SI.com has a fascinating column about the great determining factor in which team wins a particular playoff game. Here is the link -- it's worth the reading (and especially for long, long-time Packer fans).
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/kerry_byrne/01/21/int.ladder/index.html?eref=sihp
The bottom line is that it's all about interceptions. And not just which QB throws more, but specifically which QB throws more than one.
That detail may make Viking fans nervous. Well, at least Viking fans who saw some of the "bad Brett" during his Packer days.
I have made no secret of my preferences this weekend. I want to see the Colts and Saints in the Super Bowl. And based on the QBs involved and the statistic in the cited article, I would say my chances are good. I believe Sanchez and Favre are more likely to have multiple-interception games than Manning and Brees.
On the other hand, we haven't seen much of "bad Brett" this season, thanks (I think) to the balanced offense in which he plays.
Still, the much-hyped Adrian Peterson hasn't crossed the hundred-yard threshhold for 8 straight games, Harvin is questionable for the game, and the Saints have the kind of explosive offense that could force Minnesota to play from behind. That scenario is the one most likely to coax "bad Brett" out of hiding.
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