2. The Colts, particularly coach Tony Dungy, are getting crushed after their going one-and-out for the fourth time in seven playoff appearances. Indianapolis Star columnist Bob Kravitz is calling for Dungy to step down, and he sounds skeptical about the team's decision last year to name assistant head coach Jim Caldwell -- whom Kravitz calls "Dungy Lite" -- the successor. Indy will still have Peyton Manning next year, but the Colts could look a lot different in other spots with Marvin Harrison, Joseph Addai and center Jeff Saturday all candidates to leave in a significant makeover. When you think about it, it's indefensible that one of the most dynamic offenses since the merger wasn't able to convert on a late third-and-2 that probably would have won the game.

3. You know the Giants were sitting at home Sunday and pulling for the Vikings to find a way to beat the Eagles at home. Not that Philly scares anyone, but does anyone actually believe that Tarvaris Jackson would have had a chance against the Giants' defense in the Meadowlands? Plus, the Giants are one of the few teams with the running game that could punish the Vikings' top-ranked run defense. Instead, the Giants get an NFC East rival and the likelihood of another game that comes down to the final possession, as most Eagles-Giants games do. Even when the Giants physically manhandled Philly's run defense in the first meeting, they had to hang on for a 36-31 win. The Eagles reversed that loss with a 20-14 win on the road late in the season. The Eagles are one of the few teams that won't be phased by playing the defending champs in their home stadium. And the Giants know that.

4. As I wrote in this morning's column, I think the Chargers are a great first-round matchup for the Steelers. San Diego already came to Pittsburgh in the the cold weather and despite watching the Steelers commit 13 penalties and fail to score a touchdown wound up losing 11-10. San Diego looks like a tired, spent team that left everything on the field in overtime of Saturday's 23-17 win over the Colts. This could be one of those second-round games in which a team coming off an emotional, unexpected wild card win gets blown out in their next game. Especially if Ladainian Tomlinson can't go. Remember, small scatbacks like Darren Sproles are not the kind of runners that give the Steelers trouble.

5. Like the Chargers, the Cardinals are primed to get rolled in the division round. They looked pretty good Saturday against a Falcons team that made great strides this year but obviously isn't ready to win a playoff game. Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan finally played like a rookie with two interceptions and the Falcons made the killer mistake at the worst possible time on the fumbled handoff that Antrel Rolle returned for a touchdown to erase Atlanta's 17-14 third-quarter lead. Now the Cardinals have to go across the country, where west coast teams have been slaughtered this season, and face the rested Panthers, who will pound the ball relentlessly against Arizona's 16th-ranked run defense and play a much more physical brand of defense against Kurt Warner than the Cardinals saw from Atlanta.

-- John Dudley