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Super Bowl 43 – Beginning of January

The culminating event of the National Football League is by far the biggest soccer game in the world and arguably the biggest event in all of sports in the United States.

The Titans began the season with a perfect 10-0 record before being beaten 34-10 at home by the New York Jets. They’ve bounced back to win their last two games with an impressive 12-1 mark, good for a two-game lead over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC.

In each conference, four division winners qualify for the playoffs along with the two teams with the next best records. If it ended now, the Giants, Panthers, Arizona Cardinals and Minnesota Vikings would be hailed as NFC division winners. The Giants and Cardinals have already clinched their respective division crowns. The Tampa Bay Bucs and Dallas Cowboys would qualify as the two wild card teams. In the AFC, the Titans, Steelers, Jets and Denver Broncos would be crowned division champions if the playoffs started today. The Baltimore Ravens and the Indianapolis Colts would win the final two positions.

Securing one of the top two records in each conference is critical, as the teams that accomplish that task earn byes in the first round of the playoffs. The other four playoff teams in each conference must play a postseason opener to reach the conference semifinals, where the top two seeds will be waiting. As a result, the Giants and Panthers currently have the best chance of reaching Super Bowl 43 outside of the NFC, while the Titans and Steelers look good in the AFC.

The Giants are looking for their second straight Super Bowl trophy. Last season they shocked the New England Patriots, who were unbeaten at 18-0 going into the final game. This year, New England is 8-5 and is fighting for its division title along with the Jets and Miami Dolphins. Missing the playoffs would deny New England a chance to win its fourth Super Bow in the last nine years. Tennessee has never won the NFL’s biggest prize, but the Titans last reached the Super Bowl in 2000, when they lost to the St. Louis Rams.

Three weeks remain in the NFL regular season as all 32 teams continue to battle for playoff position. When the season ends at the end of December, the playoffs will begin the first weekend of January and at that time the road to Super Bowl 43 will really begin.

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