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Commish's Pick: Semi-Final Erin(Eric) vs. Beers

Hughes Your Momma vs. Bringing Sexy Back

Quarterbacks
Erin: Carson Palmer (vs. St. Louis, at San Francisco)
Brian: Tony Romo (at Detroit, vs. Philadelphia), Tom Brady (vs. Pittsburgh, vs. New York Jets)

Better Player: Brian
Better Matchups: Brian
As they’ve done all season, Brian’s Quarterbacks (I imagine Romo this week, Brady next) will be his best hope. How close Erin can come to Brian’s QB production will be the key to this matchup.


Runningbacks
Erin: Ladainian Tomlinson (at Tennessee, vs. Detroit), Kolby Smith (at Denver, Tennessee) or Brandon Jacobs/Reuben Droughns (at Philadelphia, vs. Washington)
Brian: Willis McGahee (vs. Indianapolis, at Miami), Shaun Alexander (vs. Arizona, at Carolina) or LenDale White (vs. San Diego, at Kansas City)

Better Players: Erin
Better Matchups: Brian
LT trumps all, even though McGahee and Alexander ran better last week.

Wide Receivers
Erin: Chad Johnson (vs. St. Louis, at San Francisco), Greg Jennings (vs. Oakland, at St. Louis)
Brian: Joey Galloway (at Houston, vs. Atlanta), Larry Fitzgerald (at Seattle, at New Orleans), Laveranues Coles (vs. Cleveland, at New England)

Better Players: Erin
Better Matchups: Erin
Jennings has been a pleasant surprise as a $1 keeper for Erin. Beers did what he had to do and traded for Fitzgerald to make the differential less than it would’ve been otherwise.


Tight End
Erin: Tony Gonzalez (at Denver, vs. Tennessee)
Brian: Kellen Winslow II (at New York Jets, Buffalo)

Better Players: Push
Better Matchups: Brian
Winslow is used more as a receiver, Gonzalez more of a red zone target. Its apples and oranges here.
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Defense
Erin: Giants (at Philadelphia, vs. Washington), Pittsburgh (at New England, vs. Jacksonville)
Brian: Cowboys (at Detroit, vs. Philadelphia)

Better Players: Erin
Better Matchups: Erin
Erin hopes the Giants duplicate their performance in their last game vs. Philly. Brian has stuck with the Cowboys D all season long.
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Kicker
Erin: Neil Rackers (at Seattle, at New Orleans)
Brian: Adam Vinatieri (at Baltimore, at Oakland)

Better Player: Push
Better Matchups: Erin
I mean really, its kickers what’s the big difference.

Prediction: Erin can’t win without a big performance between the Bengals or LT. This one should be close but I’ve had a feeling Bill and Beers were on a collision course all season and I won’t stray from that. I take Brian.

Commish's Preview: Semi-Final Dan vs. Bill

Koolaid=American Hero! vs. Money in the Bank

Quarterbacks
Dan= Brett Favre (vs. Oakland, at St. Louis)
Bill= Drew Brees (vs. Chicago, vs. Arizona)

Better Player= Bill
Better Matchups=Dan
Unless Bill gets cute and starts Warner vs. New Orleans next week, these are your quarterbacks. Favre’s injury evens up this aspect of the matchup. I expect both quarterbacks to get 15-20 points each week.

Runningbacks
Dan= Adrian Peterson (vs. San Francisco, vs. Chicago), Earnest Graham. (vs. Houston, vs. Atlanta) or Laurence Maroney (vs. Pittsburgh, vs. New York Jets)
Bill= Clinton Portis (vs. Chicago, at New York Giants), Chester Taylor (vs. San Francisco, vs. Chicago) or Edgerrin James (vs. Seattle, at New Orleans) or Adrian Peterson (at Washington, at Minnesota), or Nobody (Three WRs)

Better Players= Dan
Better Matchups= Dan
Bill didn’t get here on RB play, that’s for sure. Dan’s Adrian Peterson needs to score 50 points in the two weeks combined for Dan to have a shot.

Wide Receivers
Dan= Hines Ward (at New England, vs. Jacksonville), Brandon Marshall (vs. Kansas City, at Houston)
Bill= Randy Moss (vs. Pittsburgh, vs. New York Jets), Terrell Owens (at Detroit, vs. Philadelphia), with Plaxico Burress (at Philadelphia, Washington) as a possible third WR

Better Players= Bill
Better Matchups= Bill
The disparity here is why Dan is such an underdog. Although defenses have been more effective against Moss, that still doesn’t keep him out of the endzone at least once.

Tight End
Dan= Vernon Davis (vs. Minnesota, vs. Cincinnati)
Bill= Jason Witten (at Detroit, vs. Philadelphia)

Better Players= Bill
Better Matchups= Bill
Dan’s the only playoff team without any TE production. He’ll need it to catch up on WR points.

Defense
Dan= Vikings (at San Francisco, vs. Chicago)
Bill= Packers (vs. Oakland, at St. Louis)

Better Players= Push
Better Matchups= Push
Both defenses can turn out strong performances both weeks.

Kicker
Dan= Jeff Reed (at New England, Jacksonville)
Bill= Nick Folk (at Detroit, Philadelphia)

Better Player= Bill
Better Matchups= Bill
Reed is kicking in cold New England then on crappy turf at home in Jacksonville, Folk plays for Dallas.

Prediction: Unless AP has a special two weeks, I see Bill dominating both weeks on his way to the championship. But as Bill can tell you, I’ve been wrong before.

Ding F'n Dong

I've been waiting to use this for weeks. This is my team's inspiration for the playoffs. Let's get it on boys!