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The New Star Quarterbacks Who Will Rule the NFL’s Future
We’re going to see Tom Brady and Peyton Manning once again in yet another postseason, but one of the more impressive facts is that six of the twelve quarterbacks in the 2012 NFL playoffs – Andy Dalton, Christian Ponder, Colin Kaepernick, Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III and Russell Wilson, are in their first or second year in the league.
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No Steelers or Eagles in Playoffs For First Time Since 1999
A disastrous year for the Pennsylvania NFL teams, as both the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Phildaelphia Eagles missed the playoffs for the first time since 1999. Mike Tomlin is keeping his job, but the Eagles’ failure to make the postseason in the last couple of years has cost him his job.
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Giants vs 49ers – Not the NFC title Game we Expected
The San Francisco 49ers, despite being the home team against the Saints, weren’t favored to win. Alex Smith and Vernon Davis came up as winners in an epic fourth quarter, and the rest is history. The New York Giants weren’t supposed to beat the Green Bay Packers and Aaron Rodgers in Lambeau, but Eli Manning and the G-Men are simply too hot to stop right now.
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Ravens vs Patriots – Brady Ready to Win AFC for Fifth Time
With Tom Brady in his current form, with the Baltimore Ravens struggling at home against the Houston Texans and having a pretty unimpressive road record this season, the New England Patriots are entering the AFC Championship game as favorites to make their fifth Super Bowl under Bill Belichick.
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Crying Packers Fan Explains Loss to Giants
Casey, a sobbing Green Bay Packers fan, turning herself into an internet mini-sensation as she explain, amid crying and sobs, why she thinks the Packers lost to the New York Giants in the playoffs.
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NFL Playoffs Should Have 16 Teams
I’m not a big fan of Bye weeks. Maybe it’s because I love the NBA playoffs, but I don’t think teams should play less during tournaments because they finished higher in the regular season. Home advantage? Sure, winning has to count for something. But getting an extra week off, that doesn’t necessarily help teams, like the Green Bay Packers learned against the Green Bay Packers.
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Giants vs Packers – Eli Manning Feeling Like 2008 Again
Eli Manning came through, as he has all season for the Giants, leading them to a surprising win over the Green Bay Packers, the best team in the NFL during the regular season, and the would be MVP Aaron Rodgers, stunning in Lambeau Field 37-20.
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Saints vs 49ers – Alex Smith Rules Epic Fourth Quarter
Alex Smith has been waiting for this moment since becoming the number one pick in the 2005 draft. From the future franchise quarterback to one who didn’t get to play a snap in 2008 and almost getting cut to the first quarterback to win a game for the 49ers in the postseason, leading them over the Saints to a 36-32 win.
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Broncos vs Patriots – Poor Tebow and Perfect Brady
Tom Brady hasn’t won a playoff game in quite sometime. Four years to be exact, followed by two losses on the Patriots’ first game of the postseason. The Denver Broncos and Tim Tebow weren’t about to stop the Pats from advancing to the AFC championship game, throwing for a record-tying six touchdown passes en route to a 45-10 demolition.
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NFC West – Not as Bad as You Think
The NFC West, usually, doesn’t get too many compliments. Besides having a dominant Seattle Seahawks team in the mid 00’s and the 49ers’ rise in the 2011 season under head Jim Harbaugh. Nonetheless, despite not having a Super Bowl winning team since January 2000, it is the only division to have a team in the playoffs divisional round each season since the realignment.