The Vince Lombardi Trophy awaits this year's Super Bowl winners in Phoenix, Arizona, on Sunday 3 February

Wild card weekend sees Jacksonville edge past 2006 Super Bowls winners Pittsburgh 31-29 with a last-gasp field goal

Giants star Plaxico Burress helps New York see off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24-14 in the first round of the play-offs

San Diego trail 6-0 at half-time against Tennessee but fight back to win their wild card match-up 17-6

Washington's loss to Seattle in the wild-card round marks the end of the three-time champion coach Joe Gibbs' career

New England maintain their season-long winning streak with a 31-20 home win over Jacksonville in the divisional round

Green Bay enter the play-off fray and cope well with the icy conditions at Lambeau Field as they host Seattle

Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren looks like he'd rather be somewhere else as the Packers triumph in a blizzard

Shaun Phillips celebrates after picking off a Peyton Manning pass as San Diego play Indianapolis in the divisional round

Quarterback Manning and defending Super Bowl champions Indianapolis are knocked out of the play-offs by the Chargers

Quarterback Tony Romo is manhandled by the New York Giants as Dallas suffer a surprise home defeat

That win means Peyton's younger brother and fellow quarterback Eli Manning is still in the Super Bowl running

Quarterback Tom Brady is intercepted three times in New England's AFC title game against San Diego at Foxboro

Former Chargers star Junior Seau puts one over on his old team as New England win 21-12 to reach the Super Bowl

Green Bay are tipped to beat the NY Giants in the NFC title game but don't have things all their own way

A wind chill factor of -31C at an icy Lambeau Field fails to stop some hardy Packers fans from stripping off

A 20-20 tie means overtime, and British-born Lawrence Tynes' 47-yard field goal sends the Giants to the Super Bowl