The NFL playoff bracket has been set, and there are just four teams remaining in the NFC playoffs! Five questions for the Wild Card weekend that must be on the minds of football gamblers everywhere!

1: Is Dallas' defense legit? It's hard to think that this is a defense that has just gotten lucky these last three weeks. Save a gimmicky touchdown in the first quarter against the Eagles last week and a late meaningless score in the fourth quarter, the Cowboys haven't allowed a truly meaningful touchdown in nearly five games. LB DeMarcus Ware looks like a man on a mission, and Dallas feels like a team that is going to continue to advance through the NFL playoff bracket no matter how much it hears it's going to ultimately falls on its face at some point.

2: Will Brett Favre's last pass as a Viking be as good as the last one he threw in Green Bay? It would seem like some sort of poetic justice, wouldn't it? Favre, whose last pass as a Green Bay Packer was intercepted at home in the NFC Championship Game in the snow against the Giants could be faced with a similar situation in one of these next two weeks. It seems awfully likely that Favre could struggle against this Dallas defense, and we all know that #4 has a history of chucking picks all over the place. The next question... Would he come back yet again next year?

3: Did the Green Bay game take everything out of the Cards, or are they poised for another run to the Super Bowl? Nobody gave Arizona a chance last week, as they went from short favorites to short underdogs by the time the game kicked off. Yet the Cards prevailed, somehow, some way to get into the second round of the playoffs. QB Kurt Warner could be playing in his final game in his illustrious, Hall of Fame type career, and he'd love nothing more than to extend that by a few weeks and lift one more Lombardi Trophy.

4: Was New Orleans' three-game slide down the stretch a sign of things to come? Ok, let's throw out that game at Carolina to end the season, because hardly anyone took that game seriously with the #1 seed already wrapped up. But yikes, was that three-game skid to end the regular season scary! New Orleans scored at least 24 points in each of its first 13 games. All were victories. Never more than 17 against Dallas, Tampa Bay, and Carolina. All losses. Considering the over/under is 57 against Arizona this weekend, there's a good chance that the Saints will reach that 17-point plateau with ease, but will it be enough against one of the most explosive offenses in the NFL?

5: Who's winning this conference? This is the burning question on everyone's mind in both the AFC and the NFC. It's really hard to back a New Orleans team that has looked just so badly coming into the postseason, just like it's hard to pick against Dallas for as well as it looks. But our pick is Minnesota, who is a short favorite this weekend at home against those Cowboys at home. It's difficult to play in that dome, and QB Tony Romo and the gang may find that out this weekend. #4 came back for another shot at the Super Bowl, and if he can get rid of Dallas this weekend, he'll be determined to get the job done and take his team to the Super Bowl regardless if that game is at home against Arizona or in the Superdome.

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