Round two NFL playoffs & the philosopher's NFC picks

So we posted our predictions of Round 1 and went 2-2. However, our big pick of the Broncos riding high and stampeding the Steelers came true with a pass from Mr. Tim Tebow. So, while we are a .500 team right now, we're a cagey and better than our record shows. Moral victory.

New Orleans vs. San Francisco

Who dat? Le Régent has come a calling. San Francisco may have arguably the best defense in the playoffs. Sorry Baltimore, but while you may have won the Harbaugh bowl, the Niners are just plain nasty. The defensive walls of San Francisco are akin to the Walls of Constantinople. Monstrous. Impenetrable. Impervious to all. For a thousand years they can stand and mock the Varangian, Kievan Rus, Arabs, Avars, Slavs and Persians. But le Régent is nigh in the form of Drew Brees. His arm is the Ottoman Canons. Down goes the Golden Gate. The walls of Constantine are lost. The Theodosian walls are blown to bits. Who has left open the Kerkoporta Mr. Doukas? Who would do such a thing? New Orleans posts huge numbers and crushes the Niners.

New York vs. Green Bay

Have you ever read Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle. It was about the abuses that the meat-packing industry was foisting on people's heads. It was stark. It was ugly. It was brutal. In the end everyone got upset about the conclusion and made a whole bunch of noise. It's going to be similar when New York comes to town. The difference between the two teams will be stark. It is going to be ugly. It will certainly be brutal. There will be an uproar from Lambeau and everyone become very loud. No one will be upset. Except for the Giants who were just crushed under the weight of inevitability. Green Bay grinds up New York