AFC Championship: San Diego Chargers at New England Patriots; Sunday, January 20, 3:00
To the surprise of many, the AFC Championship is a rematch of the San Diego Chargers and the New England Patriots, and not a rematch of week 9 between the Indianapolis Colts and the New England Patriots. In week 2, the Patriots defeated the Chargers 38-14, just one week removed from the Spygate situation. With some pretty big injuries hanging over the Chargers (Tomlinson, Gates, and Rivers) the Chargers may not have a prayer against the Patriots. It just seems that the machine know as the Patriots are on a mission to win the Super Bowl, not only for themselves, but for Belichick as well. The Chargers, like the Giants in the NFC have been written off for weeks by many people around the league. They have continued to answer the call all the way to the AFC title game. I just think that it will not be enough to stop a team that has an agenda. The Chargers may keep it interesting until the second half, but like the Jaguars game, the Patriots will pull away again.
Patriots 34, Chargers 21
NFC Championship: New York Giants at Green Bay Packers; Sunday, January 20, 6:30
The NFC Championship is also a rematch of week 2. Also, like the AFC, the NFC has a shocker in its championship game as well. After the stunner in Big D, the Giants have once again proven to road warriors as they continue to shock everyone around the league. The Giants have won 9 straight road games (an NFL Record), and go into the toughest place to play in the playoffs now, Lambeau Field. The Green Bay Packers in 2006 won their last four games to get to 8-8, and have carried it over into 2007 with a 13-3 record. Both of these teams come into this game extremely hot with a lot of talent on both sides of the ball. I feel this is going to be an extremely tight game unlike the 35-13 game they had in week 2. Although that game was closer than the score would tell you. The Giants have been underdogs since week 1 when no one had them going anywhere. Green Bay has surprised the NFL, and Farve has them back on top again. This game will come down to the fourth quarter, where home field advantage will come into play and the Packers pull it out.
Packers 24, Giants 20
Those are my predictions, I will have a little closer break down of these match ups in the coming days.
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