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NFL playoff picks: Elite quarterbacks leading hot teams? We've seen this before

Listen to the wise words of Big Ben Roethlisberger before joining the masses with your proclamation that Sunday's NFL conference title games will produce the two greatest quarterbacking battles in the history of the world, or at least since organized football legalized the forward pass back on April 6, 1906.

"We're not playing tennis," the Steelers quarterback said.

Yes, it's still a team sport. Green Bay's vulnerable secondary, Pittsburgh's powerful running game, New England's top-ranked scoring defense and Atlanta's 27th-ranked scoring defense also are suiting up alongside the quarterbacks Sunday.

Plus, people today tend to forget the past with every 140th character they can type before the car behind them beeps.