The Final four

skysports.com looks at the final four NFL teams who are now just one win away from the Super Bowl.

skysports.com looks at the final four left on the road to Super Bowl XLV

With 28 down, just four teams remain in the hunt for Super Bowl XLV and this weekend those teams go into the Championship Games just one win away from a trip to Dallas. It's been a long, hard road, especially for respective sixth seeds Green Bay and the New York Jets, who have both had to win two huge games on the road to get so close to the big show. Pittsburgh and Chicago enjoy home field advantage and have played a game less, but as the play-offs have already shown anything can happen, as both last year's Super Bowl teams and both conference top seeds have already fallen out of the picture. Here, skysports.com looks at the final four and the two games coming up on Sunday, both exclusively live on Sky Sports.

AFC Championship Game; NY Jets @ Pittsburgh Steelers

NY Jets (11-5 - 6th Seed)

Rex Ryan and his Jets have been running their mouths all season long, but they backed up that smack talk by downing hated rivals New England Patriots, in Foxborough, last week to return to the AFC title game. The Jets also went to Indianapolis and beat the Colts, who beat them in the title match-up last year, so a return to Heinz Field, where they won 22-17 in December, should hold little fear for a team full of confidence and used to winning play-off games on the road. Quarterback Mark Sanchez is an incredible 4-1 in play-off road games, in just his second year in the league, and excelled himself against the Pats last week, as the Jets showed their usual stout defence but also a more flowing pass attack with Braylon Edwards and Santonio Holmes looking dangerous weapons.

Pittsburgh Steelers (12-4 - 2nd Seed)

The Super Bowl winners two years ago return for a fifth AFC title game in a decade and looking for a third appearance in the big game in six seasons, and Mike Tomlin and Ben Roethlisberger know how to win these big occasions. Home field advantage, and a game less are plus points, but their bodies will be aching just as much as the Jets after a brutal victory over fierce rivals Baltimore last week, but the manner of that comeback victory will have them flying as high as the Jets. Another punishing defence, some livewire young receivers, and the experience of having been all the way just a couple of years ago all should stand the Steelers in good stead for another brutal collision.

The Game

This will be another close call, with the teams so evenly matched in all departments - Sanchez and Roethlisberger have both thrown 17 TDs and only 91 yards separate them, while they have both shown they can win the big games. Pittsburgh have the best running back in Rashard Mendenhall, but the Jets can run the ball too and the Steelers need to stop that early to put the pressure on Sanchez to find his receivers - one of whom is Holmes, who caught the Super Bowl-winning TD for the Steelers two years ago. The big battle will be on defence, and who can get after who the most. The Jets confused Tom Brady last week, but Roethlisberger is bigger and more adept at getting out of trouble and extending the play, and if he can do that again then he could be on the right end of another huge victory.

NFC Championship Game; Packers @ Bears

Green Bay Packers (10-6 - 6th seed)

Much like the Jets, Green Bay have had to pull off two impressive victories on the road to get this far, after stopping Michael Vick and the Eagles before battering the Falcons in their fortress Georgia Dome. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been the star of the show, especially last week when he dismantled the Falcons, but this game is outside, in the cold of Soldier Field and he will need to be at his very best again to prove his Pro Bowl snub was a big mistake. Although they have run up the points, the Packers' defence is also one of the best around, allowing just 15 points a game, with five interceptions and two forced fumbles over the last two weeks helping them to within a game of the Super Bowl.

Chicago Bears (11-5 - 2nd seed)

The Packers' win in Atlanta actually helped fierce NFC North rivals Chicago as they then got to stage the NFC title game, and they have already beaten Green Bay on home turf this season. The Bears had been building their winning streak on defence, but Jay Cutler showed his huge potential on offence last week as he threw two TDs and ran in two himself to pick apart the surprise package Seahawks. Chicago did lose to Green Bay in the final regular season game at Lambeau Field, helping the Packers into the play-offs, and they will be desperate to not have that come back to haunt them and deny them a Super Bowl trip.

The Game

Both teams won their home games in the division this year, but the Soldier Field turf has come in for criticism from both sets of players and will not help Chicago's speedy secondary and receivers, who look quicker but also lighter than their Packers counterparts. Running the ball could be key. Green Bay managed just 123 yards on the ground in two games against Chicago, but James Starks has since emerged and they have wracked up 234 yards in the last two. This is a much tougher assignment though. The Packers generate more points and yardage, and concede less, than the Bears, but stats go out of the window on a cold night on the banks of Lake Michigan, where the oldest rivalry in the NFL will stage its biggest game for years - expect fireworks!