The OtherArena

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The Patriots were back at almost full strength, and as a result they were able to beat the Chiefs. Of Course, very shoddy clock management by Andy Reid was a factor too. Just awful.

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One of the more surreal games you'll ever see happened with the Cardinals winning in OT over the Packers. This game had everything. bad calls by the refs. An unbelievable comeback by the Packers, culminating in the 2nd Hail Mary by the Packers this year at the end of regulation. The overtime coin that didnt flip. And perhaps Larry Fitzgerald's great performance in his HOF career, single-handely winning the game for the Cards in OT.

This will overshadow the fact that the Cardinals played lousy for much of the game till crunchtime. Still this game will be hard to top for the rest of the postseason.

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This is funny:

http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/here-are-your-seattle-carolina-first-half-highlights-as-1753477776

But another Seahawks TD and this game starts getting nervous for the Panthers.

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Panthers nearly blew the 31-0 lead at the half. Made the game a lot more interesting. Almost a carbon copy of the Giants game last month.

I think the Panthers, despite that, will win against the Cardinals next Saturday.

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And we get for perhaps the final time, Brady vs Manning. This was a typical Manning as of late performance. With the defense helping out big-time. But the Steelers missed Antonio Brown and D'angelo Williams a lot. Esp with Brown on punt returns.

I think Denver will win. Their running game may be the xfactor.