Divisional Round Preview

The Divisional Round of the Bizarro Bowl playoffs is set and the matchups are as following:

AFC
#1 Kansas City at #6 Oakland
#2 Cleveland at #5 Cincinnati

NFC
#1 Detroit at #6 Green Bay
#2 St. Louis at #5 Seattle

It's interesting to see that all four of the games are intradivisional. If the old saying is true, familiarity does breed contempt. Especially if you're a fan of one these so called teams. The big game is, of course, Detroit at Green Bay. In the final game of the year, the Packers beat the Lions to send them to an unprecedented 0-16 to finish off their disperfect season. The Lions will do anything possible to avoid "winning" the inaugural Bizarro Bowl, but they haven't won a game so far and I don't think their streak ends this week. In other games, Yancy Tyler Thigpen actually played kinda decent down the stretch for the Chiefs so I predict an upset. Seattle shouldn't have too much trouble against a Rams Team that pretty much laid down the two and half months of the season (so much for that great turnaround job by Jim Haslett during those two weeks huh?) The real stinker of the week is going to be Browns-Bengals. The Browns went without scoring an offensive touchdown for a six straight weeks setting a rather dubious NFL record. The Bengals started out the season 0-8, but beat a couple of unmotivated teams late in the season to look better than they actually are. At least they know that regular season NFL games can end in a tie. I like the Bengals in this game by a touchdown. Here is the schedule for the Divisonal Round of the Bizarro Bowl Playoffs:

Saturday
#2 Cleveland at #5 Cincinnati
Sunday
#2 St. Louis at #5 Seattle
Monday
#1 Kansas City at #6 Oakland
Tuesday
#1 Detroit at #6 Green Bay

Enjoy the games!!