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A telltale sign that the NFL is successful: As much as we love the season, it always gets better and better with every week.
In three weeks, a new Super Bowl champion will be crowned. In 24 hours, we'll have the candidates narrowed down to two. For 19 weeks, it's been fun. Tomorrow is the greatest.
The reason we'll have a new champion is because the Green Bay Packers lost last week. Furthermore, the New Orleans Saints, considered the second-best team, lost too. We are left with several interesting games. A rematch in the NFC which seems as old as time. A potential classic Super Bowl rematch.
All I think we can all agree on is the Baltimore Ravens winning would be a bummer.
Baltimore Ravens vs. New England Patriots
Remember 2009? The Ravens were 9-7 wild card team going to Boston to play the division-winning New England Patriots, who were 8-0 at home. No one gave the Ravens a shot in hell. Then, it all fell apart. Ray Rice took the first play from scrimmage 83 yards for a touchdown. The Ravens jumped to a 24-0 lead thanks to turnovers and won 33-14. Joe Flacco threw for 34 yards. Now, I'm not attempting to insinuate that the same things will happen. I'm just saying that shit happens sometimes. Do not write off the Ravens here. That'd be a mistake. Also note that playoff teams that score 40 one week are 3-19 the next week. Patriots are too much and the Ravens defense is old. Watch out for Ray Rice and Torrey Smith on the outside. Can't turn in a clunker like against Houston and beat the Patriots.
New England Patriots 28, Baltimore Ravens 24
New York Giants vs. San Francisco 49ers
Giants-49ers in the playoffs is like a warm blanket. On a wintery day, it's good just to wrap up for a couple of hours and bask in the warmth. Going back to Leonard Marshall nearly beheading Joe Montana. The botched field goal in 2003. Just full of NFL Playoff memories. I will say this, if you want to see a game played between the two most complete teams in the league, this is it. It's not the Super Bowl and the winner is no sure-fire bet against New England/Baltimore. From top to bottom, though, the 49ers and Giants are fantastic. Both of their strengths are up front: Their offensive and defensive lines are breathtaking. The 49ers have the advantage in the secondary; the Giants have the advantage in quarterback and a gigantic edge in pass catchers.
Where does this fall out? Do the 49ers have enough bodies to cover all of those Giants receivers? Is Eli Manning simply playing out of his mind right now? Did Alex Smith simply career last week? Will the nasty conditions at Candlestic
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I just think to last week. The 49ers beat a lesser Saints defense with some crazy fourth-quarter wizardry a week ago. The Saints also found they could move the ball a little against a salty San Fran defense, which was fortunate to get so many turnovers. Don't know if that mojo works another week.
New York Giants 33, San Francisco 49ers 31
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