What a difference a week makes. After a week where all of the tops teams in the AFC won (or had a bye), this week provides us with some movement. Denver is no longer unbeaten and the New York Jets would no longer be a playoff team if the season ended today. The top six teams in the AFC are now the Colts, Broncos, Patriots, Bengals, Steelers and the Houston Texans. The road to the Super Bowl now goes through Indianapolis. Your wildcard matchups are Texans-Patriots and Steelers-Bengals. I see the Steelers and Patriots winning those games which would set up second round matchups between the Steelers and the Colts and Patriots and the Bengals. The Colts and Patriots win those games and the Colts head to the Super Bowl after beating the Patriots.
On the NFC, there's even more of a shakeup. For the second straight week, there's been some major changes. If the season ended this week, the NFC playoff teams would be the Saints, Vikings, Eagles, Cardinals, Cowboys and Giants. The wildcard matchups are Eagles-Giants and Cardinals-Cowboys. I'll take the Eagles and Cowboys in those games, which would set up Saints-Cowboys and Vikings-Cardinals for round two, and, in my opinion, Saints-Vikings in a classic NFC championship game, that, for the third week in a row, I'm going to say the Saints would win.
With each passing week the Saints and Colts continue to establish themselves as the dominant teams in football and if they both make it to the Super Bowl, it is going to be a classic. I'd still take experience over talent and would take the Colts in the Super Bowl. The only thing that could make this even more interesting is if both teams make it to Miami undefeated.
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