well here are my picks...

i can't go into great detail bc it is late and im tired, but here it goes.... pittsburg for a number of reasons, but mostly they are too physical... new england turned over the ball 5 times and if it wasn't for 2 bad calls, they still would have one the game (by all calculations they actually won) but i dont think the broncos can handle the steel curtain... plummer is by far much worse than manning and he doenst have any big game exprience... it wont be easy but pitt will win...

for the nfc, this is much harder... i like carolina, they play tough and hit hard... but they put it all on the line last week and got banged up pretty good... i mean yeah peppers will play but he is hurt... i dont thikn goings can handle the heavy duty of being the primary back for the whole game... and its going to be miserable in seattle... wet, cold... and seattle's offense is much much better than a bears offense that scored 21 points... expect big hits, but i think seattle eeks this one out... we shall see...