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16-26. That is a pretty terrible record no matter what sport your playing. Can you guess who it belongs to? No. It's not the Bobcats or the Warriors. The Thunder you say? Not right either, but hey, it would be a damn big improvement for them. In actuality, 16 and 26 is the win-loss total of ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown when picking NFL playoff games. Yeah, these playoffs have been pretty nuts, but wow, 38%. If your job is to pick football games correctly, I expect a little bit better production than 38%. My grandma could pick that well out of sheer luck. Hell, even a blindfolded monkey could match that rate.

Of the five lead analysts on the show,(appearing each sunday morning at 11 am ET), three have records of 4-4, which is halfway decent. But Mike Ditka sits at 3-5, while ex wide-out Cris Carter has posted a lowly 1-7 mark. Are you joking? 1-7, Now that sounds like OKC Thunder to me. By the way, self-proclaimed Man of the People Bill Simmons went 0-4 during the divisional round with his picks.

But Wait, There's more. The NFL isn't the only sport being massacred by ESPN analysts and their lousy picks. Kirk Herbstreit went 19-15 predicting the college bowl season. Now that's not as bad as his co-workers from Sunday Countdown, but 56% isn't very impressive either.

This brings us to the moral of the story. If your a betting man, count on ignoring ESPN before the big game.

It's the semi-final round of the 2008-2009 NFL Playoffs, so you know what that means. Yes, you guessed it, Peyton Manning and the Colts have bowed out after one game after being the best QB in the regular season and LT isn't healthy enough to play. But the QB Class of the 2004 Draft is starting to help us forget about Peyton and Brady. Eli, Ben and Philip are attempting to take over the league. Here are my picks, so get your ones out and ride with me this weekend, i'm good for it.

Ravens at Titans:
This will be the revenge of Kerry Collins. I understand that the Ravens have someone named Ed Reed looking like a young Willie Mays out in Center but with a healthy Haynesworths there will be nowhere for the Ravens to run, which puts the pressure squarely on Flacco. Both defenses will be up to the task but end the end Collins will make more plays on 3rd down than Flacco to pull out the win for the Titans. Titans 13 Ravens 6.

San Diego at Pittsburgh:
Philips Rivers vs. Big Ben. I get the feeling that this might be the AFC younger version of Peyton vs. Brady sometime down the road. San Diego was one of the favorites to win the Super Bowl this year, then they lost baby Lawrence Taylor and a great D became very average. Chargers had a nice win last week against really a ok Colts team. Chargers do matchup well against Pittsburgh but their season ends here. Heinz Feild is a tough play to play, the field is suited for defense and not offense which gives the Steelers a big advantage. The Steelers are basically the AFC's Giants without a run game. You have the be able to get to Ben to beat the Steelers because he will turn it over, but the Chargers can't do that. Harrison and the boys will cool off Sproules. Steelers 17 Chargers 10

Probably the most exciting week in the NFL postseason the divisional playoffs are set to kickoff this weekend. There are a lot of good games this week like the Titans vs. Ravens, or the Steelers vs. Chargers rematch. That's all well and good. But in my humble opinion the most excited game has to be the Eagles vs. Giants.

Playing in the toughest division in the league these rivals have all the ingredients. Both play in big markets, both have good QB's, top 10 defenses, top 10 offenses, crazy fans and are only seperated by a 2 hour drive on the New Jersey Turnpike. Whether you admire Will Smith or Jay-Z, prefer cheesesteaks over new york style pizza, or choose Reyes over Rollins it's a never-ending discussion when arguing Philly or New York. Sometimes only people who live in these two cities understand it, but what's about to go down this Sunday everybody should appreciate.

The Eagles are suppose to be the hotter team and the Giants are suppose to be scared or somehow in trouble because of the Eagles recent play and disposal of the Vikings. Well understand the Giants almost beat that same Vikings team with one hand tied behind their back in a game that meant everything to the Vikes. The fact of the matter is that if the Vikings had any type of QB play, I mean just a little bit of QB play, the Eagles are home. Instead, Tavaris Jackson was the player of the game... for the Eagles! Minnesota was actually outscoring the Eagles offense 14-9 until that Westbrook screen. So lets kill the meaning-less storylines and talk about what's really likely to happen this Sunday.