has five pitches: fastball, curveball, spitball, brushback and hit batsman.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

U wanna see what a hall of famer's stats look like check out Pedro.

Pedro Martinez - 8 full seasons with an ERA under 3.00

Mussina- 1 full Season with an ERA under 3.00

Mussina was a very good pitcher. Not a Hall of Famer.

Natl Anthem: 1 min 50 secs. that is long.

Apparently the singer was from In Synch...that's where I put my dishes.

KD- lol, I think "In Synch" is actually spelled "nsync"............

It is still where you put your dishes though.

Whatever, I knew when I heard that, this kid would go long. Can't bet Natl Anthem for mid-season games though. Either way, it goes on my list.

The NFL, embarrassed by the high-profile mistake at the end of the Chargers-Steelers game on Sunday, has made a significant and immediate change in the administration of its instant replay system, head of officiating Mike Pereira told the Daily News on Thursday.

The new system went into effect with Thursday night's Steelers-Bengals game and will be used in all games this weekend and going forward.

The referee will still be the only official allowed under the hood to review replays, but he will now be accompanied by a member of his crew to make sure all calls are properly implemented.  

www.nydailynews.com/.../2008-11-20_nfl_tweaks_instant_replay_policy_in_wake.html

12dan S..Are you Mr. Daniel the winner of the madden game,if so I  owe Giants101 an apology for my rant on not giving the prizes to they're loyal commenters lol.

For those who don't have the NFL Network:

static.nfl.com/.../WOW.html

I second Nosh in that dallas is the only threat... I want them out of it so bad that I wouldnt mind losing to Was just so that they stay a game ahead

Buy Too Fat to Fish

www.youtube.com/watch

ofcourse to go along with the 1000 Giants books that are out now..

baba booey

Artie is too fat to fit in that chair...

Fat Artie on Gambling and the Giants..LOL..Im sure some remember those days..

www.youtube.com/watch

Remember the days the giants didnt cover I mean..

Now if I didnt think it was bad luck to bet on your own team I Would have made alot of money the last couple of years.,,,, damn..

I bet the Giants every week.

Fitz- Yeah, it was me that won. I know I don't post like crazy on here, but I check the site all day for updates and I definitely consider myself a loyal G101 member.

KYLE-

I second that. I want no part of Dallas in January. Because if we play them mid - Jan that means they had to go at least 4-2 to finish out and beat a team on the road, I expect if they were to do this they'd be riding pretty high and confident. No need to see them if we can avoid it.

Not saying I don't think we could beat them in the playoffs, but I'd just as rather not find out.

So 12dan.S?

a) are you related to Nancy Siriani?

b) what did you win?

Put $50 on the Giants every week. You would be up $300 right now.

NSYNC........pretty funny

www.youtube.com/watch

KD- I have never heard of Nancy Siriani, but my last name has another "n" in it so I don't think we are related.

The Titans and Giants cover almost every week. I think the Titans did cover every week so far.

Jackie Martling's wife

Congrats on the win. What they give you? I didn't enter...

KD-

I don't have Showtime, you know where I can watch "Inside the NFL" on the Web?

No clue.

I have to go wash my face to get the TV Guide off my forehead...

12 Dan s..Yea I know u post on here,I just thought some random person won, who never posted on here..They didn't give out your screen name,just your full name which obviously didnt know..,But Congrats..

This was great, I wanted to post the whole thing here for all to see. Its from yardbarker.com

TOP TEN EAGLES THAT NEED TO GO

Two days and a racking amount of nausea and diarrhea (caused by the viewing? perhaps) after the Eagles' dispiriting tie in Cincinnati, this Eagle Fan is still looking for heads to roll. So here's my Enemies List. You'll discover a certain pattern to it.

10. David Akers. Hasn't been good for years, does them no favors with the depth or hang time of his kickoffs, more cap money than should ever be spent on a kicker (i.e., more than the minimum), and has cost them games with his lack of performance. I'd like to feel good about the kicker lining up from outside of 40 yards again. (Oh, and it would have also been nice if he had hit the long one against the Giants last year. You know, the one that could have led to the Giants being out of the playoffs, and the Eagles getting in. Now, where are those jumper cables that I use to make bad memories go away again?)

9. Sean Considine. Acceptable in small doses on special teams. Unfortunately, as the higher moments in this list show, they need him to do more than that. When you find yourself wondering if you could get Michael Lewis back from the Niners, that's not a good sign.

8. LJ Smith. Perhaps the worst player ever designated as a franchise talent. Seriously, guys, WTF? He can't block, can't hold on for meaningful catches, is prone to deadly fumbles *and* can't stay healthy. The franchise designation is ready to sue for defamation of character over this. Cut him, and see what kind of gig he gets. (Hint: Takeo-Dhani-esque.)

7. A.J. Feeley. Let's see, we've got an experienced first-string QB, a promising young second-stringer, and... um, what exactly is AJ again, other than a guy that knows the playbook?

Here's a wild guess about why this team doesn't quite show the urgency it needs. Feeley still has a job after his unspeakable tank job last year at home against Seattle -- a loss that, oh by the way, might have kept the Eagles out of the playoffs (and the NY Giants in).

If you cut him, no one would employ him. That means you should cut him.

6. Dan Klecko. Is it a fullback? No, not really. Is it a nose tackle? Only in Andy Reid's fever dreams and depth chart, where defensive linemen have to be at least 50 to 100 pounds smaller than their opponent, so that they come into every game knowing that if the offense doesn't score first, they'll be pancaked by the third quarter. Besides, it's *fun* to lose the same away every year!

But getting back to the target, rather than the entire disease... Klecko is what happens when you emulate the Patriots, only without the top-line talent evaluation. (And his back-up at fullback? 2007 Belichick Victory Cigar Kyle Eckel. Yes, he's also undersized. I swear, the man has a sickness.)

5. Greg Lewis. Look, the Super Bowl was a long time ago, and it might also have been the last time that Lewis had a very good game. Like Feeley before him, he should have been terminated with extreme prejudice after his crushing screw up caused the team a loss (that, sigh, wound up keeping them out of the playoffs and the Giants in...).

For Lewis, that was in Week One of 2007, on the road in Green Bay, where the Eagles would have beaten a team that wound up finishing 13-3 if they had only not attempted to field a punt all day.

No, seriously, he's been continuously employed to play football ever since that. And you wonder why Philly Fan still has anger management issues, even after the Phillies' win...

4. Winston Justice. I know, it's amazing, isn't it? Still listed on the active roster after nearly getting his quarterback killed as a human turnstile against the Giants on SNF in 2007, and who the hell knows, maybe they'll go to him next, since they are getting no push in the running game now as is.

Just do me a favor and don't make it for the Giants game. I still have flashbacks. (Oh, and the fact that he was on an island for that whole game? Yes, it contributed to another selection on the list. Strongly.)

3. Brian Dawkins. Several years ago, when Jeremy Shockey outfought Dawk at the goal line for one of the worst moments of all of our lives, we all knew this day was coming... and now, it's just about every tight end with a pulse. He's the best to ever play the position for the franchise, but this isn't about winning in 2001, or even 2006, when he should have walked away, after the Saints loss. But on a team that values loyalty over performance, I fully expect him to be moved back to corner. In 2012.

2. Lorenzo Booker. Has this man done anything in this year to justify a roster spot -- a single good play? One actual block? Seriously, I'm out of ideas as to how he has a gig. He hasn't even cost them a game yet, unlike most of the rest of this list.

Would this position be infinitely better suited with an entirely disposable big-butt back like TJ Duckett, just so we could see someone else fail in short yardage? Of course. Is it fair to note that his Wunderlic score is only slightly higher than a floor lamp? Probably. Is Bill Parcells giggling like a schoolgirl over the fourth round pick that he got for this miserable excuse for a football player? Hey presto, we have a triple. Beer me.

1. Andy Reid. I'm sorry, Andy, really I am. I've defended you longer than just about anyone else in Blogfrica; I've even held out hope that you were just being blindsided by your odious offspring, and that you were really ready to bring a good team back into town.

But when your quarterback doesn't know the rules of overtime, you can't be trusted with a challenge flag to save your life, you are 0-7 in your lat 7 night games, and the rest of the division has put you in the rear-view window... it's time to blow this mess up. You are too old / fat / loyal / stupid / unlucky to have this gig anymore.

I don't really care what the reason is; you just make me sad.

Go away now.