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NFL Playoffs – Percy Harvin Not Cleared to Play
One of the biggest offseason additions in the NFL heading into this season was Percy Harvin joining the Seattle Seahawks. He has been healthy enough to play in only two games so far, but a concussion he sustained in the Divisional playoff game against the New Orleans Saints is threatening to leave him out of the conference championship game against the San Francisco 49ers.
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Brady vs Manning – It’s All About the Home Team
In the three playoff meetings between Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, it’s always been the home team that came through. Twice for the New England Patriots, once for the Indianapolis Colts. The Denver Broncos host yet another epic showdown between the two great quarterbacks.
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NFL Playoffs – Four Quarterbacks From Two Different Generations
Few will argue that the best teams in the NFL reached the “Final Four”, the conference championship games. It also offers an interesting take on old and new in the NFL, with Colin Kaepernick and Russell Wilson being a new breed of quarterbacks regarding their skill-set, while Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, representing the old guard, and relying on their arms and not their legs approach.
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Peyton Manning Helping Out the City of Omaha By Yelling it During Games
Quarterbacks shout things during games. Some of them mean something – snap count, audible. Sometimes it’s meaningless, or an attempt to trick a defense. Peyton Manning isn’t the first, but seems to be the one who sticks to the word Omaha, Nebraska’s biggest city, more than anyone else. And the city, or some people in […]
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NFL Playoffs – Who Made it to the Conference Championship Game
The Final Four of the NFL for the 2013 season is set, with the AFC presenting the Manning-Brady rivalry once again for the conference championship in a rematch between the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots, while the NFC has two teams from the same conference, which is going to be the third game this season between the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers.
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Chargers vs Broncos – Better But Not Enough
Recent and ancient history between the San Diego Chargers and Peyton Manning made no difference. The Denver Broncos didn’t play a perfect game but good and smart enough to get by and past a tricky rival, getting to the AFC Championship game by using the same tactics their rivals tried to pull on them in the past.
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New England Patriots – Better When Tom Brady Doesn’t Throw Touchdowns
There’s been a theory running around for years that the New England Patriots have stopped winning Super Bowls the moment they stopped becoming a team with a good quarterback into Tom Brady the superstar and his group of teammates. His 0 touchdown performance in the playoff win over the Indianapolis Colts and the team’s record with him in games when he doesn’t throw touchdown passes proves the same point.
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49ers vs Panthers – Perfect Defensive Level Reached
The San Francisco 49ers entered the postseason as the hottest team in the NFL, and that positive momentum keeps pushing them forward, beating the Carolina Panthers 23-10 on the road with an almost flawless defensive performance while their offense led by Colin Kaepernick and Frank Gore once again did just about enough to make it through.
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The Heisman Winning Quarterback Playoff Curse
It’s not exactly a secret that winning the Heisman trophy doesn’t promise success in the NFL. However, recent history of quarterbacks that have won the award and started in NFL playoff games like Tim Tebow, Robert Griffin III and Carson Palmer teaches us that there might be some sort of curse involved, which doesn’t bode well for Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers.
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NFL Playoffs – Chargers vs Broncos
The Denver Broncos, on paper, are better than the San Diego Chargers in pretty much every possible thing. The most recent encounter between the teams and Peyton Manning’s history against the bolts might hint that there’s more than just numbers to this game.