The NFL had four of their top franchise in the league right now competing for the right to play in the championship game in less than two weeks’ time. It would have been hard for them to ask for a much better lineup, with each of the top two seeds in both conferences advancing until the end.
But both of those games true criticism in retrospect because of the way that the NFL’s rules and regulations are set up. In the first game, a non-call that likely would have allowed the New Orleans Saints to win played a key role in the game going the other way.