NFL - Divisional Playoffs Review

The Bears, Packers, Jets and Steelers are going to the next round of the NFL Playoffs as they won their games and will battle it out in the Conference Championship games next weekend.
The Bears will face the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field in Chicago while the upstart New York Jets will travel to Pittsburgh to play the Steelers.
The Jets stunned the New England Patriots, 28-21 in Foxboro, Massachusetts as quarterback Mark Sanchez actually outplayed NFL MVP-candidate Tom Brady (299 yards passing, 2 TD, one INT) by throwing for three touchdowns as the Jets avenged an embarrassing 45-3 loss at the hands of the Pats in early December.
The Jets defense intercepted Brady in the first quarter and later in the second quarter took a 7-3 lead when Sanchez hit LaDainian Tomlinson on a seven-yard scoring pass.
Jets' wide receivers Braylon Edwards and Santonio Holmes also caught scoring passes and when Shonn Greene scored on a touchdown run with a minute left to go in regulation, it was over as the Jets led 28-14 at that point.
The day before in Pittsburgh, the Steelers showed great resolve by overcoming a 21-7 halftime deficit and beat the Baltimore Ravens, 31-24 to advance to the AFC Championship Game.
Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger passed for 226 yards and two touchdowns and Rashard Mendenhall scored a pair of touchdown runs to make the difference in the outcome.
The Steelers' defense limited Baltimore to 126 total yards offense as Ray Rice was limited to 32 rushing yards and Ravens' QB Joe Flacco had just 125 yards passing along with one TD pass and one interception.
The Jets did beat the Steelers in Week 15 by a score of 22-17.

In the NFC, the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers will face each other for the NFC title as the NFL's oldest rivalry will have some added spice next Sunday afternoon.
Bears' QB Jay Cutler, playing in his first-ever post-season game, passed for 274 yards and two touchdowns and also ran for two touchdowns to lead the way to a 35-24 win.
The Bears led 28-3 in the second half and the outcome was never in doubt even though Seattle (7-9 during the regular season) made the score look competitive.
Seahawks' quarterback Matt Hasselbeck had three TD passes and 258 yards passing in the loss.
The Bears opened the scoring on the third play from scrimmage after a Seattle punt on their opening drive when Cutler hit tight end Greg Olsen for a 58-yard scoring pass.
For the game, the Bears outrushed the 'Hawks, 176-34 as they dominated the line of scrimmage throughout the game.
On Saturday night in Atlanta's Georgia Dome, the Green Bay Packers and quarterback Aaron Rodgers (pictured upper right) put on a clinic is crushing the top-seeded Falcons, 48-21.
Rodgers put up eye-popping numbers (31-for-36 passing for 366 yards and three touchdowns) as the Packers overcame seven-point deficits twice in the first half en route to a 28-14 halftime lead.
The Packers' defense limited then high flying Falcons offense to just 194 total yards (45 rushing) for the game. In addition, Atlanta QB Matt Ryan was intercepted twice, including a back-breaking pick six by Tramon Williams, who went 70 yards for the score as the halftime gun sounded.
Green Bay continued to dominate in the second half as Rodgers scored on a seven-yard run and threw his third TD pass of the game to make it 42-14 entering the final quarter.
The Packers and Bears split the two games they played this year against each other.