Times-Herald

After 4-0 weekend, can Pro Picks get Super Bowl teams right?

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Not to brag — well, yes, to BRAG — Pro Picks was perfect straight up last weekend, selecting all four winners in the NFL's divisional round.

The problem with conference championsh­ip weekend is simple: We are torn. Any of the four not only can get to the Super Bowl, but win it.

Some might want to evaluate the remaining teams by quarterbac­k pedigree, from Tom Brady to Aaron Rodgers to Patrick Mahomes to Josh Allen. Others will examine the coaches: Andy Reid, Sean McDermott, Bruce Arians and Matt LaFleur.

Still others pore through stats. And then there's the old Ouija board.

We're a bit more scientific. But only a bit.

Such a delicious menu. Starting with Brady and Rodgers, naturally. Rodgers and Brady have never faced off in the postseason.

Super Bowls for much of the last two decades have been about Brady. He proved his greatness in taking New England to nine of them, winning six. He's recertifyi­ng that in his first season with the Buccaneers (135).

As a reminder, Brady holds postseason records for starts (43), victories ( 32), completion­s ( 1,065), passing yards ( 11,968), passing touchdowns ( 77). Only Peyton Manning, Kurt Warner and Craig Morton led two separate franchises into the Super Bowl.

This is the best array of offensive talent with Brady since he had Randy Moss in the recordsett­ing 2007 season. And while Tampa Bay's defense isn't overpoweri­ng, it's the most solid of the four units still playing, particular­ly at linebacker.

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