NFL Wildcard Weekend 2007
- By Keith Hayes
- Published 01/5/2008
- Football
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Keith Hayes
Keith Hayes got his love for writing in the 6th grade where he began writing sci-fi stories for classmates and friends, while continuing to write over the years as a personal hobby.
In 1991 after purchasing WebTV, he caught the Internet bug and began writing on various message boards and newsgroups under the pseudonym Mista Sinista. His posts became popular as he covered movie reviews, the New England Patriots, WCW and WWE (formerly WWF) wrestling. Just do a Google search for Mista Sinista or Sinista1 under groups, and you'll discover enough material to read for months.
As his debating talents developed online, he became vocal in his local newspaper, the Enterprise. He began submitting Letters to the Editor, and most of his pieces were printed on a regular basis. He also had similar success with his letters to the early years of Patriots Football Weekly. After generating some buzz and catching the eyes of readers, Keith was contacted to write for wrestling web site Wrestlenutz.com. He was then later contacted to write for a New England Patriots fan website PatriotsFootball.com, which is now known as PatsFans.com.
When covering the Pats, Keith kept his Mista Sinista attitude and reviewed the games with his "tell it like it is" style. The Patriots experience soon took off, and allowed him to meet various players, travel to a Pro Bowl in Hawaii, a Super Bowl in New Orleans, several away games in the Meadowlands, and some great games in Foxboro, where he has been a season ticket holder since 1990.
Today, he covers the New England Patriots for eSports and as a 12th Man correspondent for PatsFans.com. You can read his political and local debates on his hometown site Brockton Forums. But for a real treat, you can also see the twisted side on his moniker web site Sinista1.com, where he has some great spoofs like "Barbie and Ken's True Hollywood Story," and "Celebrity Survivor."
Most recently, Keith has become a co-host on two hit radio shows at WXBR 1460 AM in Brockton (formerly WBET). On Fridays, Keith can be heard during the "On the Mark PI Show," with his host Private Investigator Mark Chauppetta, who has his own reality television show in negotiations, and a role in the upcoming horror film Frightworld where he plays an FBI Agent hunting a serial killer who has killed his wife.
Keith is now following in his host’s footsteps after scoring a part in Walt Disney's upcoming movie "The Game Plan," starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. In the movie, Keith plays a football player on QB Joe Kingman’s (Dwayne's character) Boston Rebels rival team the New York Dukes. Also joining Keith on the show is defense attorney Ken Diesenhof, and Brockton Police Officer Frank "Czman".
On Saturdays, Keith can be heard during "Krashing Into the Bigfield/The Lock Up" from noon to 4 p.m. talking sports with Enterprise writer Kevin Tocci, and aspiring actor Tom Mariano, cousin to "Boston Rob" of "Survivor/Amazing Race" fame. The show also features guests Matt Futrell, Peter Czymbor, Dennis Harris, and is produced by former Indie wrestler Mike Pavia. The South Shore Sports Show is growing, as the first two hours cover sports (professional and local), while the second two hours cover the best talk in professional and Indie wrestling.
Another season of the NFL has come to and end, and the playoff lines have been drawn for this weekend.
AFC Bye Teams
New England Patriots (16-0)
Indianapolis Colts (13-3)
NFC Bye Teams
Dallas Cowboys (13-3)
Green Bay Packers (13-3)
Saturday
AFC: Jacksonville Jaguars (11-5) at Pittsburgh Steelers (10-6)
After losing to the New England Patriots, and getting humbled on national television, the Steelers' Anthony Smith couldn't keep his mouth shut once again and made another guarantee. This time he guaranteed that the Steelers would see the Patriots again in the playoffs. Too bad he didn't think about the other teams in the AFC that might have a slight objection to that statement. If there was any team willing to go toe to toe, smash mouth football with the Steelers it would be the Jacksonville Jaguars, a team that has a running back advantage over its opponents. The Steelers lost their starter Willie Parker (No. 2 rusher in the league) to a broken leg, and will be going with Najeh Davenport. Davenport is no slouch, but he isn't Parker either. The Jags have RB Fred Taylor (No. 14 in the league) who lives to plow guys down, as he did three weeks ago when he ate up 147 yards of real estate. The Jags are a tough team, and should be the team to send the Steelers packing.
Winner: Jacksonville
NFC: Washington Redskins (9-7) at Seattle Seahawks (10-6)
The Redskins are playing on emotion, and made the playoffs because of it. But, these are the playoffs, and I can't see QB Todd Collins having a decent day in Seattle. I’m looking for a balanced attack from the Seahawks for the win.
Winner: Seattle
Sunday
AFC: Tennessee Titans (10-6) at San Diego Chargers (11-5)
There is some bad blood here between these two teams, but after the injury to QB Vince Young of the Titans (game time decision) and the emergence of WR Chris Chambers as a long threat for the Chargers, the scales tip in their favor. I'm looking for the Chargers to have the biggest win margin this weekend.
Winner: San Diego
NFC: NY Giants (10-6) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-7)
Last weekend the real Eli Manning finally showed up in the fourth quarter, and let the best team in the NFL off the ropes to finish their quest for perfection. In my opinion, the Giants need this win to save head coach Tom Coughlin's job, and Eli needs this win to come into his own as a leader for this team. But, he's so inconsistent, and without TE Jeremy Shockey, the Giants will have to count on TE Kevin Boss to pick up the slack once again, and they will need to run the ball to win. I'm expecting the Bucs to grind this out in a close one. However, shades of 1996/1997 come to mind when the Denver Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan sat his starters for week 17, and went into the bye thinking the long lapse will do the team good. Instead, Denver came out flat, and they lost in an upset to the Jacksonville Jaguars that year. The Bucs have been resting since week 16, but it will be up to coach Jon Gruden to get them ready.
Winner: Tampa Bay
