December 11, 2006

Playoff Preview

You've worked too hard to blow it now. Time to hunker down and study key matchups, game-by-game and player-by-player, for three make-or-break weeks

Compiled by Gene Menez, David Sabino and Jason Steinthal

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The division will be wrapped up and Baltimore will want to keep starter Jamal Lewis fresh for the playoffs, especially against the seething Steelers.

BY THE NUMBERS

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TD passes for the Packers' Brett Favre in 25 career games against the Vikings, the most he has thrown against any team.

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Field goals allowed by the Redskins this season, the most in the league. That's good news for the Rams' Jeff Wilkins, who ranks second in scoring among kickers.

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Consecutive games against the Dolphins in which the Jets' Laveranues Coles has had a TD catch. When the teams hooked up in Week 6, Coles had 106 receiving yards and two TDs.

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Touchdown passes for the Colts' Peyton Manning in nine career games against the Texans. Fifteen of those scores have come in the last five meetings.

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Rushing touchdowns allowed by the Cardinals' D in six road games this season. The 49ers' Frank Gore scored twice the last time the teams met, at Arizona in Week 1.

FANTASY FORECAST: GAME-BY-GAME

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	ARTICLES	GALLERIES	COVERS
National Football Conference	7801	0	185
National Football League	13627	0	598
NFC West Division	3011	0	0
Arizona Cardinals	829	0	10
San Francisco 49ers	1117	0	36

COVERS

National Football Conference (185)