Hype, part II
I didn’t think it would come to this, but it has — 10-1 Dallas faces 10-1 Green Bay on Thursday night. At stake is home-field advantage throughout the playoffs (one of these teams would have to completely self-destruct to not get a first-round bye).
Is this matchup as big as Patriots-Colts a few weeks ago? Not quite, but like that first game, it might be a preview of the conference championship. The only team that might shake off the Cowboys or Packers in the weak NFC are the Giants, and I’m not convinced they aren’t simply the best team in a mediocre second tier (unlike the AFC, where the Steelers and Jaguars might legitimately challenge the Pats and Colts). Thursday’s game will set the tone for the NFC championship, assuming no missteps along the way, with the winner feeling pressure as the front-runner, the loser looking for revenge, and both having to deflect critics who’ll say the AFC championship is really the Super Bowl. I read something this week that reminded me of how good the Cowboys are: They were beating the Patriots in their matchup earlier in the season and would be undefeated if they held on. Furthermore, the Packers are just one bad game against the Bears from being 11-0.
These are two good teams, with two good quarterbacks, playing excellent football. In that regard, the matchup is worthy of the hype.
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