The Shenoa Report Divisional Weekend '13

The Shenoa Report

January 12, 2013

Divisional Weekend

Post Season

I’m finally back in NC. What a whirlwind of events. How was Wild Card Weekend for you? I actually got to watch at least part of every game this past weekend, good times.

I’m going to be honest with you, I’m not keeping up with all the firings and hiring’s around the league because I think it’s at an all time high. Lets focus on the teams that have actually made it to the playoffs. 

I went 3-1 on my picks last week, lets recap Wild Card Weekend.

Bengals [10-6] @ Texans [12-4] 13-19

The last time the Bengals won a playoff game Boomer Esiason was their QB and Andy Dalton was 3 years-old.  The sad thing is I can say the same thing next year. Poor Bengals. I was able to watch this game with my dad. I love watching football with my father. We decided that we could be the commentators because everything we said they said a few seconds later…

I was a little surprised at the outcome of this game, not gonna lie.  I feel there was poor clock management at the end and the Bengals didn’t want it bad enough.

Vikings [10-6] @ Packers  [11-5] 10-24

So, my sister-in-law is from Minnesota, thankfully she really isn’t into football. My dad was rooting for the Vikings so it made for interesting dynamics in the living room of my parents house as I was going with Green Bay. Needless to say we “watched” most of the game on mute, played Mad-libs with the family, while watching my nephew be his cute, awesome, adorable self. Then my father went to bed before the game was over. I think its safe to say that Green Bay dominated Minnesota.

Colts [11-5] @ Ravens [10-6] 9-24

I was flying from NY to Philly at the beginning of this game but I was able to watch the second half at the Philadelphia airport.

It’s too bad the Colts looked more like the Colts of last year against the Ravens. I guess their Luck just ran out.  At least Ray Lewis got his last win in his career…  yeah I said it.

Seahawks [11-5] @ Redskins [10-6] 24-14

I watched this game all the way up till I had to board the plane and I thought I had watched too much… the Redskins were up 14-0 and I was in such a funk I forgot my favorite scarf in the whole entire world at the airport in Philly. When I landed in Charlotte I realized I had lost my favorite scarf and was deeply saddened, and then I hesitantly checked the score of this game and was pleasantly surprised that it was 21-14 Seahawks.  My good friends, David and Zack, picked me up from the airport and we listened to the final minutes of the game while driving home. We were all happy with the outcome.

I called, and called, and called the Philly airport for the next few days but no one turned in my scarf to lost and found… at least the Seahawks won the game.

Divisional Weekend

Saturday, January 12th    

Ravens [10-6] @ Broncos [13-3] (4:30pm CBS)

I’ve got to take Peyton and the Broncos!

Adam Schefter wrote an interesting article about the teams that didn’t land Peyton in the off-season (you can read it at espn.com), and all but two of those teams had people who lost their jobs at the end of this season. Peyton sure has affected a lot of teams this year and hopefully he’ll continue to do so through the post season.

Packers [11-5] @ 49ers [11-4-1] (8pm FOX)

I think that the Packers will win this game. I just hope it’s a good, close game. Whichever team advances, I’m ok with.

Sunday, January 13th   

Seahawks [11-5] @ Falcons [13-3] (1pm FOX)

I’m going with the Seahawks, and I don’t even need to think about it.

Texans [12-4] @ Patriots [12-4] (4:30pm CBS)

I mean, I’d like the Texans to win, I hope the Texans will win, I’ll be rooting for the Texans, but if I had to pick a “winner” I guess it’d have to be the Pats.

Thanks for the edit Mom!