Vikings might have shown a little inexperience, too; most of the Saints went to the NFC Championship four years ago, but most of the Vikings have played MAYBE one playoff game, which they lost. Hopefully they can learn things from this playoff experience. Things like "don't fumble the ball six ing times and a team you outgained 2:1 won't beat you in OT. " Favre's gotta be tempted; they win that game in Minnesota. There's a lot of "what if"s in this one, but, like I said: The Oilers of the NFC, right down to the dome.

I wish it were feasible to have multiple games in each round like in the NBA or MLB, but it would push the postseason past the draft and half the players would be forced into retirement from injuries. Unless you played, like, 3 games a week for the wildcard, 5 for the next two and 7 for the Super Bowl, but that's just sadistic. NFL game every day for a week? Isn't going to the Super Bowl supposed to be a GOOD thing?

The good news is that the Colts entire run D the last (and only, for all the media rides Mannings jock) time they won it all consisted of Bob Sanders and, unlike the Colts, HE'S in Baltimore.