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First to clinch are no playoff cinch

By David Fleming
ESPN Insider

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Leave it to the Arizona Cardinals to take 33 years to win a division title and then do so in the worst possible way. The Cards clinched the anemic NFC West on Dec. 7 and then caught Redbird Flu, losing four of their final six games and destroying the one thing you need the most this time of year -- momentum. The problem with momentum is that it doesn't come with an "on" switch. And so in the NFL, peaking at the wrong time is just as bad -- if not worse -- than not peaking at all. This is a theo ...

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