The NFL Divisional Playoff round has ended with the Saints, Colts, Vikings and Jets, yes the Jets, advancing to the NFC and AFC Championship games. As has been the trend of this year's playoffs, all but one of the games during the weekend was a blow out. The Saints outclassed the Cardinals and just looked like the team with more talent and more energy. They looked like the best team in the NFL. They can stretch the field with Brees and their receiving core of Marques Colston, Jeremy Shockey, Devery Henderson and if Reggie Bush runs for the rest of the playoffs like he did against the Cardinals, it is hard to see how the Saints will lose. It is like Bush was in another zone and decided he was going to run over people instead of trying to run around people. And as always, Colston, Shockey, and Henderson will be weapons deep down the field. The Cardinals defense just had no answer for the talented offensive weapons the Saints have. They got cut up two weeks in a row and are lucky they beat the Packers.
But they have to play against the Vikings, who look equally unstoppable. Their defense is something that the Saints have not had to match up against. The Vikings defense just took it to the Cowboys, who were coming into that game hot, beating the Eagles two straight weeks before. The Vikings have a defense that is big in the middle with Pat Williams, defend the run well, and had Romo running for his life, sacking him six times. Adrian Peterson had another sub par game but was bailed out by a 4 touchdown pass game by Brett Favre, 3 of which got caught by Sidney Rice. He was an absolute nightmare for the secondary of the Cowboys.
This is the match up on the NFC side that everyone wants to see, and it should be a great game.
AFC Divisional Round recap will come later tonight, with predictions coming later this week.
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