NFL Insider: Who Has the Best Chance of Going to the Super Bowl?

Well the AFC and NFC Championship games are now set. 

We now know that the Pittsburgh Steelers will play the New York Jets for the right to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl.  Almost everyone had expected the Patriots to win but the Jets did a great job of beating them and earning the right to go the AFC Championship.

Things will be interesting when the Steelers and the Jets play each other on Sunday.  Will head coach Rex Ryan be able to back up all of the talk he is sure to do?

In the NFC, the Green Bay Packers will face the Chicago Bears in what could end up being one of the most watched championship games in the history of NFL football.  These two hated rivals have met just once before in the playoffs, way back in December of 1941 and that ended up being a 33-14 win by the Bears.

It’s amazing to think that these two teams have met just once in the playoffs in their long and storied history.

What a game that will be.  

With no No. 1 seed left in the playoffs, it now comes down to the No. 2 seeds, both Pittsburgh and Chicago, to try to advance to the Super Bowl. 

The Jets and the Packers are formidable opponents and have been hot lately.  The Jets defeat of the New England Patriots served notice to the Steelers that this team is a team that will be difficult to beat and so the Steelers will need to be on top of their game against the Jets on Sunday.

But the ultimate question here is, which team will win the game?  The Steelers have been firing on all cylinders on both sides of the ball and will make it difficult for the Jets to do much on offense.  But this Jet’s team is fired up and looking very good in the playoffs so expect them to give the Steelers all that they can handle.

In the end though, the Steelers should come out on top and win this game.

The Packers have been playing great football in the playoffs and come into this game with a lot of momentum.  The good thing for the Bears is that these two teams have played each other very close this season (these two teams have met twice this season and in the first meeting the Bears beat the Packers 20-17 and in the second game the Packers defeated the Bears 10-3). 

The Packers are in the playoffs thanks to their second win over the Bears, and now, things have come full circle.

These two teams, having played the most games between one another (more than any other two teams in the NFL) will play one of the hardest fought games in the history of the playoffs this coming Sunday.  You can bet that since these teams know each other very well, this game will be close and the team that makes the fewest mistakes will win this game.

The Bears have the advantage in this game because they are home and will that crowd behind them.  They also know how to play on the turf there at Soldier Field which promises to be a little bit of a mess.  Both teams also know each other very well and that helps both sides.

Can the Bears win this game?  They certainly can.  This game will be intense and hard-fought, and if the Bears play all their cards right, they should be able to win this game.

Predictions

Chicago 24, Green Bay 21

Pittsburgh 28, New York Jets 24