My Picks in the Championship Games today are: STEELERS OVER RAVENS The Steelers are playing their best Football. The Ravens defense has played well, but they are tired, and Joe Flacco will struggle against Pittsburgh's defense. CARDINALS OVER EAGLES The Arizona Cardinals have it all. A good running game, a great passing game, and a good enough defense to make it to the Super Bowl.
Tom Brady Is One Win Away From Taking His Undefeated Patriots Back To The Super Bowl. Brett Favre Can Make A Return Trip To The Super Bowl. Favre's Packers Defeated The Patriots In Super Bowl XXXI. Here Is Your AFC And NFC Championship Game Previews. By Sunday Night, we will know for sure who will be playing in Super Bowl XLII. AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: SAN DIEGO CHARGERS VS NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 3:00 PM EST CBS
The San Diego Chargers, playing without Antonio Gates, LaDanian Tomlinson, or Phillip Rivers, were able to watch their backups rise to the occassion. The Colts receivers weren't able to, as Dallas Clark, who is normally so surehanded, dropped a sure first down to end the game, and San Diego defeated the Colts 28-24.
Lightning struck once for San Diego. It Isn't going to happen again.
New England has too many weapons, and their defense has so many ways to beat you. Plus, Phillip Rivers, LaDanian Tomlinson, and Antonio Gates will all not be 100 percent for this game. Now I hear the Chargers fan Protesting "We Beat Indy without Rivers, Tomlinson, or Gates" and I say, "True. You did beat the Colts. But You won't beat the Patriots." New England will be healthy for this game, they will mount a heavy pass rush,eqaualing many sacks of Phillip Rivers, and they will clog all of the holes, giving Tomlinson and Michael Turner nowhere to run. New England also causes turnovers, lots of turnovers. The Patriots cannot be beaten. The Patriots will hoist the Lombardi Trophy in Arizona, and will be known as the greatest team of all time.
PATRIOTS OVER CHARGERS
NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: NEW YORK GIANTS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS 6:30 PM EST FOX Now to the more interesting and intriguing Championship Game, the NFC Championship Game. The Packers have had a magical quality about them all season, and that's not going to change.Green Bay has plenty of offense with Pro Bowl quarterback Brett Favre and running back Ryan Grant. The Packers also have an aggressive defense that is built around a fast front seven and a secondary full of playmakers and Pro Bowl-caliber cornerbacks. If that's not enough, the Packers also get to play the Giants in what should be a frigid Lambeau Field. If there's one positive for these teams with this cold weather,it is that both Ryan Grant and Brandon Jacobs will both get a lot of carries. That doesn't mean the Giants will fall apart Sunday. They are 9-1 on the road this season for a reason. It just means that their compelling playoff run is about to end. They have too many injuries in the secondary, and you know Brett Favre will take care of that. Brett Favre is about to face his old nemesis, the Patriots, again in a Super Bowl. Favre faced the Patriots and beat them in Super Bowl XXXI. The only difference between Super Bowl XXXI and Super Bowl XLII is that Tom Brady and the New England Patriots will complete their magical run at an undefeated season and end the Storybook Season of Brett Favre and the Packers. PACKERS OVER GIANTS
It should have been one of the proudest moments in Anna Grant's young life.
The 14-year-old won her age group in her division of the annual Punt, Pass and Kick competition, clinching it with her performance during halftime of last week's AFC divisional playoff game at Indianapolis.
When Grant and the other winners were recognized before the fourth quarter of the Colts-San Diego game, she was the only one booed by the fans - mainly because Grant, like the other contestants, was wearing the jersey of her hometown team.
In her case, it was the Patriots, and Colts fans acted predictably, if not classy. After hearing about the incident, Patriots owner Robert Kraft not only invited Grant and her family to the AFC championship game Sunday, but will be at midfield to participate in the pregame coin flip.
"Why should a champion be booed?" Kraft told the Associated Press. "She won an intensive competition. She's supposed to be honored. We will recognize her as the winner on the field. Our fans will know."
Grant, a resident of Stratham, N.H., was prepared for the rude reception she received.
"Before I went down there, my friends said, 'You know, you'll probably get booed,'" she said. "I was kind of waiting for it.
"It really didn't bother me at all. People at the game came up to me afterward and said, 'It's not you. It's your jersey.'"
"In a way, the fact that this young lady was booed is a compliment to the New England Patriots fans because we're relevant," Kraft said. "And, we're good."
Andrew Beck, The Punt, Pass & Kick Champion from Harker Heights, was featured on the local news and had a pretty fun first day back, as he was noticed all over his school,But by far, the story of this event was how Colts fans responded to Anna Grant's jersey.
Take A Look at the news report below, and you can tell she took it in stride. Congrats to her and her family, as they get to see the Patriots Play the Chargers in Sunday's AFC Championship Game.
Your AFC And NFC Championship Game Previews Are Coming Up Tommorow!
