NFL Championship Weekend
bankrollsports.com 1/12/2009 — The Division Playoff Round is out of the picture along with yet another exciting and crazy weekend of football leaving us with NFL’s version of the final four. Championship weekend is among us as we have a pair of games to determine both the NFC and AFC Titles and more importantly decide who ...

Walkthrough: Bird's the Word
footballoutsiders.com 1/16/2009 — Walkthrough celebrates Poe's 200th birthday with tales of mystery, revenge, and suspense. How did the Cardinals get here? Can the Ravens avenge their season sweep? How will the Eagles blow it this year? read more

Looking Back at the NFL Playoffs
walker-sports.net 1/13/2009 — This weekend’s playoff games provided us with plenty of excitement and drama. Really, for me these games represented everything that makes football a great sport. There were plenty of big hits, some cheap shots, a lot of trash talking and some genuine bad blood.

NFL Article: The Year of the Birds - by Joe Berger
sports2debate.com 1/12/2009 — Those tickets for the divisional round of the Arizona Cardinals playoff game are looking a lot better now, are they not?...It turns out that 2008 has become the year of the birds in the NFL. The Baltimore Ravens, Philadelphia Eagles, and Arizona Cardinals are still alive in the playoffs..

Super Bowl Countdown: On Their Road to Tampa...Cardinals Have Little Shot at Victory
sportsjudge.blogspot.com 1/30/2009 — This Arizona Cardinals fan provides an incredibly sophisticated and interesting statistical analysis about why his team has almost no chance of winning this weekend against the Steelers. The numbers are quite astounding!

Audibles: Conference Championships
footballoutsiders.com 1/31/2009 — The Eagles came up short in a furious comeback attempt, and the Steelers break hearts in Baltimore yet again. Plus: Has the disconnect between regular season and postseason performance gone too far? read more

NFL Weekly: Divisional Round Rundown, AFC/NFC Championship Game Previews, Tony Dungy Retires, & More
allhiphopsports.blogspot.com 1/13/2009 — NFL Weekly: Divisional Round Rundown, AFC/NFC Championship Game Previews, Tony Dungy Retires, & More

NFC Championship Preview: Eagles vs. Cardinals
totalprosports.com 1/17/2009 — The Philadelphia Eagles and the Arizona Cardinals will meet at University of Phoenix Stadium on Sunday afternoon in the NFC Championship Game. Oddsmakers currently have the Eagles listed as 4-point favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game's total is sitting at 47.

NFL Picks, Conference Championships
fivetooltool.blogspot.com 1/14/2009 — Three games left in the NFL season, folks, and they both look dangerously easy to predict -- especially given how flat-out crazy the playoffs have been so far this year. But as wacky as the last week was, I was an obvious delay of game penalty and ...

Cover-3: Cardinals/Steelers
footballoutsiders.com 1/22/2009 — With the Conference Championships decided, Cover-3 explores Arizona's surprising offensive line, recaps the feel-good story that is Adrian Wilson, and sets the table for the Great Pittsburgh Holding Conspiracy. read more

NFL Picks: Championship Weekend — Bleacher Report - NFL 1/16/2009
During the Wild Card weekend, I put up a picture of Terrell Owens scoring the winning touchdown against the Packers as a Niner in 1998. Last week during the divisional round, I made you relive the horror that was 4th-and-26. This week, if ...

NFL Championship Round Preview: Two Birds in the Super Bowl? — Bleacher Report - NFL 1/16/2009
The Divisional round further proved that this could be the weirdest year in the NFL in a long time. In May, Sports Illustrated had a "Bizarro Baseball" issue, in which Tom Verducci looked at the "mysteries of the '08 season." But the 2008 ...

Cardinals expect Boldin back for NFC title game — Boston.com -- Football news 1/16/2009
The Arizona Cardinals, least experienced of the NFL's final four chasing Super Bowl berths on Sunday, should be boosted by the return of wide receiver Anquan Boldin for the NFC title game against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Steelers, Eagles picked to win conference championships — L.A. Times - Pro Football 1/17/2009
Times' NFL writer Sam Farmer picks the Pittsburgh Steelers to beat the Baltimore Ravens and the Philadelphia Eagles to beat the Arizona Cardinals. > When ...

Conference Championship Previews — Bleacher Report - NFL 1/17/2009
Well, we are down to the final four in the NFL, and what a surprising final four it is. There is a two seed, a four seed, and both six seeds remaining in the bracket with a shot to win Super Bowl XLIII. For some reason, I am not as excited as usual ...