NFL Playoffs? You kidding me? Playoffs!?!

[CountDeMoney]

AFC WILD-CARD ROUND
SATURDAY, JAN. 7
No. 6 Cincinnati (9-7) at No. 3 Houston (10-6), 4:30 ET (NBC)
Reliant Stadium

SUNDAY, JAN. 8
No. 5 Pittsburgh (12-4) at No. 4 Denver (8-8), 4:30 ET (CBS)
Sports Authority Field at Mile High

AFC DIVISIONAL ROUND
SATURDAY, JAN. 14
Lowest remaining seed at No. 1 New England (13-3), 8 ET (CBS)
Gillette Stadium
   
SUNDAY, JAN. 15
Highest remaining seed at No. 2 Baltimore (12-4), 1 ET (CBS)
M&T Bank Stadium
   

NFC WILD-CARD ROUND
SATURDAY, JAN. 7
No. 6 Detroit (10-6) at No. 3 New Orleans (13-3), 8 ET (NBC)
Mercedes-Benz Superdome
   
SUNDAY, JAN. 8
No. 5 Atlanta (10-6) at No. 4 N.Y. Giants (9-7), 1 ET (FOX)
MetLife Stadium

NFC DIVISIONAL ROUND
SATURDAY Jan. 14
Highest remaining seed at No. 2 San Francisco (13-3), 4:30 ET (FOX)
Candlestick Park
   
SUNDAY, JAN. 15
Lowest remaining seed at No. 1 Green Bay (15-1), 4:30 ET (FOX)
Lambeau Field

The initial lines in Vegas from late last night I'm finding are:

Texans -3 (Over/Under 39)
Pittsburgh Steelers -7.5 (Over/Under 35)

New Orleans Saints -10.5 (Over/Under 58.5  )
New York Giants -3 (Over/Under 49)

[CountDeMoney]

Pittsburgh Steelers -7.5 (Over/Under 35)

I'm finding some sites have the Steelers at -9.  Vegas, the modern Sodom, definitely has no love for Tebow.

[katmai]

They have figured out how to stop that one dimensional hack.

[CountDeMoney]

They have figured out how to stop that one dimensional hack.

Alas, Tebow Magic seems to be tapped out.  Must be a warm weather thing.  You can't put up more than 3 against KC going into the playoffs, you got problems.

Mendenhall or not, Steelheads aren't going to miss a beat with Redmon and Clay.

Edit: Report: Steelers RB Mendenhall has torn ACL

[MadBurgerMaker]

Important NFL news:  Blitz 2012 comes out on the 4th, and it's from EA, so they have the license back.

$15 on the PS3 Network, 1200 Microsoft Points or whatever on the 360.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGGeKHnW8FM

Big head mode, zombies, dudes on fire.  Yes.

[Neil]

Texans
Steelers
Saints
Giants.

[Eddie Teach]

Giants.

Boo. Hiss.

[Neil]

Giants.

Boo. Hiss.

Sorry, but the Falcons suck outside a dome.  That's why they'll never make it to the Superbowl.

[ulmont]

The Falcons have made it to the Super Bowl before, Neil.

[Neil]

The Falcons have made it to the Super Bowl before, Neil.

Yeah, but it'll never happen again, and even when it did happen, it represented the utter and complete collapse of the NFC as a competitive conference (with one exception, and even that had an asterisk) until the Giants toppled the Cheatriots.

[Neil]

The Colts also butchered their front office, but their shortbus coach remains unfired.  I guess somebody's head had to roll for losing all those games after losing the greatest QB in the history of the NFL.

Well, maybe Johnny U and Drew Brees should be in that conversation, but the point stands.

[sbr]

Bucs fired Rahim Morris.  Not surprising at all.

[Ed Anger]

The Colts also butchered their front office, but their shortbus coach remains unfired.  I guess somebody's head had to roll for losing all those games after losing the greatest QB in the history of the NFL.

Well, maybe Johnny U and Drew Brees should be in that conversation, but the point stands.

Tressel4coach.

[sbr]

And Norv Turner still has a job.

[ulmont]

I thought Norv's position wasn't decided yet?