You know the NFL Playoffs are as 'fixed' as any WWF match, right?
Nobody wanted to see another Super bowl with one of the Mannings, or Rogers, or Brady or Drew in it.
The NFL is an "Entertaiment Provider" just like NASCAR. They know if only a couple teams are always at the top, people stop watching.
Bring on the High Drama of the Harbaugh Brothers Bowl!
PS, my Dad had season tickets to the Boston Patriots, back when they were playing in Harvard Stadium, with Joe Kapp slinging it. Those were some cold cement seats! He couldn't give the tickets away so he made me go to watch them lose.
The Boston Patriots of 1970 were a poor-performing team and the late-arriving Kapp played poorly himself that season, leading the team to the league's worst record at 2-12. When the year ended Pete Rozelle demanded that Kapp sign a Standard Player Contract. After conferring with his lawyer and the NFL Players Association, Kapp refused to sign a new contract.
With the top pick in the 1971 NFL Draft, the Patriots selected a quarterback, Jim Plunkett of Stanford. Kapp reported to the newly-renamed New England Patriots' training camp in 1971 and was turned away. The headlines in the Boston papers read “KAPP QUITS!”. After this incident Kapp never played again, his 12 year career as a professional football player was over.