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Each Friday, columnist Dan Daly and Redskins beat writer Ryan O'Halloran debate an NFL issue. This week: The Saints finally lost, and the Vikings look vulnerable. Is the NFC up for grabs, or do New Orleans and Minnesota still meet for the conference title?
Dan Daly: As long as Brad Childress doesn't take Brett Favre out, yeah, I think we've got a good shot at a Vikings-Saints title game. Every time I see Childress on TV, I'm reminded that he looks like every college professor I ever hated. Of course, if Favre throws a couple of those what-was-he-thinking interceptions in the playoffs, as he has been known to do, the Eagles could bump them off. Philadelphia has been finishing strong - as it did last season, when it should have gone to the Super Bowl. But it has been the Saints' and the Vikings' year. They're the teams that have had all the attention focused on them - and rightly so. For three months, both teams were virtually unbeatable. Favre and Drew Brees flinging passes in the Superdome is the game, I think, most people would like to see.See the full content of this document
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Ryan O'Halloran: I wouldn't mind seeing Packers-Vikings in the NFC title game, but ther...
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