Published 6/26/2009
by Matt Miselis
at Bleacher Report - NFL
The NFL Playoffs are one of the greatest times of the year.
New Years Day comes and goes, head coaches being fired, new ones being hired.
The betting table gets underway; heck, even Las Vegas surely loves playoff football.
Rivalries are renewed in the playoffs, whether it's the Colts against the Patriots, the Steelers against the Ravens, and so forth.
In the 2009 NFL playoffs, we were in for a joy ride.
After a season with no Tom Brady, no Patriots in the playoffs, new teams stepped up to the plate. The Titans and Giants earned No. 1 seeds. The Vikings and Ravens return to the playoffs.
We even were lucky to witness two rookie quarterbacks in the playoffs.
During the post-season, we saw quite a few upsets occur in the playoffs.
The Arizona Cardinals who fell off the radar down the stretch, defeated Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons. The San Diego Chargers took down Peyton Manning and the mighty Colts on the game winning touchdown by Darren Sproles.
There was a common theme to these ...
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