Packers, 2009

When SI's Peter King picked the Packers in the NFC Championship game this year, I was tickled pink. Then, SI's Don Banks picked them in the Super Bowl, and I was tickled several more colors. After all, it was SI who picked the Packers to win it all in 1996, and that came true (they also picked the Chiefs, which is laughable, but it didn't matter that year anyway because the Packers would have cleaned anyone's ass, which they did, when they cleaned the Patriots' asses). But now ESPN's Bill Simmons has come along and picked the Packers to win it all. I was excited about that at first, but I'm starting to think all this hyping and Rodgers-as-MVP-picking is going a little too far. This is entering jinx territory, and is possibly a ploy by Simmons to get revenge for his precious Patriots (although he picked the Steelers this year, but that's also part of the jinx I think). So, I'm going to bring this all back down to Earth and simply pick the Pack to win the NFC Central (and we'll just let the Super Bowl victory unfurl from there).