NFL DIVISIONAL ROUND

After posting a 2-2 record last week in the Wild Card round I press onward to the Divisional Round. I'll take my split of those four games since, after all, ESPN analyst and future NFL Hall of Fame member Chris Carter went 0-4. Yikes!

Anyway, read them and ... pray:

AFC

Pittsburgh Steelers - 30
San Diego Chargers - 17

This game could get ugly. The Chargers might be playing their best football of the season but a) no LT, b) Antonio Gates is injured and c) Sproles will not, I repeat, will not come close to repeating his wild card round effort of 300+ all purpose yard. AND the game is in Pittsburgh. The one thing the Chargers have going for them - and it is a small thing - is that the Steelers don't score a lot of point.

Tennessee Titans - 20
Baltimore Ravens - 17

Two very normal quarterbacks in this game against two VERY good defenses. The Titans run the ball a little bit better and get the the win. Joe Flaco can't QB the Ravens to back-to-back wins although the Ravens defense keeps them in the game long enough that they just might pull of the upset on the road.

NFC

Carolina Panthers - 31
Arizona Cardinals - 20

This is a tough one even though it looks obvious on paper than Carolina should win by 20. The Cardinals haven't won an east coast game all year (0-5) and they will, at best, have their best WR at 50 percent. Carolina is relentless at running the ball as well.

New York Giants - 27
Philly Eagles - 23

The Eagles might be following the same script as the Giants during their run to the Super Bowl crown. Close game through out but a healthy trio of Giant running backs makes the difference. This game could be lower scoring because of the call for all kinds of horrible weather which also favors the New York running game.