1 Seattle won't be that fast at Lambeau.

Holy smokes, Seattle's defensive front seven is fast. And quick. And boy was it unstoppable in Saturday's 35-14 NFC wild-card victory over the Redskins. It seemed that whenever defensive ends Patrick Kerney and Darryl Tapp weren't sacking or whacking quarterback Todd Collins, linebackers Julian Peterson, Lofa Tatupu and Leroy Hill were. On paper, it would seem the Packers are in trouble against the speedy Seahawks in Saturday's divisional game. And maybe they are. But I think Lambeau Field will make it a completely different game for Seattle's front seven. Qwest Field is ridiculously loud, and it was obvious Washington's offensive line struggled all game with the snap count. The Redskins' big men had two choices: false start or move too slowly at the snap. With the game at Lambeau Field, the Packers' offensive linemen won't have that problem. Also, if the Seahawks blitz Brett Favre as much as they did Collins, Favre and his receivers will destroy them.

2 Giants defying the odds and football gods.

Eight teams remain. Seven of them have a turnover differential of plus-4 or better. And then there are the Giants. Somehow, New York won 10 games while defying the popular notion that the turnover differential is the most important statistic in football. They were minus-9, good for 26th out of 32 teams. Quarterback Eli Manning committed 27 turnovers on his own. On Sunday, Manning and the Giants had no turnovers while forcing three in a 24-14 victory at Tampa Bay. Teams that won the turnover battle this past weekend were 3-0. The turnover margin was even in the other game. Here is how the divisional teams ranked in turnover differential during the regular season: 1. Chargers, plus-24; 2. Colts, plus-18; 3. Patriots, plus-16; 4. Seahawks, plus-10; 5. Jaguars, plus-9; 6. Cowboys, plus-5; 7. Packers, plus-4; 8. Giants, minus-9.

3 Fans should welcome Hasselbeck.

Packers fans no doubt will use Saturday's game to boo Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck because of what he said during the overtime coin toss in a playoff game at Lambeau on Jan. 4, 2004. Remember Seattle winning the toss and Hasselbeck saying, "We want the ball, and we're going to score!" What he didn't know at the time was the referee's microphone was turned on for all to hear. Hasselbeck threw an interception that was returned 52 yards for a game-ending touchdown by cornerback Al Harris. Hasselbeck is 0-3 lifetime against his former team. He got away with two ugly picks against Washington. He has no running game. And he might be among the bottom three quarterbacks that are still in the playoffs. So Packers fans should embrace him, not boo him.

4 Hey, what about Grey?

Lost in all the Eli Hoopla is the fact the Giants' outstanding offensive line didn't miss starting center Shaun O'Hara, who was sidelined because of a sprained knee. So, yeah, Eli got his first postseason victory. And he actually played very well. But, c'mon, how about a little pat on the back to the offensive line, especially O'Hara's backup, Grey Ruegamer, who made his first start since last year's regular-season finale.