The Giants showed that their strong finish this year was not a fluke and that a fully healthy New York team is a legitimate Super Bowl threat by totally manhandling the previously 15-1 Packers 37-20 last week. Granted the Giants did not get as much out of the running game as expected but Eli Manning passed for 330 yards and the defense was … [Read more]

The NY Giants pulled the major upset of the Green Bay Packers on Sunday and they are now listed at 4-1 odds to win the 2012 Super Bowl. The Giants now travel west to take on the SF 49ers (4-1 SB champ odds) Sunday afternoon in the NFC title game. The Patriots are favored at 2-1 odds to win the Super Bowl as they will welcome the Baltimore … [Read more]

The Houston Texans made the first playoff game in franchise history a memorable one, as they beat the Bengals handily 31-10, basically proving that their season ending three-game losing streak was merely a letdown after clinching the AFC South. As a reward, Houston now gets to visit the second seeded Baltimore Ravens coming off of a bye week. … [Read more]

The New York Giants beat the Falcons easily last week as the final score 0f 24-2 does not do justice to just how dominating the Giants were in that game. Many people feel that the Giants will be one and done though now that they must travel to Lambeau Field to take on the top seeded and 15-1 Green Bay Packers, a team that went 8-0 at Lambeau … [Read more]

The New Orleans Saints advanced by beating Detroit over Wild Card Weekend 45-28 in a game where they did not punt the ball at all. That marked the fourth straight game that the Saints scored over 40 points and the third straight where they scored exactly 45 points. The San Francisco 49ers are off a bye as the second seed in the NFC, a conference … [Read more]

The Denver Broncos advanced by upsetting Pittsburgh 29-23 in overtime last week, and the myth of Tim Tebow was kept alive as he passed for 316 yards in his first playoff game, more yards than he has passed for in any regular season game in his brief career. Tebow still completed only 10 passes in 21 attempts though vs. a Pittsburgh defense … [Read more]

The Denver Broncos are the least deserving NFL playoff team this season as they lost their last three games to finish at 8-8 and yet still won the terrible AFC West when the Raiders lost at home to the Chargers. They now get to host this game despite finishing four games worse than the wild card Pittsburgh Steelers in the standings. … [Read more]

The Atlanta Falcons already had a wild card sewn up before last week, but by routing the Buccaneers in their season finale after the Lions had already lost, the Dirty Birds jumped up to the fifth seed and thus avoided having to face the scorching-hot Saints this week. Instead, they draw the NFC East Champion New York Giants, a title the … [Read more]

The first playoff game of the 2012 playoff season is not exactly a marquee matchup. The Houston Texas are no doubt excited about making the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, but they are not entering the post-season on a roll, having lost their last three regular season games after a 10-3 start. The Cincinnati Bengals … [Read more]

The Detroit Lions are in the playoffs for the first time this century, but they blew a chance to nail down the fifth seed and avoid this confrontation with the red-hot New Orleans Saints when they could not beat the Green Bay back-ups last week in an exciting 45-41 loss. So Detroit must now contend with arguably the hottest team in football, … [Read more]