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...perennially woeful Saints obviously hope they have landed the Coach Ditka of old, the Ditka who, it was said on Saturday Night Live, could beat the Giants single-handedly, even miniaturized to a height of twelve inches. In ten years, he led Chicago to a 112-68 record, six NFC Central titles, three NFC Championship games and the Bears' only Super Bowl victory. The irony, if you looked for it, was as thick as the exhaust fumes from the ZZ Top motorcycle armada that hung in the poorly-ventilated stadium air. Eleven years ago, in this same Superdome...
...Packers, 30-13 winners over Carolina in the NFC title game and 13-point favorites for the Super Bowl, can't be too intimidated about that prospect, because the Patriots were nearly as inconsistent on offense as the Jaguars. But New England's defense, which has allowed one touchdown in the last four games, was superb...
...linebacker Kevin Greene, "and I'm tickled to death about it." No matter how next week's matchups turn out, this year's Super Bowl will be the first since 1991 without either the Cowboys or the 49ers on the field. Playing in their first-ever playoff game, the NFC West-champion Panthers (13-4) were three-point underdogs against the Cowboys, but made it a perfect nine-for-nine at Ericsson Stadium. Michael Irvin, the Cowboys' troubled star and go-to receiver, got a game's worth of alibi when he went down with a fractured collarbone on Dallas...
Game of the Week: Dallas at Philadelphia. This one should be worth missing Melrose for. The world champions are 1-3 and falling fast while the Eagles (3-1) have already asserted themselves as the lone power in the weak NFC East...
...into the final weekend of the pro football season, the playoff picture is anything but clear. Four of the twelve spots are still open, and ten teams are competing for them. The lucky eight who have qualified are: Pitssburgh, Green Bay, San Francisco, Dallas, Philadelphia and Detroit in the NFC; and Buffalo and Kansas City in the AFC. The key games are in the AFC, with Seattle (8-7) at Kansas City (11-2), Denver (7-8) at Oakland (8-7), and Miami (8-7) at St. Louis. In the NFC, three teams are in the hunt for the final...