Steelers and Eagles pull off Convincing wins, and we will see a new champion of the NFL

    With the score being 7-5 with time winding down in the first half, the New York football Giants sent out kicker John Carney to kick a 34 yard field goal. He split the uprights and gave what the G-Men thought would be an 8-7 lead going into halftime. They trusted their defense to hold a struggling Donovan McNabb untill the half ended. They were far from right. McNabb was able to drive his offense to New York's 7 yard line, and David Akers was able to kick a chip-shot 25 yard field goal to take the lead going into halftime. 

   The Eagles must have came out in the second half with a new life, because the Eagles went on to win, 23-11 getting 2 more Carney field goals, and a one yard TD pass from McNabb. McNabb did not have an outstanding day by any means going 22/40 for 217 yards and a pick, but got helped out by his defense, who scooped up a fumble and intercepted Eli Manning twice. 

   What this means? There will be a new champion of the NFL this year. The Giants put up a good run, but its all for not, because another team will get a chance to Heist the Lombardi trophey on Super Bowl Sunday.

   

   Guess what? I was wrong. The Chargers were knocked out of Super Bowl contention, as the Steelers beat down on them 35-24. Phillip Rivers threw for  308 yards, and 3 touchdowns. His counterpart, Ben Rothlisberger, threw for 181 yards and a touchdown, but was helped out by RB Willie Parker, who ran for 146 yards and 2 scores, and widout Santonio Holmes, who returned a punt for a touchdown. With ailing LT on the sidelines, My Boy Darren Sproles lined up at Half Back for the Chargers, and was stuffed by the #1 defense in the NFL, rushing for only 15 yards on 11 carries. Sporles was not completely contained though. Returning kickoffs and punts, he racked up 274 yards, and the most all purpose yards in two games in NFL playoff history.

 With all that said, we have our Conference championshps set. The Steelers will be playing the Ravens, and the Eagles will be matching up against the Cardinals.

Thats all for now, until next time, Im Bennett Kaplan. Have a good night.