The Patriots, two-time defending Super Bowl champions, will play Denver.

The Patriots, two-time defending Super Bowl champions, will play Denver.
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Do-overs, all over the place.
All four of next weekend's playoff games will be rematches from the regular season: Washington vs. Seattle and New England vs. Denver on Saturday, Pittsburgh at Indianapolis and Carolina at Chicago on Sunday.
The Panthers manhandled the Giants at the Meadowlands on Sunday 23-0, becoming the first road playoff team to post a shutout since 1980. A day earlier, Washington went into Tampa Bay and won 17-10.
Next up for Carolina is that return trip to frigid Chicago. The Bears beat the Panthers 13-3 at Soldier Field on Nov. 20, one of the NFC North champion's most impressive wins all season.
Washington goes to the conference's top seed. They met on Oct. 2 in Washington, where Nick Novak's overtime field goal beat the Seahawks 20-17.
The two-time defending Super Bowl champion Patriots moved on with a decisive 28-3 win Saturday night against overmatched Jacksonville. They fell at Denver 28-20 on Oct. 16.
Pittsburgh earned its return to Indianapolis with a 31-17 victory at Cincinnati. On Nov. 28, the Colts took down the Steelers 26-7.
NFC
Seattle, which plays at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, was spotless at home in compiling the NFC's best record, but one of its two meaningful defeats came at Washington, 20-17 on Oct. 2. The Seahawks, led by NFL Most Valuable Player Shaun Alexander and an opportunistic defense, took off from there, not losing until the season finale in Green Bay that had no bearing on the standings.
The Redskins are nearly as hot. They won their last five games to get into the playoffs as a wild card, then handled Tampa Bay on Saturday. Washington beat the Bucs with big plays on defense and will need the same against the Seahawks, whose 452 points easily led the league.
Carolina, which plays the Bears at 4 p.m. Sunday, dominated New York, looking much like the team that won three postseason games two years ago to get to the Super Bowl. NFL Co-Comeback Player of the Year Steve Smith scored a pair of touchdowns, DeShaun Foster ran for 151 yards and the staunch defense rattled Eli Manning into four turnovers.
Blanking an offense with such playmakers as Tiki Barber, Jeremy Shockey and Plaxico Burress was impressive, and the Bears can't match such firepower. But Chicago doesn't win with offense, even though it has a 1,000-yard rusher in Thomas Jones.
AFC
Nothing will faze the Patriots, who play at 8 p.m. Saturday, as they seek an unprecedented third straight Super Bowl crown. Indeed, a snowy night game in January plays right into their hands.
New England's romp past Jacksonville wasn't exactly prime preparation for Denver. The Jaguars were inexperienced in the playoffs, while the Broncos made their third straight trip. Jacksonville also had little offensive spark and Denver can move the ball.
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