First things first. As a New England Patriots fan, it pleases me a great deal to announce the defeat of the New York Giants football team; victims of a playoff loss at the hands of the Philadelphia Eagles. Patriots fans will never forget how this team took away our perfect season in the Super Bowl last year, thus necessitating their elimination this season.
How about those Arizona Cardinals defeating the Panthers in Carolina; the first home loss for the Panthers all season. Now the Cards will host the Eagles in next week's NFC Championship game. I realize that Philly is riding this incredible wave and seems to be a team of destiny of late, but let's remember last night's upset of the heavily favored Panthers, which came on the road for the Cards.
The Pittsburgh Steelers hosted the San Diego Chargers earlier today and prevailed, thanks to the absence of their key player Ladanian Tomlinson. One would think that last week's elimination of the Indianapolis Colts would lead to a better performance against the Steelers, but it never materialized. Up until last night, the cross country travel excuse was acceptable, but Arizona disproved that.
I've saved the best for last. The Baltimore Ravens visited the team with the best regular season record today, and when all was said and done, they walked away with a victory over the Tennessee Titans in Nashville. If you just glanced at the game stats on paper, you'd think the Titans trashed the Ravens, but Baltimore's defense (with which I personally won my fantasy football league championship), prevailed as usual. The Titans didn't help their game any with three turnovers in the red zone, while Baltimore went turnover free the entire contest. The Ravens meet the Steelers in the Steel City next week for the AFC title.
In conclusion, with the Giants out of the picture, and having no particular allegiance to any of these teams, I can enjoy the games next week regardless of their outcome.
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