Unpredictable NFL Wild Card Weekend Results in Interesting AFC, NFC Conference Games

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Four of the most unlikely pro football teams advanced to their conference finals. Let's look at the best choices for this week's games and why.

First, my condolences to all those great fans of the former AFC favorite, the Tennessee Titans, and the former NFC favorite, the New York Giants; both teams were seeded No. 1in their respective conferences only to fall short of the mark this last weekend by road warriors.

Well, now we have us a real football quagmire going this weekend, which should make Vegas a ton of money and cause heartbreaks to all those great football fans who play company football raffles, company football cards, and online betting. But don't fret -- because this week could turn out to be more of a boom than a bust for the football savvy fan.

NFC Conference Finals

The Philadelphia Eagles take on the Arizona Cardinals in Arizona. This one, according to the January 12 Boston Herald, has the sixth seeded Philadelphia Eagles a road favorite against the Arizona Cardinals to actually upset them at home, and even has them as a very large five point favorite as well. However, you savvy football fans must remember that the Arizona Cardinals are high flying when it comes to the all important passing game headed by quarterback Kurt Warner. The Cardinals also beat a very good Carolina team on the road to the NFC finals and will now be coming home sky-high, most importantly the Cardinals have a pretty decent running game as well. However, the Philadelphia Eagles had also just beaten a very good team on the road, but that win came by the New York Giants making a lot of uncharacteristic mistakes, and the Eagles need another huge road win in Arizona in order to advance to the Super Bowl in Tampa. For the above reasons my money goes to the Arizona Cardinals as a lofty home underdog coming back from a huge victory on the road without the benefit of bye and playing to a friendly, yet very hungry home crowd which should buck the road warrior trend that we have seen in this year's playoff games.

AFC Conference Finals