Key matchups in AFC, NFC games
Published 1/18/2008 at SI.com - NFL
Will Brett Favre be seeing Michael Strahan and Osi Umenyiora in his sleep? Bucky Brooks has the Packers' ability to keep the Giants' ends at bay among title weekend's key matchups.
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