would a patriots loss

No, it has nothing to do with my feelings on our season, which I got over once we lost to Philly.

Now, ask me about shaking things up - I'm all for that. I'd like to see Jax beat NE, NY beat Dallas, SEA beat GB, and SD beat Indy, but just for kicks.

I know I'm getting way off topic here, but my guess is that Indy is going to hammer San Diego, NE is going to hammer Jax, and the two NFC games will be close. The reason that I say this is that I feel this is the key weekend in the playoffs where experience matters, and when the better QBs take over. Brady has lived in the playoffs, and Brady > Garrard, same for Peyton, who is > Rivers.
Now Favre has been here often, and Hasselbeck has a lot of playoff experience under his belt, so they will probably both step up. Quite the opposite with Romo and Eli - little playoff experience, and I think that's why it will be a good game.