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This game is good. 28 - 28. NE had the momentum, but they just wasted it with a three and out.

My Dad: "I'm going to go take a shower. I feel dirty, because I just rooted for Baltimore, and they just lost to the Patriots."

I lost it.

It's Dallas' or Seattle's Superbowl to lose. 

Ho. Lee. Shit.

9 trips to the AFC championship, fifth time hosting it, four straight appearances, and five straight first round byes. Damn.

I still have Dallas and New England in the Super Bowl.

Roger's leg worries me, and Dallas has proven to be a hot, clutch, and mentally tough team. Green Bay's close to unbeatable at home, but I think Murray can attack that D-line at allow Romo to make some plays across the field. Going into Seattle and beating in the regular season is one thing, doing it in the postseason (when they're hot, let alone) is another. But I think Dallas stands a better chance of it than anybody else. Dallas has the best o-line in football and that should create a stale-mate with Seattle's d-line. If Dallas can go back to that formula they had back in the regular season and give it a "reboot", I think they can beat Seattle. The greatest worry comes from Dallas's pass defense. They did a good job of stopping Detroit's run game as well as slowing down Megatron, but Stafford still had a fairly good, maybe even great. Russell Wilson may not be able to sling it like Stafford did, but he'll be able to move around. Stafford was under pressure the whole game and still did well, imagine what Wilson can do avoiding pressure. And of course, I hate saying it (especially after all the clutch games he's had this year) but Romo is a concern as well. Not a great one but a concern nonetheless.

New England on the other hand, they're in a similar but different situation. They've got ALOT to work on this week, but the win over Baltimore proves a lot. It proves that A) Resting their starters did come back to bite them but B) this is one of the most mentally tough teams in football. I cut them some slack because they were rusty, they were playing a physical, emotional, and rival team in the Ravens. This was the worst game for New England defensively since week 13, and week 4 before that. Let's not forget they were playing against Joe Flacco, who (even though it tears me up to say this) has a very good shot at becoming one of the best playoff quarterbacks of all time (if he isn't there already). Baltimore was likely the biggest test NE could have faced in all of the AFC playoffs. With Denver and Indy, they've already shown that they have the key mismatches to mess with them. If the AFC championship game was in Denver, I'd likley give the edge to Denver, but the fact that it's in New England is the deciding factor for me.

Oh yeah, it's terrible.