NFL Championship Chop-Up

It's hard to believe that the NFL season is already coming to an end. It comes and goes so quickly that sometimes we forget to stop and smell the turf. This season has been another exciting one (despite the persistent failures of my Cowboys) where teams that didn't have high expectations made a playoff run (49ers, Broncos, Bengals) and teams that were expected to contend fell flat on their faces (Eagles, Jets, Colts). It was also a season in which a 27 year old passing record fell twice and a third QB threw for 5,000 yards for the first time in history. Sadly, the running game seems to have become an afterthought for most NFL offenses but a couple of teams (Ravens and 49ers) have shown that defense and ball control can still be a championship formula. And that brings us to this weekend. Two of those three 5,000 yard passers will be on display in this weeks championship games against tenacious defenses and persistent run games. It's the old NFL versus the new...