My ranking of the teams in the NFL playoffs

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These are ranked according to chance to win it all. Home field and byes were taken into consideration.

1. Pittsburgh Steelers
2. Tennessee Titans
3. New York Giants
4. Philadelphia Eagles
5. Baltimore Ravens
6. Carolina Panthers
7. Indianapolis Colts
8. Minnesota Vikings
9. Arizona Cardinals
10. San Diego Chargers
11. Atlanta Falcons
12. Miami Dolphins
 
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As a Fins fan, I can't say I disagree. We are not flashy, nor are we explosive. We have won many nailbiters which gives us experience with handling pressure but they have all been against the worst teams in the league.

Curious to know why you think so highly of Philly? ESPN is high on them as well.

And why so low on SD? They are arguably the hottest team right now. While their record doesn't show it, they have played a few bad calls and last second catches away from a much better record.
 

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As a Fins fan, I can't say I disagree. We are not flashy, nor are we explosive. We have won many nailbiters which gives us experience with handling pressure but they have all been against the worst teams in the league.

Curious to know why you think so highly of Philly? ESPN is high on them as well.

And why so low on SD? They are arguably the hottest team right now. While their record doesn't show it, they have played a few bad calls and last second catches away from a much better record.

Miami has done a great job of playing over their heads but I just don't think they get away with the same stuff in the playoffs.

Philly has been up and down but is 4-2 against playoff teams this season including 3-1 against NFC teams. They have already gone into New York and beaten the Giants this season and have both a top 6 offense and defense. No other team in the playoffs can say that.

As for San Diego, they are 0-5 against playoff teams and lost at home to the team they play in the first round, except this time the Chargers are on the road. The Chargers' offense is for real but they have not shown they can play against the best teams in the game and will have to be on the road for every playoff game where they are 3-5 on the year.
 

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Chargers would destroy AZ.

True but home field and matchups were taken into consideration for the rankings. Arizona has a much easier road IMO.
 

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Swapped SD and Atlanta. I still think both teams go down in the first round though.
 

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Here are mine by conference

AFC
Pitt
Indy
Balt
Tenn
SD
Miami

NFC
Philly
Giants
Carolina
Arizona
Minny
Atlanta

I think both 6 seeds win their games in round one. The winner of the Indy Pitt game will play in the super bowl same can be said about the winner of the Philly Giants game.

Sadly I think Philly will win it. Their D will be the difference. We saw what they can do to Big Ben if they meet again I expect him to get hit a bunch again.
 

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Here are mine by conference

AFC
Pitt
Indy
Balt
Tenn
SD
Miami

NFC
Philly
Giants
Carolina
Arizona
Minny
Atlanta

I think both 6 seeds win their games in round one. The winner of the Indy Pitt game will play in the super bowl same can be said about the winner of the Philly Giants game.

Sadly I think Philly will win it. Their D will be the difference. We saw what they can do to Big Ben if they meet again I expect him to get hit a bunch again.

I like what you have in the NFC but I don't think there's much difference between the Steelers and the Titans. Top-notch D's with successful run-based offenses. Why do you have the Titans so low compared to Pittsburgh?
 

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I just don't think they will beat Baltimore which is scary but I believe Baltimore is going to give them fits. Of course that is if Baltimore gets by Miami.
 

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No respect for ATL :nono5:

Falcons have already beaten several playoff teams, teams that you have ranked above them. They won @ SD, won at home vs CAR, won @ MIN. Only playoff team they played and didn't beat was at Philly!
 

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No respect for ATL :nono5:

Falcons have already beaten several playoff teams, teams that you have ranked above them. They won @ SD, won at home vs CAR, won @ MIN. Only playoff team they played and didn't beat was at Philly!

nfc south teams get no love....i have to say i dont like atlanta's chances if they have to come to charlotte..then again im a huge panthers fan..none the less a great year for you guys
 

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Indy is going to be a tough out. Someone is going to have to play a great game to knock them out. I would bump them up a few
 

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as an eagles season ticket holder i can't say i expected so much love for the birds at this point. obviously it's been a rough year and as a fan i believe we have the talent to do something big in the playoffs, but with how much people genuinely hate the birds i didn't believe anyone else would look hard enough to see this. let's make it 2 straight titles for the philly fans.
 

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as an eagles season ticket holder i can't say i expected so much love for the birds at this point. obviously it's been a rough year and as a fan i believe we have the talent to do something big in the playoffs, but with how much people genuinely hate the birds i didn't believe anyone else would look hard enough to see this. let's make it 2 straight titles for the philly fans.
I hope the Giants rematch the Eagles. That would be a good one.
 

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I think Atlanta beats Pittsburgh neutral site, but you have Pit 10 spots higher.
 

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I hope the Giants rematch the Eagles. That would be a good one.


would be a very good game IMO. won't say i see the birds beating them in ny again though. obviously i'd love for it to happen, but i'm not gonna sound like a homer and say they'd win. could see them losing just as easily as winning.
 

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I think Atlanta beats Pittsburgh neutral site, but you have Pit 10 spots higher.

Pittsburgh would win that game by 14-20 points IMO. Atlanta would mount absolutely no offense and Pitt would score here and there. Definitely a great UNDER game.
 

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seems like Pit is very marginal away from home, there defense numbers good because of pathetic competion.
 

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