We are down to four teams now in the NFL 2010 season and as anticipated, some of the "NFL Flavor of the Week" (see http://klassybreeze.blogspot.com/2011/01/nfl-flavor-of-week-end-of-regular.html) teams have been eliminated. First and foremost, gone is the biggest and most celebrated "Flavor", the New England Patriots. The Patriots were favored by most to win the whole thing, especially after handily beating the Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Jets and Chicago Bears in the second half of the season (they beat the Green Bay Packers in the second half as well but it was a close game with Aaron Rodgers sidelined with a concussion). Ironically, all of those teams have moved on to the conference championship games, while the 14 - 2 Patriots season was abruptly ended (by the Jets). Two other former "Flavors" were sent packing this past weekend. The Baltimore Ravens, an early season "Flavor" was dumped by the Steelers and the Atlanta Falcons, "Flavorites" because of their #1 seed in the NFC and dominance at home, was incinerated by the Packers. There were also two "Flavors" left behind on Wild Card Weekend: the Philadelphia Eagles and the New Orleans Saints.
There are three "Flavor" teams left in the final four. The Packers, Jets and Steelers still have a chance to make some Super Bowl predictors look like geniuses. After their performance against the Falcons, the Packers seem to be the up to the minute "Flavor". But beware of the Bears; overlooked and underappreciated most of the season (see http://klassybreeze.blogspot.com/2011/01/theyre-not-who-we-thought-they-were.html), they still have a solid chance of making everyone look silly.
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