The 2012 NFL Playoffs are just about set, and here at Bankroll Sports, we are dissecting the NFL playoff bracket and the NFL playoff possibilities for the road ahead, as we head towards the 2012 Super Bowl 46.

Current NFL Playoff Picture (AFC Playoff Bracket)
1: New England Patriots (13-3)
2: Baltimore Ravens (12-4)
3: Houston Texans (10-6)
4: Denver Broncos (8-8)
5: Pittsburgh Steelers (12-4)
6: Cincinnati Bengals (9-7)

AFC Playoff Game Previews

Cincinnati Bengals @ Houston Texans Predictions

Pittsburgh Steelers @ Denver Broncos Predictions

Houston Texans @ Baltimore Ravens Predictions

Denver Broncos @ New England Patriots Predictions

Baltimore Ravens @ New England Patriots Predictions

New England Patriots Keys To Win The Super Bowl

The New England Patriots were the team that survived the NFC. It wasn’t all that much of a surprise, as they were the favorites to win this conference from the get go this year. One would have to admit that it wasn’t the hardest road to reach the Super Bowl, as the Pats ended up beating a Denver Broncos team that probably had no business being considered as one of the 12 teams fighting for the Lombardi Trophy. The argument could have been made that they weren’t the better team against the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship Game, knowing that the game ended on a missed field goal by one of the best kickers in the game in K Billy Cundiff. Still, with home field advantage on their side, the Patriots took the utmost advantage, and in a conference where the home team won all five playoff games, it was New England that was left standing to compete in the Super Bowl for the seventh time in team history.

Current NFL Playoff Picture (NFC Playoff Scenarios)
1: Green Bay Packers (15-1)
2: San Francisco 49ers (13-3)
3: New Orleans Saints (13-3)
4: New York Giants (9-7)
5: Atlanta Falcons (10-6)
6: Detroit Lions (10-6)

NFC Playoff Game Previews

Detroit Lions @ New Orleans Saints Predictions

Atlanta Falcons @ New York Giants Predictions

New Orleans Saints @ San Francisco 49ers Predictions

New York Giants @ Green Bay Packers Predictions

New York Giants @ San Francisco 49ers Predictions

New York Giants Keys To Win The Super Bowl

Many made comparisons between this version of the New York Giants and the one that won the Super Bowl four years ago. And yes, we would have to admit that the comparisons are scary. In both instances, New York proved that it could beat the best teams in the league, in both instances it had to go through the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field, and in both instances, it had to kick a field goal in overtime in a game that probably could have been won several times before that just to get into the Super Bowl. And guess what? In both instances, no one really believed that this team had a shot at doing the ultimate deed of lifting the Lombardi Trophy. However, after virtually pitching a shutout in the first round of the playoffs against the Atlanta Falcons, taking out the Packers, the team that was almost certainly the best in the league this year on their home turf and bouncing the San Francisco 49ers in the Bay Area in a driving rain storm in overtime, the Giants have proven to be battle tested, and they are certainly going to make a formidable foe in Super Bowl 46 even though they were the No. 4 seed in the NFC at the outset of the playoffs.

1. 2012 AFC Championship Odds & NFC Championship Lines Breakdown
2. Odds The Green Bay Packers Go Undefeated In 2012
3. Keys to the Game – Atlanta Falcons @ New York Giants 1/8/12
4. 2012 NFL Divisional Lines – Week Divisional Lines Breakdown
5. AFC Championship Keys to the Game – Ravens @ Patriots 1/22/12
6. Potential Replacements For NFL Coaches In 2012