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...PITTSBURGH (11-5-1) at TENNESSEE (11-5), 4:30 p.m. ET Realignment took these teams out of the same division, but the Steelers and Titans did meet earlier this season, and it was a game Pittsburgh QB Tommy Maddox would like to forget ... and did. During a woeful, three-interception performance in Tennessee's 31-23 victory, Maddox was knocked out by LB Keith Bullock on a clean hit that forced him to miss a couple of games. Hard hitting again will be the theme of the day, as both teams are physical, methodical and disciplined. Perhaps...
...ATLANTA (10-6-1) at PHILADELPHIA (12-4), 8 p.m. ET It's billed as a battle between the NFL's most dynamic QBs, Michael Vick and Donovan McNabb. This is the first game back for McNabb after his regular season was cut short in Week 11 when he broke his ankle on the third play of the game - and then threw four TD passes. The Eagles went 5-1 in his absence, stirring just a tad of debate over whether Philly's offense is more efficient with No. 5 on the sideline. To which we remind you that...
...ATLANTA (9-6-1) at GREEN BAY (12-4), 8 p.m. ET These numbers are going to get repeated all weekend long, so we might as well get them out of the way: The Packers are 13-0 all-time in home playoff games, including 11-0 at Lambeau Field. So not many expect the Pack to lay an egg, like it did against the Jets last week, losing not only home-field advantage throughout the postseason but a bye as well. Because of the overhaul in player personnel, it seems like forever since the Falcons were in the playoffs...
...CLEVELAND (9-7) at PITTSBURGH (10-5-1), 1 p.m. ET No playoff matchup of the weekend matches more familiar foes than this one. This game that will be the 102nd meeting between the Browns and Steelers but only the second time they've met in the playoffs (1/7/95: Pitt. 29, Cle. 9, at Pitt.). The Steelers won both regular-season meetings between these AFC North squads by only three points, yet they're the biggest favorites of the first round, at 7 1/2 points. Browns QB Kelly Holcomb fills in for the injured Tim Couch in the franchise...
...GIANTS (10-6) at SAN FRANCISCO (10-6), 4:30 p.m. ET A team is not normally considered "hot" coming a 10-7 overtime victory at home despite four turnovers, a shaky kicking game and costly penalties. But that's how people are viewing the Giants, who come into this matchup winners of four straight, including last week's thriller against the Eagles in which they tried to steal defeat from the clutches of victory and just couldn't do it. Now they're the darlings of the media, who are almost universally predicting an upset of the 49ers...