Here at Podcasting News, we’ve been so preoccupied with local politics (the Iowa Caucuses were last week), and then recovering from same, that we only noticed recently that the weekend is filled with National Football League playoff games.

Who knew that Jacksonville had a professional football team? Not me! But apparently they are playing the perennial playoff contender New England Patriots Saturday evening. Seattle Seahawks are playing a snowy game against Green Bay. Indianapolis Colts meet San Diego, and the New York Giants compete against the Dallas Cowboys.

It’s enough to make even the least enlightened viewer (um, me) feel like staying in and gorging on game-watching. And maybe some game snackage.

Fortunately, there are plenty of NFL podcasts to help the football-challenged:

• ESPN has a podcast preview of the weekend’s NFL playoff games.
• The Packers have their own podcast series, including a whole batch of recent press conferences with players and coaches, like this one with Mike McCarthy.
• The New England Patriots have, on their home page, the “Patriots Today” podcast.
• While I couldn’t find an “official” San Diego football podcast dated more recently than 2006 (?!), the fan site bolttalk.com has a podcast from this week about the Chargers’ underdog status going up against the Colts.

The remaining teams’ podcasts are here:

• Jacksonville Jaguars (unofficial podcast by a fan)
• Seattle Seahawks
• Indianapolis Colts
• New York Giants (audio) (video)
• Dallas Cowboys

Let me know who you think the contenders are going to be for next month’s Super Bowl in the comments.

And no, the GoDaddy girl doesn’t count.