With one meaningless game in progress, the NFL playoff brackets are official. I looked back on my preseason predictions and strengthened my beliefs in my not betting on sports. Here's what I got right...
Surprise team: Seattle(had them finishing second behind St. Louis, but missing playoffs)
AFC Playoff teams: NE, Tenn, KC
NFC Playoff teams: GB, Philly, St. Louis
AFC Champ: Tenn over NE
Super Bowl: Tenn vs. Philly

OK, so I didn't do very well, but that's fine. The Bengals put a serious damper on my outlook by losing a poorly-played, must-win game. I digress, however, because they weren't even supposed to compete this year, and Marvin Lewis gave them 6 more wins than last year. 8-8 is not a bad starting point. In other playoff related news, Minnesota choked again, which is pretty sad after the start they had. Here's what next week looks like...

Tenn @ Baltimore
Den @ Indy
Sea @ GB
Dal @ Car

I'm going against my word and picking. I'm going with Baltimore(unless McNair plays), Denver, GB, and Carolina.

If this holds true, the matchups would be...

Den @ NE
Balt @ KC
GB @ Phi
Car @ St.Louis

I would take NE, KC, Philly, and Carolina in those games. Then Philly and NE in the Big game, with NE winning because of Philly's injury problems and NE being a complete team.