In their first playoff game, the Eagles faced the Minnesota Vikings on their home turf and defeated them by a score of 26 to 14. In their second playoff game, the Eagles faced 2008 Super Bowl XLII Champions New York Giants, which ended the regular season with a 12 and 4 record. This was not the first meeting between the two teams.The Colts have yet to announce if Manning, 36 next month, who missed the 2011 season after undergoing neck fusion surgery, will be retained. Manning is due to receive a $28 million roster bonus March 8 and will be released before that date if Indianapolis decides not to pay him. Manning and the Colts could agree to renegotiate his contract..

They replaced him with the offensiveminded Marc Trestman, hoping he could get the most out of quarterback Jay Cutler, and addressed two major issues in free agency by signing left tackle Jermon Bushrod from New Orleans and tight end Martellus Bennett from the New York Giants. Trestman also said that the Bears