Sunday's Divisional Round Picks

Sunday's Divisional Round Picks Against the Spread (HOME teams in caps):
David Garrard really impressed me Saturday night. The Jags really don’t have a go to receiver, and Garrard was still able to keep the Jags in it for 3 quarters. Seriously, can you say that any of the Jaguars wideouts would crack the Patriots top 4? I don’t think so. The Jags always seemed to be one broken tackle from the big play which would’ve changed this game. Instead the Pats D was able to play “bend but don’t break” and just let Brady & Co. throw up 31 points to advance.
As for the Packers/Seahawks game, even when Seattle led 14-7, you just knew that Favre was going to bring Green Bay back. Of course it ended up being Ryan Grant that led the Packers through the near-blinding snow to victory, but whatever. You knew the result, you know, kinda like when the Pats trailed the Giants by 12 in week 17, and the moment you thought wait Tom Brady versus Eli Manning… ok the Pats are going to come back and win this. On a final Favre note, you gotta love a guy who starts a snowball fight in the middle of a playoff game.
One last thing before I get to this week’s picks, what is going on with the Celtics? All of a sudden they’ve lost 2 of 3 including losses to Charlotte and Washington? Ugh. On to Sunday’s picks…

Barstool Quarterback Aggregate Positional Rankings will be in order of:
Offense Rank + Defense Rank + Special Teams + Coaching = Total (Rank)

COWBOYS (-7.5) over Giants:
I never trust bandwagon teams. The Giants have over-achieved the last two weeks. I wouldn’t expect it to continue. T.O. appears to be healthy enough to play, and his presence really opens up the Dallas offense. Also, the Jags covered; so I don’t need to worry about the whole ‘at least under-dog covers in the first two weeks of the playoffs’ karma. There is a reason I waited til after the Saturday games to make my Sunday picks…
BSQ APR:
COWBOYS: 3+1+2+9=15 (3)
Giants: 8+9+12+11=40 (12)

COLTS (-8) over Chargers:
The Chargers picked Peyton Manning 6 times. They had 2 special teams touchdowns. Adam Vinatieri, the greatest clutch kicker in the history of football, missed a chip-shot late in the fourth quarter…and the Chargers only won by two points. The Colts are going to win this game by at least two touchdowns. Seriously, they don’t make drugs strong enough for me to think that San Diego has a prayer while their coach is Norv Turner and their QB is Phil Rivers. Sorry LDT, but you might want to consider asking for a trade to a team with a halfway decent QB and coach. I think the Seahawks might be looking for a runningback…
BSQ APR:
COLTS: 2+6+3+2=13 (2)
Chargers: 4+4+4+12=24 (5)