Sunday, January 9, 2011

We'll be Talking About This One for a While

Another wildcard round is in the books. The history books that is.

The Seahawks shocked the world with their win over the Saints. Hard to believe that they could end up hosting the NFC Championship game if they win and the Bears lose to the Packers (which could actually happen).

Play to remember: Marshawn Lynch breaking eight tackles en route to a 67-yard touchdown that put the game in the books.

The Jets stunned the Colts on a walk-off field goal. New York coach Rex Ryan gave Indianapolis Jim Cladwell a game ball for his helpful timeout with 30 seconds left to give the Jets a chance to make its game-winning field goal a little bit easier. Insert Rex Ryan foot joke here.

Play to remember: The entire sequence after the Colts took the lead on a field goal and kicked off to the Jets, but the game-winning kick takes it all.

Baltimore crushed the Cheifs on Sunday. Just crushed them. Matt Cassel may have shown why he was a backup in college. Not really, he's a good (maybe really good) quarterback. The Ravens are simply a much better team. Maybe Kansas City was distracted by Charlie Weis vacating the offensive coordinator position for Florida. Maybe not. I really don't think it would have mattered.

Play to remember: Todd Haley's hair.

Finally, the Packers beat the Eagles in a close game. Maybe not as close as the final score indicated, but close. Truthfully, Green Bay had that game in its palm long before that final interception. Unfortunately for Packers fans with heart problems, they couldn't pull away until the end. Michael Vick cemented his place as second in the running for MVP. He was good, but not great.

Play to remember: Tramon Williams of the Pack picking off what would have been the game-winning pass from Michael Vick with less than a minute to play.

So what can we take away from these four games that will undoubtedly and directly affect the 2010-11 NFL champion? One thing, and one thing above all:

With games like Steelers/Ravens and Patriots/Jets on the menu, the divisional round will be even better.

Get 'cho popcorn ready.

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