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Cocktail Chatter: NFL Playoffs EditionHow to fake your way through the first round of pro football's postseason.
Posted Friday, Jan. 4, 2008, at 4:58 PM ET
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StumbleUponCharles P. Pierce celebrated the Patriots' undefeated season, calling New England QB Tom Brady "the best quarterback who ever played the game." In November, Brendan I. Koerner and Eric Gillin talked trash before the Colts played the Patriots. Robert Weintraub wrote up a recipe for how to beat New England. Weintraub also figured out which position in pro football is the most valuable and argued that the NFL needs to keep things simple. Before the season began, Football Outsiders wrote a three-part guide on how to watch pro football.
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