Leaning this way as well.
It's going to be hard going against Philly and Baltimore after the money they've made me in these playoffs.
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Leaning this way as well.
It's going to be hard going against Philly and Baltimore after the money they've made me in these playoffs.
Eagles
Steelers
Steelers
Ahem. My first round picks:
Damn IAB. Always picking on the Yankee fans. 
Always a whiner in every group
Make that 2.
Philly
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Damn, I suck at this. I corrected the standings.
I'm going with Philly and Pittsburgh, though I will be rooting for Arizona.
The Daily News did a nice piece on him.
BY OHM YOUNGMISUK
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Sunday, January 11th 2009, 10:34 AM
PHILADELPHIA - The first two stalls in the Eagles' locker room look like exhibits straight out of a comic book convention.
One stall belongs to Brian Dawkins but it's more of a shrine to Wolverine, Marvel's complicated superhero who is one of the leaders of the X-Men. There's a rubber Wolverine mask that hangs from the side near 25 Wolverine action figures, models and toys that sit on two shelves. The locker next to it has the name plate "Weapon X" above it - the code name for the fictional government project that created Wolverine - and inside the locker there's a painting that depicts Dawkins in an Eagles uniform with claws coming out of his hands and red eyes visible through his dark facemask visor. This is Dawkins' alter-ego.
"Does he think of himself as a superhero?" Eagles cornerback Sheldon Brown asks with a smile. "Yeah, I think he does. Some of the stuff he does??? like a normal tackle he can make but instead he will go fly and do that (thing he does with his arms spread out)."
Sunday at some point, Dawkins will surely come flying at Brandon Jacobs more than a few times when the Giants and Eagles meet for a chance to play in the NFC Championship.
During the week, Dawkins is a mild-mannered and humble man. But Sunday, much like he has done for 13 years, Dawkins will put on his silver and green Breathe Right strip on his nose and transform into something more like his mutant comic book hero known for his animal instincts, retractable claws, indestructible skeleton, super-healing abilities and almost uncontrollable intensity.
"He's absolutely my favorite superhero, he's the ultimate," Dawkins once told IGN.com. "He's not a superhero with hands-off powers. ??? When he fights you, he fights you. Even though he has claws, he still has to be close to you to get the job done. He's a guy who has so much intensity when the fight's going, he doesn't care how big you are, what the odds are, he's never going to back down."
"Another thing I like about him, he has to control what he does to other people, because if he lets himself completely go, he would destroy everything and everyone around him."
While Philadelphia fans have had their dysfunctional love-hate thing going on with Donovan McNabb, they practically worship Dawkins for his fearless and emotional play. Dawkins gets almost all of his Wolverine paraphernalia from fans.
Before Pittsburgh's Troy Polamalu and Baltimore's Ed Reed emerged as feared playmaking safeties, the muscular and stocky Dawkins was the safety that struck fear in quarterbacks, wide receivers and running backs. The Giants probably won't forget the helmet-to-helmet hit he put on Ike Hilliard in 2002 that resulted in a season-ending shoulder injury for the wide receiver and a $50,000 fine for the safety.
All these years later, Dawkins, 35, is still looking for that big hit, and still looking for that Super Bowl ring. The safety, who was named as a reserve for his seventh Pro Bowl this season, stripped Tarvaris Jackson for a sack and had nine tackles in the Eagles' wild-card win over the Vikings last week.
He was named the NFC defensive player of the month in December after 36 tackles, two forced fumbles, a sack and four quarterback hurries. The two forced fumbles came on back-to-back drives, resulting in Eagles defensive touchdowns during the 44-6 playoff-clinching thrashing of Dallas in the last week of the regular season.
Eli Manning will have to know where Dawkins is at all times because the safety says he is feeling invincible right now, like his favorite superhero.
"I do feel like I'm in the zone," Dawkins says. "The game has slowed down even moreso than it usually does. I'm able to recognize things a lot faster. For whatever reason, I don't know. I really feel good at this time of the year."
Eagles' Brian Dawkins dreams of being real-life Super heroBrian Dawkins AKA The Wolverine.
BY OHM YOUNGMISUK
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Sunday, January 11th 2009, 10:34 AM
PHILADELPHIA - The first two stalls in the Eagles' locker room look like exhibits straight out of a comic book convention.
One stall belongs to Brian Dawkins but it's more of a shrine to Wolverine, Marvel's complicated superhero who is one of the leaders of the X-Men. There's a rubber Wolverine mask that hangs from the side near 25 Wolverine action figures, models and toys that sit on two shelves. The locker next to it has the name plate "Weapon X" above it - the code name for the fictional government project that created Wolverine - and inside the locker there's a painting that depicts Dawkins in an Eagles uniform with claws coming out of his hands and red eyes visible through his dark facemask visor. This is Dawkins' alter-ego.
"Does he think of himself as a superhero?" Eagles cornerback Sheldon Brown asks with a smile. "Yeah, I think he does. Some of the stuff he does??? like a normal tackle he can make but instead he will go fly and do that (thing he does with his arms spread out)."
Sunday at some point, Dawkins will surely come flying at Brandon Jacobs more than a few times when the Giants and Eagles meet for a chance to play in the NFC Championship.
During the week, Dawkins is a mild-mannered and humble man. But Sunday, much like he has done for 13 years, Dawkins will put on his silver and green Breathe Right strip on his nose and transform into something more like his mutant comic book hero known for his animal instincts, retractable claws, indestructible skeleton, super-healing abilities and almost uncontrollable intensity.
"He's absolutely my favorite superhero, he's the ultimate," Dawkins once told IGN.com. "He's not a superhero with hands-off powers. ??? When he fights you, he fights you. Even though he has claws, he still has to be close to you to get the job done. He's a guy who has so much intensity when the fight's going, he doesn't care how big you are, what the odds are, he's never going to back down."
"Another thing I like about him, he has to control what he does to other people, because if he lets himself completely go, he would destroy everything and everyone around him."
While Philadelphia fans have had their dysfunctional love-hate thing going on with Donovan McNabb, they practically worship Dawkins for his fearless and emotional play. Dawkins gets almost all of his Wolverine paraphernalia from fans.
Before Pittsburgh's Troy Polamalu and Baltimore's Ed Reed emerged as feared playmaking safeties, the muscular and stocky Dawkins was the safety that struck fear in quarterbacks, wide receivers and running backs. The Giants probably won't forget the helmet-to-helmet hit he put on Ike Hilliard in 2002 that resulted in a season-ending shoulder injury for the wide receiver and a $50,000 fine for the safety.
All these years later, Dawkins, 35, is still looking for that big hit, and still looking for that Super Bowl ring. The safety, who was named as a reserve for his seventh Pro Bowl this season, stripped Tarvaris Jackson for a sack and had nine tackles in the Eagles' wild-card win over the Vikings last week.
He was named the NFC defensive player of the month in December after 36 tackles, two forced fumbles, a sack and four quarterback hurries. The two forced fumbles came on back-to-back drives, resulting in Eagles defensive touchdowns during the 44-6 playoff-clinching thrashing of Dallas in the last week of the regular season.
Eli Manning will have to know where Dawkins is at all times because the safety says he is feeling invincible right now, like his favorite superhero.
"I do feel like I'm in the zone," Dawkins says. "The game has slowed down even moreso than it usually does. I'm able to recognize things a lot faster. For whatever reason, I don't know. I really feel good at this time of the year."
Philly
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
YEAAAAAAHHHHHH, fuckin' GO CARDINALS!!!!
Booo!
F'er!
McNabb once again plays like an idiot.... dammit.
Anyway...
Steelers take the bowl.
Anyway...
Steelers take the bowl.
Steelers
Why is this McNabb's fault?
They have the number 3 defense in the league and give up 32 points? McNabb gives them the lead late into the 4th Quarter, and the D can't hold them.
That's what I saw.
Yeah, a team known for it's defense should win a game where the Offense puts up 25.
Go Cards. Don't know who I am going to pick yet, put am pulling for them.
Go Cards. Don't know who I am going to pick yet, put am pulling for them.
Some of those throws were catchable.
Cardinals take the Super Bowl. I hope. I don't know how you stop Fitzgerald.
I'm not saying it's all McNabb's fault... the defense was pretty pathetic as well.
Personally, I think he could have played better... hell, he barely even seemed interested in the game, well, except for the 3 possessions when he actually looked like a quarterback playing for championship.
That being said, the better team won... but I think the Cards are in for a beating with the Steelers.
Personally, I think he could have played better... hell, he barely even seemed interested in the game, well, except for the 3 possessions when he actually looked like a quarterback playing for championship.
That being said, the better team won... but I think the Cards are in for a beating with the Steelers.
Agreed.
I'll go ahead and pick Arizona for Super Bowl win!
So it looks to be between Iain and myself for the title
Well you could technically finish tied.
But maybe DM and I are in cahoots, and are going to pick opposite one another so that one of us wins
