Could you find two teams who are more polar opposite than Atlanta and Arizona right now? The Falcons have won 5 of their last 6 games and look like one of the hottest teams in the NFL, while the Cardinals have lost 4 of their last 6 and completely broke down at the end of the season. There are lots of fans and analysts who feel like the Cards don’t even belong in the postseason with the effort they’ve been putting forth lately.

Reasons to believe Atlanta will win:
1. Matt Ryan and Michael Turner are on fire right now, Turner was only 60 yards short of the NFL rushing title, and Ryan somehow looks like a veteran in the pocket.

2. The Falcons are a scrappy team – If you look at the scoreboard on all of Atlanta’s recent wins, they have mostly been by 7 points or less. Atlanta doesn’t give up in the 4th quarter and battle it out until the final whistle.

Reasons to believe Arizona will win:

1. The Cards are great at home – This team went 6-2 at home this season (and one of those games was a really close loss to the Giants), so Atlanta may have a tough time in the desert.

2. Atlanta’s defense sucks – I know folks may not believe it, but Atlanta’s defense is statistically worse than the Cardinals. They’re facing a team with an incredibly explosive offense on the road, so it’s really up in the air how they’ll perform here.

So who am I predicting to win it?

You’d be hard pressed to find ANYONE who thinks Arizona can win the way they’ve been playing lately, but I’m actually putting my chips behind Kurt Warner and the gang. Nobody takes this team seriously (with good reason), but Arizona possesses this mythical retard strength. Just when you’re expecting them to roll over and die, they’ll go crazy and flip over a Volkswagen Beetle and take a bite out of a tree.

Warner throws for 379 yards and 4TDs for the win.