Wild-card, round one

Update: Added kickoff return yardage to Ed Podolak's all-purpose total and complete breakdown for Keith Lincoln's total.

Because I am admittedly making this up as I go along, my plans for postgame analysis are to produce one quick thought -- an interesting fact I can verify quickly -- and one quick tease -- a trend or occurrence that I will blog on thoroughly later in the week after spending more time in research.

Arizona 30, Atlanta 24

Quick thought: Is nine years the longest delay of game in history? It might be for Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner, who joins Joe Montana as the only Super Bowl MVP quarterbacks to win a playoff game with a different franchise, a feat both accomplished at age 37.

Warner directed the Greatest Show on Turf in his first season a starter, winning the Super Bowl with the St. Louis Rams in 1999 -- almost one decade before this season's career renaissance. Montana won three Super Bowl MVPs (1981, 1984, 1989) with the San Francisco 49ers before taking the Kansas City Chiefs to the AFC Championship game in 1993.

Perhaps tellingly, 10 of the 15 other quarterbacks eligible for such an accomplishment played their entire careers with one team, although that may eventually change for Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Eli Manning.

Quick tease: Atlanta running back Michael Turner rushed for 1,699 yards this season -- the 28th-highest total in NFL history -- but was held to 42 yards on 18 carries. The lack of postseason production is stark when compared to the results of the other top-50 regular seasons.

San Diego 23, Indianapolis 16 (OT)

Quick thought: If you thought San Diego running back Darren Sproles was all over the field, you were right. In addition to providing the game-winning 22-yard touchdown run in overtime, Sproles' 326 all-purpose yards (105 rushing, 45 receiving, 106 kickoff return, 72 punt return) is the third-highest total in playoff history.

No. 1? Kansas City running back Ed Podolak picked up 350 yards in a 27-24 double overtime loss to Miami in the 1971 AFC Championship. He rushed for 85 yards and one touchdown on 17 carries, recorded 110 yards and one touchdown on eight receptions, and added 155 yards on three kickoff returns.

No. 2? San Diego fullback Keith Lincoln compiled 329 yards in the 1963 AFL Championship, a 52-10 slaughter of the Boston Patriots. He rushed for 206 yards and one touchdown, adding 123 receiving yards and one touchdown.

Quick tease: Peyton Manning is now 3-3 in the playoffs following his MVP seasons (2003, 2004, 2008), making it to only one AFC Championship game. Is that typical postseason production for MVPs, or is it common for Super Bowls to accompany such recognition?