The Colts and the Saints face off this weekend in the 2010 Super Bowl.
The final round of the HBFFL playoff projections arrives along with the Super Bowl this weekend between the Colts and the Saints. With one game remaining it is very close:
Chris: 6-4
Ramblers: 6-4
Renal Failure: 5-5
Indianapolis Colts vs. New Orleans Saints
Ramblers: So here we are with the two best teams in the NFL all season facing off against each other, and while all season here, I've hated the Saints (with good reason because almost all of my opponents had at least one if not sometimes two Saints on their squads), I'm picking them to win for two equally good reasons.
1. The Saints have been a scoring machine all season and I see no reason for them to stop now.
2. The Saintsations, i.e. the Saints cheerleaders. As a Steelers fan, I like black and gold, so why not?
I searched high and low for a Saintsational video to go with my portion of the post, and this was all I could find from this year's Saintsations:
I mean, hey, this must be pretty hot. The poor guy couldn't even hold the camera steady. Of course, maybe he already had had one too many Hurricanes.
Anyway, my prediction for the score (something I forgot last time): Saints 34, Colts 31.
Renal Failure: Based on our 2009 Fantasy Football season, you might expect The People's Champion Renal Failure to pick the Indianapolis Colts to win because Dallas Clark is backed by the Treasury Department, that's how money he is.
However, the Wild Card of the humor blogging fantasy football world finds themselves a game behind The King of Fantasy Football Chris Cameron and Unfinished Rambler (who doesn't have a catchy nickname) in our playoff picks and we believe they are going to pick the Colts to win so we're going with the Saints to force a tie.
Besides, the Saints are the People's Champion of Super Bowl XLIV. Do we want another championship going to the royal Manning family? Do we want to see the Colts rewarded for taking off the last two weeks of the regular season instead of going for a perfect season? Or do we want to see the city of New Orleans have something to celebrate about other than not drowning in brackish water? And the People are indebted to the Saints for not only keeping Brett Favre out of the Super Bowl but also making his last pass an interception.
Saints 31, Colts 28 with Drew Brees as MVP
Chris: So, both my opponents in this contest picked the Saints. Do I punt and also pick New Orleans so no matter what I stay tied for first? Or go for it on forth-and-one at the goal line, take the Colts and possibly win outright?
The Saints have an awesome offense and Reggie Bush has transformed into Marshall Faulk in the playoffs. Brees and Co. will need to be awesome one more time, and perhaps without having to deal with Freeney.
The Colts also have an awesome offense but a better quarterback in Manning. They also might try to establish the run with Donald Brown. If they get that going, Peyton will have play-action to use against New Orleans' defense.
It will come down to who has the ball last.
Colts 42 Saints 38.
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The 2010 Playoff Projections are written by blog contributors Rambler, Renal Failure, and myself, Chris Cameron.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
At Least One Purple Reign Ends This Weekend
Predator Press
[LOBO]
I’m sorry. I’ve tested this on heroic amounts of
alcohol, and it still sounds like Prince is hard-boiling cats
slowly to the beat of drums from a Casio keyboard.
Any bets the Saints have this
already cued up at the Superdome?
[LOBO]
I’m sorry. I’ve tested this on heroic amounts of
alcohol, and it still sounds like Prince is hard-boiling cats
slowly to the beat of drums from a Casio keyboard.
Any bets the Saints have this
already cued up at the Superdome?
Thursday, January 21, 2010
2010 NFL Playoff Projections: AFC/NFC Championship Round
Welcome everyone to another week of HBFFL's exclusive 2010 NFL Playoff Predictions. Last week in the divisional round the prediction records got a lot closer:
Chris Cameron- 4-4
Renal Failure- 3-5
Ramblers- 4-4
This week we are down to four teams in the AFC and NFC Championships, both in domes. It doesn’t seem the same.
New York Jets vs. Indianapolis Colts
Renal Failure: The Wild Card was let down last week by Nate Kaeding and Billy Cundiff. Let's see if we can rebound from our horrid 1-3 performance...
This is the closest you'll ever get to a Super Bowl III rematch, considering modern conference alignments. But Matt Sanchez is no Broadway Joe Namath. He's not even Ken O'Brien or Vinny Testaverde.
Too bad, because Peyton Manning is Peyton Manning and the Colts didn't suffer any ill effects from their end-of-season layoff vs. the Ravens who have a better quarterback and running back tandem than the Jets. Shame, really, because we'd really like to see the Jets win. Rex Ryan is a madman like his dad Buddy Ryan and the Wild Card digs that, but the Colts won't hand you the game like the Chargers did.
Colts win 30-17.
Rambler: Last week I picked the Ravens over the Colts, based on one name: Billy Cundiff, and the Jets for one name: Darrelle Revis.
This week, I pick the Colts for one name: David Letterman, who was born in Indianapolis, and because I think he is funnier than both Leno and O'Brien, on a good night. On a bad night, I long for the days of The Steve Allen Show.
Chris: All week long all we have heard is how awesome the Jets are. Blah blah blah. The Bengals and Chargers didn’t execute and to their credit the Jets did.
Now they face the man who gives people obvious-shaped Christmas gifts, Peyton Manning. Strangely enough he gives nothing away when it comes to his playcalling.
And Revis can’t cover everybody although it seemed like it last week. The Jets defense won’t have the luxury of Rivers’ bad throws while facing the same amount of offensive weapons.
Colts beat the Jets 32-21 and Joe Namath starts drinking again.
Minnesota Vikings vs. New Orleans Saints
Renal Failure: Both teams are coming off games where they stomped their opponents in the nuts, and though we are thankful Brett Favre embarrassed the Dallas Cowboys we don't want to see him in the Super Bowl. Drew Brees launches bears into space. That's what he does. That's all he does.
Saints win 45-35.
Rambler: Last week I picked the Cardinals over the Saints based on a.) my hatred of the Saints all season, despite their having a Christian name and my being Catholic, b.) Kurt Warner being a Christian, and c.) New Orleans being a hotbed of sin and where Santeria, a perversion of Catholicism, is prevalant.
This week I pick the Saints over the Vikings based on a.) their having a Christian name and my being Catholic, despite my hatred of them all season and Drew Brees being named Bacchus XLII for the 2010 Krewe of Bacchus New Orleans Mardi Gras Parade , b.) the Vikings were heathen, as mentioned here, and c.) Minneapolis is a hotbed of sin and where Santeria, a perversion of Catholicism, is prevalent.
Chris:
After seeing Favre do the “Pants on the Ground” song there is no way I can pick the Vikings. I know, the “Who Dat” thing is pretty gay too but it is not burned into the recesses of my brain like an earworm.
It should be high scoring and Minnesota will continue to set up play action with All Day and Taylor. For New Orleans the question will be which Reggie Bush shows up. If the one from last week starts expect some running fireworks. And some bears in space too.
New Orleans earns their first trip to the Superbowl 42-35.
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The 2010 Playoff Projections are written by blog contributors Rambler, Renal Failure, and myself, Chris Cameron.
Chris Cameron- 4-4
Renal Failure- 3-5
Ramblers- 4-4
This week we are down to four teams in the AFC and NFC Championships, both in domes. It doesn’t seem the same.
New York Jets vs. Indianapolis Colts
Renal Failure: The Wild Card was let down last week by Nate Kaeding and Billy Cundiff. Let's see if we can rebound from our horrid 1-3 performance...
This is the closest you'll ever get to a Super Bowl III rematch, considering modern conference alignments. But Matt Sanchez is no Broadway Joe Namath. He's not even Ken O'Brien or Vinny Testaverde.
Too bad, because Peyton Manning is Peyton Manning and the Colts didn't suffer any ill effects from their end-of-season layoff vs. the Ravens who have a better quarterback and running back tandem than the Jets. Shame, really, because we'd really like to see the Jets win. Rex Ryan is a madman like his dad Buddy Ryan and the Wild Card digs that, but the Colts won't hand you the game like the Chargers did.
Colts win 30-17.
Rambler: Last week I picked the Ravens over the Colts, based on one name: Billy Cundiff, and the Jets for one name: Darrelle Revis.
This week, I pick the Colts for one name: David Letterman, who was born in Indianapolis, and because I think he is funnier than both Leno and O'Brien, on a good night. On a bad night, I long for the days of The Steve Allen Show.
Chris: All week long all we have heard is how awesome the Jets are. Blah blah blah. The Bengals and Chargers didn’t execute and to their credit the Jets did.
Now they face the man who gives people obvious-shaped Christmas gifts, Peyton Manning. Strangely enough he gives nothing away when it comes to his playcalling.
And Revis can’t cover everybody although it seemed like it last week. The Jets defense won’t have the luxury of Rivers’ bad throws while facing the same amount of offensive weapons.
Colts beat the Jets 32-21 and Joe Namath starts drinking again.
Minnesota Vikings vs. New Orleans Saints
Renal Failure: Both teams are coming off games where they stomped their opponents in the nuts, and though we are thankful Brett Favre embarrassed the Dallas Cowboys we don't want to see him in the Super Bowl. Drew Brees launches bears into space. That's what he does. That's all he does.
Saints win 45-35.
Rambler: Last week I picked the Cardinals over the Saints based on a.) my hatred of the Saints all season, despite their having a Christian name and my being Catholic, b.) Kurt Warner being a Christian, and c.) New Orleans being a hotbed of sin and where Santeria, a perversion of Catholicism, is prevalant.
This week I pick the Saints over the Vikings based on a.) their having a Christian name and my being Catholic, despite my hatred of them all season and Drew Brees being named Bacchus XLII for the 2010 Krewe of Bacchus New Orleans Mardi Gras Parade , b.) the Vikings were heathen, as mentioned here, and c.) Minneapolis is a hotbed of sin and where Santeria, a perversion of Catholicism, is prevalent.
Chris:
After seeing Favre do the “Pants on the Ground” song there is no way I can pick the Vikings. I know, the “Who Dat” thing is pretty gay too but it is not burned into the recesses of my brain like an earworm.
It should be high scoring and Minnesota will continue to set up play action with All Day and Taylor. For New Orleans the question will be which Reggie Bush shows up. If the one from last week starts expect some running fireworks. And some bears in space too.
New Orleans earns their first trip to the Superbowl 42-35.
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The 2010 Playoff Projections are written by blog contributors Rambler, Renal Failure, and myself, Chris Cameron.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
2010 NFL Playoff Projections: Divisional Round
Welcome everyone to another week of HBFFL's exclusive 2010 NFL Playoff Predictions. Last week in the wild card round, Rambler and Renal Failure went 2-2 while I sucked the big one at 1-3.
This week is the attack of the domes with three of the four Divisional Round games being played indoors. Weird.
New York Jets vs. San Diego Chargers
Ramblers: Here's a game I don't give a poop about, so let's say Jets because of again one name: Darrelle Revis.
Jets 27, Chargers 14
Chris: (Chris' predictions this week are written in his native New England dialect.)
The Chaagahs look wicked pissah this week against the freaking Jets. Hey guy their quahtaback plays like he’s got a Dunkins iv or some shit and San Diego is more dangerous then a rotary at rush hour. And no way frigging Revis can shutdown the whole team. Plus the Jets are retahds.
Chaagahs win dude 32-24.
Renal Failure: Now you might expect Renal Failure to pick the Jets again, because that would the sort of thing the Wild Card of the HBFFL would do. And you'd be wrong because you cannot expect anything from the Wild Card.
Our Fantasy QB of the last two seasons Philip Rivers is better than Carson Palmer and has more weapons at his disposal. Daryl Revis can't cover everyone. And the Chargers D will be more demanding of Matt Sanchez who only does all right when nothing is expected of him. Oh, and something about Nate Kaeding too.
Chargers 27 Jets 17.
Baltimore Ravens vs. Indianapolis Colts
Ramblers: One name: Billy Cundiff.
Ravens 21, Colts 19
Chris: Both teams losing would be wicked awesome but I have a bettah chance of seeing flippah swimmin’ in Boston Hahba. Freaking Peyton Mannin will win anothah playoff game if they can shut down that frigging running back dude Ray Rice.
Colts show they ah wicked pissah and beat the stupid Ravans 24-17.
Renal Failure: No one just walks into Foxboro and puts a foot up the Patriots' ass by accident. And the last two times the Colts have rested their starters in the last weeks of the season (2005 and 2007), they've lost in the playoffs.
Not to say the Colts won't keep it close, especially since they have The People's Hero of 2009 Dallas Clark, but the Ravens are red hot. Do not doubt the power of Billy Cundiff. Everyone else did and look what happened.
Ravens 23 Colts 20.
Arizona Cardinals vs. New Orleans Saints
Ramblers: I hate the Saints and have hated them all season.
So that said, and based on my pure hatred of them, I go with the Cardinals. Plus Kurt Warner is a Christian. I'm a Christian (but not of the asshat Pat Robertson flavor either) so there...
...I know, I should be going for the Saints, because of the Christian name and I'm Catholic, but they're from New Orleans, a hotbed of sin, and where Santeria, which is a perversion of Catholicism, is prevalent.
Cardinals 57, Saints 49
Chris: Dude guy man the Caadnils have a wicked bad defense. You can only go to the bubblah so many times before it runs out of freaking watah or somethin’ like that. And frigging Brees is an animal. Wahnah is nasty too guy so it should be a wicked crazy shootout.
New Orleans wins the ahms race of Wahnah vs. Brees 42-32
Renal Failure: The Saints don't scare anyone anymore but if any team in the playoffs can keep up with the Cardinals in a shootout, it's them. Still, putting up 51 against the Packers has to count for something, right? And this looks to be Kurt Warner's last season too. The Wild Card likes a hungry team so we're going with Arizona.
Cardinals 42 Saints 40
Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings
Ramblers: I hate the Cowboys. As a Steelers fan of old, I never can pull for a Cowboys team. One name: Roger Staubach. The Steelers faced the Cowboys three times in the Super Bowl, winning twice.
As a Steelers fan of old, I also should hate the Vikings. One name: Fran Tarkenton. However, the Steelers only faced the Vikings once and won.
So because of that (thanks, Fran, and Dave Osborn for the safety that got the Steelers rolling in that Super Bowl), and because I like Brett Favre, because he's almost as old as I am, I'm going to pick the Vikings.
Vikings 34, Cowboys 27
Chris: A wicked weiid matchup. Both average a lot of yahds but Dallas doesn’t like to score points. The Vikings do guy. Both have quahtabacks that make wicked bad mistakes sometimes. Remember when Fahve threw all those intaceptions? Yeah he was on the retahded Jets.
Petason runs all over the wicked sucky Dallas defense and Minnesota wins guy, 38-16.
Renal Failure: We face a bit of a dilemma with this game. Our disdain for the Cowboys is well documented, but we also can't stand the aging primadonna known as Brett Favre. Oh, the joy we felt back when Tony Romo botched the hold on that field goal against Seattle in the playoffs years ago. His tears of bottomless sadness tasted so good.
But we also remember the relief we felt when it looked like we might have been free from Brett Favre and his incessant retirement drama and all the sportcasters licking his ass, relief that he then crushed by signing with the Vikings. The Cowboys bulldozed the Eagles last week, but I don't think they do so well against a team with an actual running game.
Vikings 27 Cowboys 21.
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The 2010 Playoff Projections are written by blog contributors Rambler, Renal Failure, and myself, Chris Cameron.
This week is the attack of the domes with three of the four Divisional Round games being played indoors. Weird.
New York Jets vs. San Diego Chargers
Ramblers: Here's a game I don't give a poop about, so let's say Jets because of again one name: Darrelle Revis.
Jets 27, Chargers 14
Chris: (Chris' predictions this week are written in his native New England dialect.)
The Chaagahs look wicked pissah this week against the freaking Jets. Hey guy their quahtaback plays like he’s got a Dunkins iv or some shit and San Diego is more dangerous then a rotary at rush hour. And no way frigging Revis can shutdown the whole team. Plus the Jets are retahds.
Chaagahs win dude 32-24.
Renal Failure: Now you might expect Renal Failure to pick the Jets again, because that would the sort of thing the Wild Card of the HBFFL would do. And you'd be wrong because you cannot expect anything from the Wild Card.
Our Fantasy QB of the last two seasons Philip Rivers is better than Carson Palmer and has more weapons at his disposal. Daryl Revis can't cover everyone. And the Chargers D will be more demanding of Matt Sanchez who only does all right when nothing is expected of him. Oh, and something about Nate Kaeding too.
Chargers 27 Jets 17.
Baltimore Ravens vs. Indianapolis Colts
Ramblers: One name: Billy Cundiff.
Ravens 21, Colts 19
Chris: Both teams losing would be wicked awesome but I have a bettah chance of seeing flippah swimmin’ in Boston Hahba. Freaking Peyton Mannin will win anothah playoff game if they can shut down that frigging running back dude Ray Rice.
Colts show they ah wicked pissah and beat the stupid Ravans 24-17.
Renal Failure: No one just walks into Foxboro and puts a foot up the Patriots' ass by accident. And the last two times the Colts have rested their starters in the last weeks of the season (2005 and 2007), they've lost in the playoffs.
Not to say the Colts won't keep it close, especially since they have The People's Hero of 2009 Dallas Clark, but the Ravens are red hot. Do not doubt the power of Billy Cundiff. Everyone else did and look what happened.
Ravens 23 Colts 20.
Arizona Cardinals vs. New Orleans Saints
Ramblers: I hate the Saints and have hated them all season.
So that said, and based on my pure hatred of them, I go with the Cardinals. Plus Kurt Warner is a Christian. I'm a Christian (but not of the asshat Pat Robertson flavor either) so there...
...I know, I should be going for the Saints, because of the Christian name and I'm Catholic, but they're from New Orleans, a hotbed of sin, and where Santeria, which is a perversion of Catholicism, is prevalent.
Cardinals 57, Saints 49
Chris: Dude guy man the Caadnils have a wicked bad defense. You can only go to the bubblah so many times before it runs out of freaking watah or somethin’ like that. And frigging Brees is an animal. Wahnah is nasty too guy so it should be a wicked crazy shootout.
New Orleans wins the ahms race of Wahnah vs. Brees 42-32
Renal Failure: The Saints don't scare anyone anymore but if any team in the playoffs can keep up with the Cardinals in a shootout, it's them. Still, putting up 51 against the Packers has to count for something, right? And this looks to be Kurt Warner's last season too. The Wild Card likes a hungry team so we're going with Arizona.
Cardinals 42 Saints 40
Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings
Ramblers: I hate the Cowboys. As a Steelers fan of old, I never can pull for a Cowboys team. One name: Roger Staubach. The Steelers faced the Cowboys three times in the Super Bowl, winning twice.
As a Steelers fan of old, I also should hate the Vikings. One name: Fran Tarkenton. However, the Steelers only faced the Vikings once and won.
So because of that (thanks, Fran, and Dave Osborn for the safety that got the Steelers rolling in that Super Bowl), and because I like Brett Favre, because he's almost as old as I am, I'm going to pick the Vikings.
Vikings 34, Cowboys 27
Chris: A wicked weiid matchup. Both average a lot of yahds but Dallas doesn’t like to score points. The Vikings do guy. Both have quahtabacks that make wicked bad mistakes sometimes. Remember when Fahve threw all those intaceptions? Yeah he was on the retahded Jets.
Petason runs all over the wicked sucky Dallas defense and Minnesota wins guy, 38-16.
Renal Failure: We face a bit of a dilemma with this game. Our disdain for the Cowboys is well documented, but we also can't stand the aging primadonna known as Brett Favre. Oh, the joy we felt back when Tony Romo botched the hold on that field goal against Seattle in the playoffs years ago. His tears of bottomless sadness tasted so good.
But we also remember the relief we felt when it looked like we might have been free from Brett Favre and his incessant retirement drama and all the sportcasters licking his ass, relief that he then crushed by signing with the Vikings. The Cowboys bulldozed the Eagles last week, but I don't think they do so well against a team with an actual running game.
Vikings 27 Cowboys 21.
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The 2010 Playoff Projections are written by blog contributors Rambler, Renal Failure, and myself, Chris Cameron.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
The Most Awesome 2-2 Ever
The People's Champion explains how they pick their playoff winners, and how they ran their fantasy football team too...
If there anyone out there who doubts that Renal Failure is the Wild Card (bitches!), this Wild Card Weekend should thoroughly convince you otherwise.
Like everyone else participating in the HBFFL Playoff Picks Extravaganza we went 2-2 with our selections this week, but those two wins were the most impressive wins of the week as we were the only ones who picked the Jets and Ravens to win. Chris, Rambler, and even Joe the former Defending Champion who's playing along in the comments... they didn't believe in them but the People's Champion did and we were rewarded for our faith.
Yes, we also picked the Eagles to win, but that selection was more out of principle and spite than of football acumen. We're like the villain in a movie who's hanging by one hand off the side of a building and the hero extends their hand to save us but instead we just smile and let go and plummet to our deaths. That's our policy toward the Cowboys.
Never compromise... even in the face of Armageddon or Jerry Jones.
We're not the King of Fantasy Football or even Leigh's Husband, but once you realize everything is chaos, being the Wild Card is the only thing that makes sense.
Divisional playoff picks coming Thursday. Stay thirsty my friends.
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---Renal Failure once had an awkward moment just to see what it felt like... and never stopped.
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