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Jesse’s Giants are red hot right now, facing a Green Bay Packers team that barely skipped a beat when Matt Flynn took over as the quarterback in week 17.

My Broncos are getting ready for their second battle with Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, a team that beat the Broncos earlier this season on Denver’s home field.

There are some other intriguing matchups this weekend, specifically the matchup taking place in San Francisco with arguably the best defense in the conference (SF) and the best offense (NO).

The Houston Texans will also try and beat the Baltimore Ravens on their home field, something that has not been done so far this season, as Baltimore is 8-0 on their home field.

Now, on to the predictions.

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That being said, I thought it would be fun to take a look back at my first scouting report of Tim Tebow. I had written back in 2009 about how I thought he would be a good fit on the Broncos, but at that point, it may have just been more a dream than anything. Here is the first report I wrote on Tebow in a Denver Broncos mock draft back in January of 2010:

We can all think of so many reasons we don’t want the Broncos to draft Tim Tebow, but in all honesty, he’s going to be the best player available when we pick in all likelihood. 

Rolando McClain?  He’ll be gone.  Joe Haden?  Gone.  Many see this as a reach of a pick, but not me.  With Tebow’s intangibles and arm strength, if the only thing holding him back is his poor throwing motion then I’d take the guy number one overall, and it wouldn’t even be a question.

Players like Tebow are extremely rare.  It’s not often you see a player so devoted to his teammates, so devoted to learning anything and everything, and a player who is willing to do whatever it takes to help his team win.

He is a winner.  All the guy ever did in college was win.  Say what you want about him being a “system” quarterback, but he mastered that particular system better than any quarterback before him, and he is arguably the greatest college quarterback of all time because of it.

Tebow is an All-American athlete.  He is an All-American student.  His work ethic and intangibles are off the charts.  His passion for the game is almost unmatched.  His arm strength is elite. 

Seems like all he needs is the right coaching, and with the McDaniels brothers, he has it.  If I’m the one calling the shots, I pull the trigger on Tebow right away.  It looks to me like our coin flip with Jacksonville is going to hold a lot more weight than all of us think.

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There have been rumors swirling that the redshirt sophomore from the best defense in the country was leaning toward leaving school early, and as a Broncos fan, I hope he flies under the radar to their first round pick come draft day. At 6’4″ 245 pounds, Montgomery has the frame to add probably 15 pounds give or take and maintain his elite speed and quickness, which is exactly what the Broncos’ defense is built upon. He has been a pretty good pass rusher this season and is only going to get better. His untapped potential could cause him to fall in the draft, and I would love to see the Broncos take advantage. Adding him to a group that already includes Elvis Dumervil and Von Miller would be deadly. How about adding Kevin Vickerson and Ty Warren as well?

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Matthew Stafford and the Lions have a Tought Matchup in New Orleans

The playoffs are now upon us in what has turned out to be a crazy season. I ended up with a winning record picking all the games in the league through the first 15 weeks (with weeks 16 and 17 during the holidays I wasn’t able to find the time to get those done). So I look forward to seeing if I can continue that through the playoffs.

This year is another year in which there is a large turnover in the playoff teams. Newcomers this year are aplenty. The Texans, Bengals, Lions, Giants, and Broncos are all in the playoffs for the first time since at least 2008 (Giants) or much longer (like the Lions). The 49ers are also a new addition, but won’t play this weekend.

Here are the opening lines for this weeks games.

Date & Time Favorite Spread Underdog
1/7 4:30 ET At Houston -3 Cincinnati
1/7 8:00 ET At New Orleans -10.5 Detroit
1/8 1:00 ET At NY Giants -3 Atlanta
1/8 4:30 ET Pittsburgh -8 At Denver

Bengals (+3) at Houston

The Houston Texans have managed to cling on for dear life to get into the playoffs after they lost their quarterback for the season, and their second string quarterback for the season as well. They came out and played a good game against the Titans on Sunday, in a loss. The Bengals on the other hand have had a bit of an up and down season, but made it to the playoffs on the last day. Both teams will be starting rookie quarterbacks this weekend.

Right now the Bengals are 3 point underdogs, but I think they can win this game outright. I’ll have to watch the injury reports, but the Texans have been banged up lately. I think any other team I might take the other team, but both of these teams have rookie quarterbacks, except the Bengals rookie QB is slightly better. Should be a close game. I’ll take the Bengals to cover the spread of 3 as of Monday

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Aldon Smith was drafted 7th overall as a bit of a “reach” but What do draftniks know? (apparently nothing)

2011 could have been the year that we remembered as the year the Green Bay Packers went undefeated, but that ended last Sunday. 2011 will be remembered for a lot of reasons though. 2011 is the year of the shorter kick-off, and the year of the quarterback as Drew Brees, Tom Brady, and Eli Manning (a little bit behind pace, but he needs to average 319 yards per game to reach 4,000 for the season) are all challenging Dan Marino’s single season passing record. 2011 is the year that will make of break the franchises of the Panthers (Newton), Bengals (Dalton), Vikings (Ponder), Jaguars (Gabbert), and Titans (Locker).

But somewhat quietly 2011, has also become the year of the young pass rusher. There are a handful of  very-young pass rushers who have emerged in the age of passing who look to have great years. These players have completely wrecked their fair share of games this season in impressive fashion. With a combined experience of less than four year and a combined age of only (66-all three players are 22 years old), this trio of pass rushers has accumulated 38 sacks on the season. These three players are Giants DE Jason Pierre Paul (13.5 sacks), 49ers OLB Aldon Smith (13 sacks) and Denver Broncos Von Miller (11 sacks.5).

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