Feelin' Kinda SUNDAY!

Heavyweight fight in the AFC and battle of the veteran QBs in the NFC. First off I want to point out a few things that most analysts are forgetting to mention right about now: It is a general consensus among people like Ron Jaworski, Stephen A. Smith, and Skip Bayless that this is a quaterback driven league and that games are won in the passing game, lets look at what has happened come playoff time. The top passers with the exception of Kurt Warner are vacationing watching these games on the television, no Peyton, no Brees, no Rivers, no Romo, no Favre, no Cutler. Lets look at the teams that are left Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Philly, 3 of the best 4 defenses in the league, and Arizona a mediocre defense in the regular season is playing with urgency and in 2 playoff games has a +7 turnover differential. Looks like this quarterback driven league is run off the road by the stand up defenses come playoff time.

Philly vs. Arizona: On Thanksgiving Arizona went into Philadelphia and got embarrassed, do not expect a blowout in the NFC Championship. Arizona was on a short weeks rest and had to travel across the country with little gameplan. Look at that game, there defensive gameplan was very bland and McNabb and Westbrook diced them up. The Cards got in a hole early and couldn't climb out. The difference in this one should be which defense can force the other team's QB into more mistakes.

Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore: Pittsburgh 2-0 vs. Baltimore this season, do not listen to that stuff that it is hard to beat a team 3 times in one season. It is hard to beat any team in the playoffs despite what happened in the regular season. All that 2-0 means is you had their number. Pittsburgh should have the edge, their Super Bowl team is almost entirely entact besides Bill Cowher and Jerome Bettis, it has been a few more years for Baltimore although their recipe for winning is very similar to that of their Super Bowl year. Both defenses are very stingy when it comes to giving up points, it should come down to who scores touchdowns and not field goals.

Picks: NFC game I think is literally 50/50 but I am going with the Cards at home and hopefully my boy Warner building that hall of fame resume.

AFC game should be an old fashioned slobberknocker but I think Flacco will show he is human and the Pittsburgh D will take advantage of the rookie, I'm taking Pittsburgh.