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Updated Dec 8, 2008 7:50 PM ET
     
 
In the playoffs It's on to the NFL playoffs for the Titans, Giants and Cardinals. The Cardinals? Indeed, Arizona clinched the NFC West on Sunday with a 34-10 rout of St. Louis. The Cardinals (8-5) will host a postseason game for the first time since 1947, when they called Chicago home. It's their first division crown since 1975, when they represented St. Louis. The clinches by Tennessee and New York weren't surprising considering their runaway records. But the Super Bowl champion Giants (11-2) backed into the top spot in the NFC East after a 20-14 loss to Philadelphia. Pittsburgh then did the Giants a nice turn, edging Dallas, 20-13, to hand the division to New York. The Giants' loss meant the Titans have the best record in the league following their 28-9 victory against Cleveland. At 12-1, the Titans have the best mark in franchise history and own the AFC South. "For the guys that have been here for a few years and that have been through the tough times, to be on a team that is now 12-1 and AFC Division South winners is huge," veteran linebacker Keith Bulluck said. On the verge of a division championship is Denver, which holds a three-game lead over San Diego in the AFC West. The Broncos (8-5) rallied past Kansas City, 24-17, and would clinch the division by winning any of its remaining games: at Carolina, home for Buffalo and at San Diego. Pittsburgh (10-3) is closing on a playoff berth, if not the AFC North. The Steelers' win Sunday left them in control of the division with a showdown at Baltimore next week. Injury report Running back Frank Gore sprained his left ankle early in the third quarter and missed the remainder of the San Francisco 49ers' 24-14 win over the New York Jets. Gore, among the NFL's leaders in yards rushing and all-purpose yards, was hurt when a pile of tacklers fell on his leg as he stretched to reach the first-down marker on the second play of the second half. ... Another running back was hurt when the New York Giants' Brandon Jacobs left the game with Philadelphia with an injury to his left knee. Jacobs was hurt after a 5-yard run in the third quarter. From Our Press Services
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