I know, I know, I know... You all just heard from me on Saturday night, but a lot of things have happened since then, and I really wanted to get them off of my chest.

The Redskins beat Tampa Bay as I said, and now they have to go out to Seattle and beat the Seahawks. The Seahawks have an uncanny way of letting their fans down in the post season, but I don't think this is going to be that game. Look for a well-rested Seahawk squad to take it to the Redskins this weekend.

Carolina Panthers advanced to take a trip to Chicago where Bears fans have been waiting a long time for a playoff game. The problem here is that the NFC competition has been a mess this season, and is an utter toss up. This game could be LB Brian Urlacher's moment to shine on a national front while WR Muhsin Muhammad looks to get the last laugh on his former team. I like the Bears.

The Pats head over to Invesco Field at Mile High for a Saturday night match up against a team that covered a lot of real estate through the air in their earlier match up this season. The big difference this weekend...

A healthier depth chart featuring a nasty defensive front seven, a ground game which is due to breakout, and the most important of all; no CB Duane Starks in the secondary. Look for the Pats to win.

In the final match of the weekend the Colts welcome the Pittsburgh Steelers, and I'm sure everyone will remember how coach Bill Cowler lost that game for his team on Monday by going for an unnecessary onside kick. But my thoughts on the Steelers don't end there, because last week I picked the Bengals to win, and I'm 99.9 percent sure that if QB Carson (you ever notice how people always mistake themselves by saying Daly) Palmer didn't get injured on the second play of that game the Bengals would have been off to Denver and the Pats would have been off to Indy. Come Monday morning Cowler and his players will be giving the prsss the same ole' "Woulda, coulda, shoulda." Look for Manning to torch the Steelers secondary.

And since we are on the topic of the Mannings... Is this family cursed? Does not being able to win the BIG games run in the family? Eli Manning was supposed to lead the NY Giants to the Promised Land, and instead he threw three picks and fumbled the ball away.

Is it safe to say?

"Like father, like son, like son?" or would that be, "Like father, like son, like brother?"

Anyway, let's get back to that Bengals/Steelers match-up, and "The Hit". A hit that I'm sure will be debated for years to come in Cincinnati. In my opinion, I don't think the hit was deliberately or maliciously dirty, but I do think it was instinctively done, and should have drawn the flag for a late hit as did Bengals' head coach Marvin Lewis. The proof to me is the replay, which clearly contradicts the call the refs gave. The refs claim, NT Kimo von Oelhoffen was blocked into Carson, which is why no flag for a late hit was thrown. My argument here is that if he was blocked then how did he have the knowledge to wrap up Palmer's leg and lead with the side of his helmet? Maybe he didn't see that Palmer had already gotten rid of the ball, but he knew he was low. He was also well aware of the damage he caused at the end of the play as he called for help.

All of these guys can speak in his defense and say how much of a great guy he is, but we all know that emotion can change people and they proved that later in the game when Steelers' SS Troy Pomamalu shoved the football into Bengals' C Rich Braham's face. The guys in the booth all claimed how nice Troy was off the field, but how he becomes a "monster" when on the field. They even showed highlights of him taking it to QB Carson Palmer over the last couple of seasons despite the fact they were roommates and friensds while at USC.

Also in the NFL, several coaches were hired and fired with some acts of brutal coldness. New Orleans dumped HC Jim Haslett after his team's season was turned upside down from Katrina. Granted his coaching record wasn't that hot, but come on I think the guy and his team deserves a pass for this year. In St. Louis the Rams fired Mike Martz after coming back from heart issues, and it was rumored the dismissal came from his beef with the front office during his tenure. If this firing was done as the ultimate FU to Martz from the owners then he should grab a lawyer and file a lawsuit against the Rams ownership for violation of the FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act). Dallas Cowboys' Jerry Jones logged Bill Parcells on for two more seasons, which means my dreams of a Patriots/Cowboys Super Bowl are still alive.

In other NFL ponders, the league dumped their advertising relationship with Levitra. Levitra was Viagra's competition, and was dumped because the makers of Levitra changed their advertising tactics. When their sponsorship began the Levitra ads featured Mike Ditkta in a tone down one on one fashion, but didn't ring up sales to their liking. Instead they switched to ads with sexual overtones like the guy trying to throw the football through the tire in his backyard. Is this a good move by the NFL? Who cares because the deal only cost the NFL about 6 million per season, and I'm sure some other company can fill that void.

Well, before I go I want to touch base on college football because this week Texas Longhorns QB Vince Young announced he was headed for the NFL draft this spring. Now I'm not going to knock this kid because he did have one hell of a performance during his win over USC in last week's Rose Bowl, but there is no way he will be able to do that in the NFL. LB's are just too fast and the NFL is a different monster, and to be brutally honest, scrambling QB's IMO are a dying breed that risk injuries, seasons and team revenue every time they try to rack up rushing yardage. 

So... What is up with these "Stupid is as stupid does." players? How dumb can two people possibly be? I'm talking about Ohio State's former RB Maurice Clarett and Virgina Tech's QB Marcus Vick. These are guys with a boatload of talent, but just don't get it. Clarett had his NFL chance, blew it, then months later he's turning himself in for robbery charges after the Fiesta Bowl. Now instead of keeping his mouth shut and waiting for his case to begin he does a magazine interview with ESPN and spouts off about the special treatment he received while in college. If all of these accusations are true why spout about it now? I guess it's a case of "If I'm going down we're all going down." Then there's Marcus Vick, brother of NFL QB Michael Vick. This guy has a track record that would make Tony Soprano envious. Wild parties, sex with minors, assaults, reckless driving and now gun charges. What a waste, and utter disgrace to the Afro American community. These guys got scholarships to college, and had a chance to write their own tickets to the NFL, but instead they chose to flush everything down the toilet while two other young students (any race) may have missed out.

Thanks a lot idiots.