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Some Jets news and wildcard predictions

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

January 5, 2008 |

nfl.jpgIt appears that the Raiders are going to keep defensive coordinator Rob Ryan and not fire him, as was reported earlier this week. The Jets were ready to hire him and fire their own defensive coordinator Bob Sutton, but Raiders owner Al Davis decided to keep Ryan over head coach Lane Kiffin’s objections. Just when you thought Davis was going to begin to fade from view, he raises his voice again.

Now on to today’s wildcard games (I’ll make my picks for Sunday’s games tomorrow morning).  I like the Seahawks over the Redskins in the early game. The ‘Skins have been riding high on emotion since the death of Sean Taylor, but I think the Seahawks have too dominating a pass rush and their home crowd is the loudest in the NFL. I just don’t see ‘Skins quarterback Todd Collins overcoming all of these obstacles. Plus, the Seahawks have been good at home in the postseason, so I don’t see them falling short this week. Seahawks 24, Redskins 16.

In the late game, it’s the Jacksonville Jaguars visiting the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Jags are everybody’s sleeper team, and the Steelers have been inconsistent all season. In addition, the Steelers won’t have Willie Parker to run the ball, and that could put extra pressure on quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to make plays. The Jags are a big, physical team, and their running back tandem of Fred Taylor and Maurice Jones-Drew will be hard to stop. Also, quarterback David Garrard has played mistake-free football for pretty much the entire season. Jaguars 23, Steelers 20.


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