Conference Championships 2009

[Capt. N-R]

I look heavily at Net points and Defensive points allowed..............with that in mind I have a spreadsheet I will copy below:

NFC


Year Home Def. PA Net Pts. Away Def. PA Net Points Result
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1990 SF 239 96 NYG 211 124 13-15
1991 Wash 224 261 Det. 295 94 41-7
1992 SF 236 195 Dallas 243 166 20-30
1993 Dallas 229 147 SF 295 188 38-21
1994 SF 296 209 Dallas 248 166 38-28
1995 Dallas 291 144 GBay 314 90 38-27 1996 GB 210 246 Car 218 149 30-13
1997 SF 265 110 GBay 282 140 3-23
1998 Minn 296 260 Atl 289 153 27-30 1999 Rams 242 274 TB 235 35 11-6
2000 NYG 246 82 Minn 371 26 41-0
2001 Rams 273 235 Phil 208 135 29-24
2002 Phil 241 174 TB 196 150 10-27
2003 Phil 267 87 Car 304 21 3-14
2004 Phil 260 126 Atl. 337 3 27-10
2005 Sea 271 181 Car 259 132 34-14
2006 Chi 255 172 NO 322 91 39-14
2007 GBay 291 144 NYG 351 22 17-20

[Capt. N-R]

4* Eagles -130

Eagles are +126 in net points vs. Cardinals are +1. Cardinals are the 2nd weakest team in net points (Jags. 1996) to appear in a conference championship game. Eagles have allowed 289 points to Cards 426. There has never been a team go to the Big Show that allowed 370 plus. Gotta ride the better defense at the short price.

[Capt. N-R]

Adding

4* Steelers -6

Too many injuries for the Ravens. Steelers should hit some pass plays on the backup corners. A fresh Willie Parker gives the Steelers the extra balance