Raise your hand if you watched the Pro Bowl yesterday. Nobody? Raise your hand if you knew the Pro Bowl was yesterday. Still nobody? Alright, this time raise your hand if you think the NFL should find another way to celebrate its finest players outside of a meaningless game in February in Hawaii.

Assuming that you missed it, the Pro Bowl did in fact happen yesterday. The NFC won 42-30 though the victory holds just about as much relevance as a chimpanzee writing a thesis on molecular biology. Adrian Peterson went nuts (again), Antonio Cromartie had two interceptions (again), and the Patriots representatives got served by the NFC (again).

What are Patriots fans more mad about now; the AFC losing twice in two weeks or the sight of fellow New Englanders basking in 80 degree weather in Honolulu while the Northeast freezes over. I’ll go with the latter. What’s the true value in this game? There’s no blitzing, there’s no effort, and in a desperate attempt to keep ratings fans are now allowed to pick a play. What a bunch of garbage. Show me three hours of the skills competition so I can watch Carson Palmer overthrow receivers and Albert Hanyesworth bench press 400000 lbs. Between that and the old timers game where Michael Irvin attempts to show off and Boomer Esiason shows nothing, I think we can find a compromise for a replacement event.

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With Rich breaking down the AFC playoff teams earlier today, I thought it’d be fitting to discuss that other conference, the NFC.

1. Dallas Cowboys. I was a little more settled on this team a few weeks ago than I am right now. Since that win over the Packers on Thursday Night to all but clinch the top seed in the NFC, the ‘Boys have lost two of their last four and have done little to solidify their spot as the NFC’s elite team. Tony Romo has a quarterback rating of just 70 since that win over the Packers. Getting Terry Glenn back should help, but for the Cowboys to land in Glendale, they’re going to need Romo to return to midseason form.

2. Green Bay Packers. For all of Brett Favre’s accomplishments, he had never improved the Packers five games from one season to the next. The NFL’s biggest surprise will come into postseason play at 13-3. Make no mistake, this team is no fluke. The Packers are loaded with weapons on both sides of the ball. We know about Favre and his great wide receivers. But Ryan Grant, a former Notre Dame standout, may be their biggest revelation yet. Grant gives the Packers a legitimate running game, something you need to win in January. Combine Favre’s crew with one of the league’s best defenses and you have a shot against anyone. That includes you, Dallas.

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While nobody will dispute that the AFC still boasts the top two teams in the league, the Cowboys and Packers have brought back attention to the NFC by boasting equally impressive 10-1 records.

Brett Favre decided before the season started that he wasn’t going to be human anymore. The result has been one of Favre’s best years in recent history, compiling 22 touchdowns to just 8 interceptions. Whats more is that it seems as if his saggy ass has rejuvenated the entire city of Green Bay, notably the defense that had been suspect to the run and the pass in the past few years. Charles Woodson is playing like he’s the shutdown corner we remember from Michigan. The defensive line, which was a place of criticism to start the year, has arguably been the best surprise of the season in Green Bay.  I don’t think anyone wants to play Favre and the Packers right now given that he’s cleaning house on teams like he’s the 26 year old gunslinger who wrecked teams with Dorsey Levens, Robert Brooks, and Mark ‘I hook up with 17 year old prom girls’ Chmura.

As for the Cowboys, it seems as if Tony Romo can do no wrong. For a guy who was holding a clipboard to start the season last year, Romo has elevated into the top tier of quarterbacks. And what’s more surprising is that Terrell Owens has shut his damn mouth for once and is playing like the unbelievably talented wide receiver that he is. If Calvin Johnson is ‘Megatron’, Terrell Owens is Optimus Prime. And like I had mentioned last week, if it weren’t for Randy Moss’s antics in Chowderville, Owens would be the talk of the town as far as wide receivers go.

So where does this bring us? Next Thursday in Dallas the two teams will square off in what will surely be the premiere NFC match up of the year. Hopefully this time the Cowboys don’t let us down like the last time they played ‘Duel in Dallas.‘