I
have put together a bracket and I have made my predictions at who will win it
all but I will wait until after the Super Bowl to post up my completed bracket,
I don’t want to jinx the winner. Though it shouldn’t be a surprise who I picked
to become Super Bowl Champions.
Let us take a
look at the collectability of each team and see if that can determine who will
move on to the next round. Since the most collectible players are at the
skilled positions I am mainly focusing on these players and these are just my opinion on the most collectible players.
Here are the games for the Wild Card weekend, my personal predictions are bolded and some are
different from my collectability predictions, which are italicized. I am trying to select a variety of cards
from each player’s rookie season to display. I do not own any of these cards.
Game
1:
Arizona
Cardinals at CAROLINA PANTHERS
Betting
odds: Panthers favored by 5.5 points with an O/U 37.5
Arizona:
Carson
Palmer QB (Not playing)
Larry
Fitzgerald WR
Patrick
Peterson DB
Carolina:
Cam
Newton QB
Kelvin
Benjamin WR
Luke
Kuechly LB
There
is no question that Newton is the more dynamic QB here, not to mention that Palmer will not be playing, and while Fitzgerald
ranks at the top of almost every collectors favorite Wide Receiver list it is
hard for him to collectability compete with Cam Newton’s rising star (as long
as he stays a winner). There are definitely collectible players on both teams
but these two are head and shoulders above the rest of the two rosters.
Sadly without Palmer the Cardinals offense has become anemic and barring some freak event I wouldn't be surprised to see the Cardinals held to under 12 points. This really is tough going for the team especially considering that this may be Larry Fitzgerald's final game in a Cardinals uniform.
WINNER: Carolina Panthers
Game
2
Baltimore
Ravens at PITTSBURGH STEELERS
Betting
odds: Steelers favored by 3 with an O/U 46
Ravens:
Joe
Flacco QB
Justin
Forsett RB
Terrell
Suggs LB
Steelers:
Ben
Roethlisberger QB
Le’Veon
Bell RB
Troy
Polamalu DB
Big
Ben has had an amazing career, including two Championships, so his cards have maintained
a solid pricing where Flacco is streaky. During the 2012-13 Playoffs he went
through the roof and played some amazing ball which ended with a Super Bowl
trophy and huge contract but he has since dropped back to Earth price-wise.
Forsett has had a resurgence in Baltimore but Bell had a slightly better season
and everyone loves Polamalu and his hair. This is a close one but, begrudgingly,
I go with Pittsburgh to win.
WINNER: Pittsburgh Steelers
Game
3:
Cincinnati
Bengals at INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
Betting
odds: Colts favored by 3.5 points with an O/U of 48.5
Bengals:
Andy
Dalton QB
AJ Green WR
Giovani Bernard RB
Colts:
Andrew
Luck QB
Reggie
Wayne WR
T.Y.
Hilton WR
The
Bengals are a mysterious team, they have been hot and cold this year more than
anyone and that really effects their collectability. One thing though is even
on their best collectible days Dalton and Green will never compete with the value
that Luck alone brings to the table. Toss in the future HOFamer Wayne and the
young superstar Hilton and the Colts take this game.
WINNER: Indianapolis Colts
Game
4:
Detroit
Lions at DALLAS COWBOYS
Betting
odds: Cowboys favored by 6.5 points with an O/U of 48
Lions:
Matt
Stafford QB
Calvin
Johnson WR
Golden
Tate WR
Cowboys:
Tony
Romo QB
Dez
Bryant WR
Jason
Witten TE
With
Detroit it has gotten to the point where Stafford is no longer the QB of the
future, he is an average QB at best even with Megatron and Tate. The Cowboys
have the over-rated Romo, the over-reacting Bryant and the unstoppable Whitten.
As much as I dislike the Cowboys they do have more collectible players (even
though they have not proven to be the Super Bowl winners that Jerry Jones seems
to think he has every year) and I do think that Romo may actually get a second
playoff win.
WINNER: Dallas Cowboys
I will follow this up each Friday as the playoffs progress.
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