Crazy's 2016 NFL Playoff Picks (Panthers take home 1st Super Bowl trophy)

AFC

1) Broncos-Bye

2) Patriots-Bye

3) Bengals

4) Texans

5) Chiefs 

6) Steelers

Chiefs over Texans

Bengals over Steelers

Chiefs over Broncos

Patriots over Bengals

Chiefs over Patriots

AFC Champions: Chiefs

NFC

1) Panthers-Bye

2) Cardinals-Bye

3) Vikings

4) Redskins

5) Packers

6) Seahawks

Seahawks over Vikings

Redskins over Packers

Panthers over Seahawks

Cardinals over Redskins

Panthers over Cardinals

NFC Champions: Panthers

Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, CA: 

Panthers 31- Chiefs 23

MVP: Cam Newton

Jets Choke Again

It pains me with every fiber in my body to write this. The Jets choked, they blew it when it mattered the most. They looked over-matched and were out-played/out-coached in the most meaningful game of the season.

The Jets promising season came to an end last Sunday as Ryan FitzMagic looked more like Ryan FitzTragic in the most decisive game of the season,

Most of the Jets players and their fans are still hurting. All they had to do was win 1 more game and they were in, but Rex Ryan had other plans. This was his "Super Bowl" and it's the only "Super Bowl" he'll ever win. It doesn't matter, he had his guys prepared and was ready to go to war to keep the Jets out of the playoffs, in which he succeeded. 

The Jets problems in that game were on all 3 sides of the ball. Offensively, they could not get anything going and featured Stevan Ridley more than Chris Ivory. Which I still cannot fathom. Defensively, the defense could not get a 3rd down stop all game long and Darelle Revis looked like a rather pedestrian cornerback. Special Teams, Ryan Squibley, the Fat Kicker, and the Fair Catch King struck again. 

Although this season is a huge improvement over last, it's not a successful one. The whole goal is to make the playoffs and make a run to win the Super Bowl. The Jets blew that opportunity, they had 1 game to win and could not do it. I cannot remember a season where the AFC was this wide open, the Jets could have potentially made a Super Bowl run and that's why this loss hurts even more.

I do not think I have it in me to forgive the Jets for blowing this. Will still be a fan for life and live through the pain and suffering. But man, it hurts knowing that your team could be one of 8 teams playing this weekend. 

Win and the Jets are in

"It's about damn time" Todd Bowles exclaimed as the Jets pulled off the biggest victory in this new regimes young tenure. Injury-riddled or not, the Jets were the better team on Sunday and with a little help from Ryan Mallett, they are 1 win away from the playoffs.

The man standing in the way of the Jets is Rex Ryan. This is Ryan's Super Bowl, he would like nothing more to send the Jets home packing from a potential playoff berth as he did to the Dolphins 2x in the past two seasons. A Bills defense who has looked like they have quit after their horrible loss to the Jaguars in London. Do you really think they will play hard for a coaching staff they don't particularity like or will they lay down and let the Jets waltz into the playoffs?

The Jets also got help from Bill Belichick's arrogant decision to kick in overtime rather than to receive the football. Belichick thought he could get the Jets to punt and then kick a game-winning FG with his automatic kicker. The Jets were offended by this and were motivated by the doubt that BB had in their offense. Ryan Fitzpatrick (FitzMagic) drove the Jets down the field with ease and threw a game-winning 6 yard TD pass to Eric Decker.

No this is gravy or we are better than expected bull. It is time for the Jets to finally rise to the occasion and send this team to the promise land.

I do not know want to hear that the Patriots intentionally lost this game because they were afraid of the Steelers. Have you seen the Steelers secondary? Brady would have a field day! The Jets are a hot and potentially dangerous team that no one wants a part of in the playoffs. Do you think the Patriots really want to face the Jets after the confidence the Jets showed Sunday? They don't and neither does the rest of the AFC.

Prediction for Sunday; Jets will not let up vs Bills. Rex Ryan and his "Super Bowl aspirations" will come up short in a close and well-fought game. Jets win 27-18.

Jets at a mid-season crisis at 5-5

At this point in the season, the Jets are showing their true colors. They are a mediocre football team, who got off to a hot start. Yes, in the past two weeks Todd Bowles has made some questionable decisions and that comes with the price of a rookie head coach. Do you not think that Rex Ryan made some bad decisions his rookie season? Of course, he did.

The roster is constructed as well as it can be. This season, the Quarterback position has not been the problem for the Jets. Ryan Fitzpatrick has played to the best of his abilities and has actually been the Jets best option at that position. Geno Smith is not the answer and never was, and Bryce Petty still has a couple years left to develop into an NFL player. As of now, Fitzpatrick is a good stop gap there.

The biggest issue the Jets face is not being able to overcome their big injuries. Losing Calvin Pryor and Nick Mangold has hurt the Jets more than the eye can see. Pryor has become the anchor of that secondary and Todd Bowles has him playing his natural position. Nick Mangold is a future hall of famer, and the Jets run game lives and dies on him being healthy. Hence why Chris Ivory has not been effective as of late.

Cutting Quinton Coples sends a message, whether the Jets intended it to or not. It sends a message that players who half-ass it on the field and are not a scheme fit, will not be here long. The Jets are implying that it does not matter whether you were a former 1st round pick or not. If you do not perform, you are a goner. This finally allows the Jets to "free" Lorenzo Mauldin and get the rookie, the playing time he deserves.

Lastly, Jets fans have to understand that 10 games will not undo 6 years of bad drafting and 4 years of non-playoff football. The last regime left the Jets with a good salary cap and a bad roster.The new regime has filled the necessary holes. Obviously the Jets still have glaring holes on both sides of the ball, but they are good enough to get by.

Right now the Jets are tied for the final wild-card spot and are still in the hunt. This Sunday vs the Dolphins will make or break this .500's team season and hopefully Todd Bowles going off on his players after Sunday's embarrassing loss and cutting Quinton Coples, will send a message and light a fire under this team, who desperately needs a spark.

Cam and the Cats, best team in the NFC

On August 19th, 2015, the Panthers season looked to be over before it started. Star receiver, Kelvin Benjamin went down with a torn ACL, leaving the Carolina Panthers with a scrap heap at the wide receiver position.

With the Panthers clearly not letting one injury define their season, they improved their record to 7-0 after beating the Colts in a sloppy game, in a torrential downpour.

How are the Panthers 7-0? Well, it starts in the trenches. The offensive and defensive lines have played fantastic this season. Especially the offensive line, they have really done a better job of protecting their franchise quarterback, Cam Newton. Newton looks like a more mature quarterback this season, he has finally put all the tools in place to become of the league's best at his position. He has little to no help on the offensive side of the ball, and he is still getting it done. The Panthers have also been able to run the football effectively this season. They had put their faith in injury prone running back, Jonathan Stewart, and it is finally paying off.

On the other side of the ball, Josh Norman has statistically been the best cornerback in the NFL. Other teams are actually afraid of throwing the ball to his side of the field because he is just that good of a cornerback.

The Panthers have what it takes this season, to go the distance all the way to Super Bowl 50 in San Francisco. They are elite on both sides of the football and finally have a mature leader at QB who can finally take them to the promise land.

The New York Mets are heading to the World Series

Years of long suffering have been worth all of this, the unexpected. Nobody coming into the season had the New York Metropolitans in the playoffs, let alone the World Series. But here we are, 3 days away from something not seen by the Mets faithful fans in nearly 15 years.

The season was over nearly a dozen times this season. Until Sandy Alderson manned up and finally decided to listen to his fan base. He made 3 crucial trades that has positively effected this ball club and he's never looked back. Without that strong showing at the trade deadline, the Mets are most likely in second place, watching next week's World Series from their couches.

I have waited a long time for this, as a die hard Mets fan.The fact that this team has faced every single side of adversity and is in the World Series still has not hit me yet. I guess you could say I am in shock, but that's because these moments are just surreal. You can also bet your behind that there will be chills going down my spine when I watch the game on Tuesday Night.

The "lovable losers" are even more lovable. This is gravy, as Terry Collins and many other Mets fans have reiterated. I am not going to settle for a World Series appearnce though, I want this World Series and I want the Mets to take the damn thing!

Whatever the result is come the end of the season though, I will be thrilled nonetheless. It's the Mets time and hopefully they have 4 more wins left in them, if not, they obviously will not go down without a fight.

Mets beat Dodgers as deGrom outduels Kershaw

Last night, the New York Mets took the field for the 1st time in mid-October since 2006. Jacob deGrom out dueled one of the best picthers in the game, and proved why he should be considered as one of the best in the game. deGrom's line last night: 7 innings, no runs, no earned, 13 strikeouts, and 1 walk (intentional walk to Joc Pederson)

The thing is, deGrom wasn't even at the best we have ever seen him. He fell behind in a lot of counts and gave up his fair share of hits, but he looked poised on the mound, and no Dodger was even close to crossing the plate with him on his game. deGrom was dominant, or as you might like to say "deGrominant". The Mets proved last night, that you do not need a whole lot of veterans with playoff experience to win in the playoffs. They are a young cocky team, who is poised for a deep playoff run.

I haven't even mentioned the Mets veteran hitters, who have waited through agnonizing seasons to make it to the postseason. I'm talking about Daniel Murphy and David Wright. Yeah, the same David Wright, whose career was presumed to be over after being diagnosed with spinal stenosis, came through last night with his most clutch hit in his career.

If the Mets can somehow beat Greinke tonight, who might be even better than Kershaw, they might as well pop some champagne. There is no way in hell that the Mets lose 2 at home with home field advantage and a fan base ready to explode. Hopefully the Mets can win tonight, and seal an NLDS victory even tighter. The Mets live and die on their magnificent young pitching and it truely showed last night.