New Years Day comes and goes, head coaches being fired, new ones being hired.

The betting table gets underway; heck, even Las Vegas surely loves playoff football.

Rivalries are renewed in the playoffs, whether it's the Colts against the Patriots, the Steelers against the Ravens, and so forth.

In the 2009 NFL playoffs, we were in for a joy ride.

After a season with no Tom Brady, no Patriots in the playoffs, new teams stepped up to the plate. The Titans and Giants earned No. 1 seeds. The Vikings and Ravens return to the playoffs.

We even were lucky to witness two rookie quarterbacks in the playoffs.

During the post-season, we saw quite a few upsets occur in the playoffs.

The Arizona C...

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