NFC Playoff preview appetizer

Here's some good quotes from Ron Borges comparing the NFC and AFC.

"I don't fear any of them," [Aaron]Kampman said boldly when asked about the Packers' chances of beating the field and representing the NFC in Jacksonville come Feb. 6. "There's no one that I say, `Boy, they're a pretty good team.' "

The Vikings (8-8) have lost seven of 10 and backed into the playoffs to get an invitation to Green Bay to face a team that beat them twice this year by the same 34-31 score.

St. Louis, the other 8-8 team, travels to division rival Seattle having lost six of its last 10 (it won its last two, but one was a game in which the Eagles didn't bring the varsity).

"We won enough games to get in," Tice said after his team lost Sunday. "But we're not going to do some stupid crap like open up a bottle of champagne or anything."

Let's end with some perspective from Professor Martz: "A lot of teams would like to be in our place," Rams coach Mike Martz said. True, but a lot of teams would like to have a winning record, too.