Home Teams Favored in NFL Playoffs
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The NFL playoffs are usually easier to handicap than the regular season for a simple reason: The better teams are at home. So the oddsmakers automatically give the three points for home-field advantage, plus a few more for being better. That's the case as the playoffs start this weekend.
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The Colts will meet the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots in a second-round playoff game on Sunday in Foxboro, Mass.
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Visiting teams and underdogs were the rule in last weekend's playoff openers, with only one home club (the Colts) able to hold form.
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FOXBOROUGH -- Some of them watched playoff football yesterday afternoon and again last night. Some will be back on the sofa or Barcalounger today when the Colts take on the Broncos at 1 p.m.
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The Patriots might be facing the playoff-bound New York Giants Saturday night at Giants Stadium - or they might be facing their backups.
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While many NFL fans are salivating over Sunday's AFC divisional playoff showdown between the Indianapolis Colts and New England Patriots, the NFC game between the Minnesota Vikings and Philadelphia Eagles provides plenty of intrigue of its own.
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A pulled hamstring or booted grounder might not be the only factor that could help decide baseball&#39;s playoff chase. Contenders such as the Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs, New York
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TORONTO -- Last week of August, the playoff race is heating up, and a Red Sox player's thoughts turn to . . . football? In some ways, these guys are no different from the typical sports fan on the cusp of an NFL season. Sure, they're focused on the business at hand, winning a spot in their own postseason tournament ...
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The Philadelphia Eagles once again have home field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. And once again, nothing less than a trip to the Super Bowl will be considered a success.
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CHARLOTTE - The Carolina Panthers must beat the New Orleans Saints this Sunday and get some outside help from other teams to qualify for the NFC playoffs and complete the most remarkable turnaround in NFL history.
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Tony Romo's latest A-list girlfriend and his parents came to Texas Stadium to see the Dallas Cowboys play their final home game before the playoffs. They were treated to Donovan McNabb and the Philadelphia Eagles beginning their last-gasp bid to get into the playoffs, too.
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With playoff hopes hanging in the balance, the Denver Broncos travel to Kansas City this Sunday to face to face the Chiefs if in a crucial December matchup.
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The AFC championship game will be played 6:30 p.m. EST next month, meaning a potentially frosty atmosphere in Pittsburgh or New England.
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MIAMI -- The superiority of the AFC over the NFC has been obvious and well-documented this season, but there is dominance even within that superior conference and it involves the Patriots and their closest rivals.
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It turns out that next week will not just be about the Patriots' pursuit of perfection. After the Browns and the Vikings failed to clinch playoff spots Sunday, Week 17 will now feature several games with potential playoff implications. There are two berths left â the No. 6 spot in each conference â and five [...].
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The Chicago Bears checked another item off their to-do list. A division title, a first-round bye and now home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs have been secured.
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The road to the Super Bowl in the NFC again goes through Philadelphia. Dorsey Levens' 2-yard touchdown run with 1:57 left helped the Eagles clinch home-field advantage throughout the playoffs with a 12-7 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.