NFL Playoff Prognosticating: Wild Card Weekend Predictions

I thought I’d put up my predictions for this weekend’s games in a brief post before the games start.   Arizona over Atlanta I know Atlanta is favored and over the past few weeks has played much better football than Arizona. The Falcons have a better running game with Michael Turner and their defense has been playing quite well. Still, I have a gut feeling that the Cardinals' offense will match up well against Atlanta and their defense will do just enough for Arizona to come out of the game with a win. The key for Arizona will be to control the pass rush and for Warner to avoid turnovers and establish enough of a running game to keep the Atlanta defense honest.   Indianapolis over San Diego This is always and interesting matchup and a close game when these two teams collide. I kind of leaned toward a San Diego upset because the Chargers have a tendency to play very well against the Colts and they are at home. But with the news that LaDainian Tomlinson and ... (link)