The Saints offense and Vikings defense dominated in the divisional playoffs to set up a tantalizing matchup in the NFC championship game.
New Orleans’ defense and Minnesota’s offense didn’t look too bad, either. Maybe these teams will give fans a more competitive affair than the first three games of this weekend, when the conferences’ top clubs reminded everybody why they ruled all year before late-season skids.
Brett Favre is headed to New Orleans to try to return to the Super Bowl at age 40, 12 years after his last appearance. Two downtrodden fan bases will watch as the top-seeded Saints host the NFC title game for the first time, less than five years after Hurricane Katrina. Minnesota hasn’t gone to the Super Bowl since 1977; New Orleans has never been.
The Vikings crushed the Dallas Cowboys 34-3 Sunday to set up the NFC championship showdown. Favre threw four touchdown passes, while the defense sacked Tony Romo six times and forced him into three turnovers.
“To win the way that we did doesn’t mean anything going into next week,” Favre said.
-14. Drew Brees threw three touchdown passes and Reggie Bush scored on an 83-yard punt return and a spectacular 46-yard run.
The Jets played at San Diego later Sunday to fill out the last spot in the NFL’s final four. The winner goes to Indianapolis, where the top-seeded Colts showed no signs of rust in beating the Baltimore Ravens 20-3 on Saturday.
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