As always, we ran through this week's NFL divisional round of the playoffs through Madden 11 on our PlayStation 3. And, as always, our PlayStation 3 told us the Jets are going to lose. Over the last two years, the Jets are now 0–5 in our PlayStation 3 simulations, thanks to a tough 31–24 virtual loss to the Patriots. Tom Brady was the stud, of course, going 25-for-40 for 335 yards and three touchdowns. It was another interception fest for Mark Sanchez, who must have done something wrong to our PlayStation 3 in the Tron grid once in his life; he threw four more, offsetting LaDainian Tomlinson's 106 yards rushing. At this point, we're not sure the virtual Jets could beat virtual Fordham. Anyway, the other games this weekend, simulated: Green Bay Packers 37, Atlanta Falcons 26; Seattle Seahawks 31, Chicago Bears 7; and Baltimore Ravens 21, Pittsburgh Steelers 14. Last week, our PS3 was 1–3. It's like you can't trust anyone anymore.

Much hay has already been made about the notion that Mark Sanchez, amazingly, is arguably already the most successful postseason quarterback in Jets history. (Joe Namath excluded from this conversation due to lack of actual playoffs back then, obviously.) Sunday's game against the Patriots will be his fifth playoff start, tying Chad Pennington for most playoff starts for a Jets quarterback. If the Jets somehow win Sunday, he will be starting his second AFC Championship Game in two years. That's one fewer than Peyton Manning and Dan Marino. And he's 24.

Remember all the way back to, er, Tuesday night, when the Knicks played a little defense and held the Blazers to 86 points and just 34.9 percent shooting from the field? Playing their second game in as many nights, and their third in four days, they didn't come close to repeating that formula last night against a rested Utah team — one that shot the lights out in a 131–125 victory. Seven players scored in double figures for Utah, led by Deron Williams and C.J. Miles, who dropped 24 each. As a team, Utah shot 58.4 percent from the field.

With a pretty Brandon Dubinsky goal just 4:15 into last night's Rangers game — one of a couple solid scoring chances in the early going — it appeared for a moment that the Rangers might snap out of the mini scoring slump they've been mired in lately — one, to be fair, they've been winning games during. (They've scored two goals or fewer in six of their last seven games, but they're 4-2-1 in that stretch.) But alas, they wouldn't score again against Montreal backup Alex Auld, and this time, the lack of goals would cost them in a 2–1 loss at the Garden that ended their three-game winning streak.