At long last, this week of unfathomable hype is almost over.
Hopefully you've survived this non-stop barrage of Tim Tebow related fluff pieces and other useless garbage since last Sunday night. By this time tomorrow, we'll know whether the New England Patriots or Denver Broncos are headed to the AFC Championship Game.
The injury report for both teams was released today and no surprise, the Patriots list 13 players as questionable despite the fact that they haven't played a game in two weeks.
The biggest question marks for New England are offensive linemen Logan Mankins (knee) and Sebastian Vollmer (back/foot). I am fully expecting at least one of them to be out since Mankins missed most of the last two games and Vollmer was out for the last five.
Others questionable for the Pats include safety Patrick Chung (knee); cornerback Kyle Arrington (foot); offensive linemen Marcus Cannon (ankle) and Dan Connolly (groin); linebackers Dane Fletcher (thumb), Rob Ninkovich (hip), Tracy White (abdomen) and Brandon Spikes (knee); safety James Ihedigbo (shoulder); wide receiver Wes Welker (knee) and special teams captain Matthew Slater (shoulder).
I'm assuming that almost everyone in that group will play for New England since everyone practiced the last few days for them. They've had more than enough rest so if they're on the 53-man roster, why wouldn't they be active?
The Broncos report was more interesting since not only was wide receiver Eric Decker (knee) ruled out, as expected, but the team was forced to sign long snapper David Binn today since former Patriot Lonie Paxton had an undisclosed family issue this week so he'll be out too. If there's a bad snap tomorrow, you'll know why since they signed Binn at the last possible moment. The only other guy listed as less than probable is Denver strong safety Brian Dawkins (neck) who is doubtful.
Check in tomorrow before kickoff to see who is in and out for each team.
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