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Day-um! Can I quote you on this! Go Falcons!

Next year I am rooting for you guys to make the playoffs. Our only chance is if you eliminate the Patriots for us.

First of the two pretty boys going down today. Hope the other one follows.

So "mediocre at best" quarterback play has won 9 games in a row, a division title and a trip to the AFC Championship. What the heck. The NFL must be minor league footblah, blah, blah. Ben's fine. The Steelers have a legit shot at another Super Bowl. Not bad for mediocre at best.

Why would any rational person who believes the NFL favors the Steelers put so much time and passion into watching the sport?

Seriously? The Steelers dominated that game.

AB and Rogers both had TD's in their hands and uncharacteristically failed to finish the catch. That was an anomaly. For those of us who have watched Ben every week for over a decade, he is rarely pretty, but he is a winner. I don't think he sucked in that game.

"No way" is pretty strong. If the Chiefs knock out my Steelers I hope they do go all the way. Three of the four games are tough to call. I'm not digging in on my picks, they are just my best shot at it.

Road teams fare better this weekend: Seahawks 27 - Falcons 24 - Key turnover. Rawls plays keep-away from Matty Ice. Patriots 30 - Texans 17 - Pats score early and late, game stays within reach until mid way through the 4th quarter Steelers 24 - Chiefs 20 - Run D cannot stop Bell in the cold rain. Ben throws less than 20 passes. Packers 31- Cowboys 27 - Aaron Rodgers vs. Rookie in a shoot out. Dante Adams channels Jerry Rice.

Dang. Let's just cancel the games and hand the Pukes the trophy then. Of course, since 2004, the only one they have was the one the Seahawks handed them...so on second thought...let's play the games.

Don't worry. If the Steelers advance to play the Chiefs, everyone in here will be able to legitimately pick against them next week!

Over the next month, the seasons of 11 NFL teams will end with a disappointing, perhaps crushing, defeat. It's a certainty, like the sudden arrival of Cowboys bandwagon fans, Patriots controversies and Robert Griffin III congratulating himself for being Robert Griffin III. One team, however, will emerge from that cloud of dust to win the Super Bowl. - Chris Chase. My picks for the first round: Texans - their Defense will be enough with Carr out. 20-13 Seahawks - Hawks grind out a home field win. 21-18 Steelers - During their winning streak, the Steeler defense went from 23 to 7 and ultimately finished 10th. 31-17 Giants - This is my upset special. Green Bay running game sputters, Eli has a good day. 28-27

First time in a long time we have had a good and healthy offensive line stay together for the season. Linemen are not recognized as play makers...but those guys did their job very, very well.

I have nothing but respect for the Ravens. They have had the best of the Steelers over the last several years. They laid two losses on us last year without as strong of a team. They almost swept us again. If AB doesn't reach that ball over the line, this whole conversation is different. I do have to say this, Bell and Brown are big playmakers. But on that last drive, Jesse James, Eli Rogers, Ayers and Hamilton all caught balls. If Tom Brady did that, the commentators would be raving on and on about how he leads his team down the field with nobodies. Bad Ben came out early, but Ben was pretty darn awesome in the 4th Quarter.