Well after a decent set of games for the wild card weekend, I will only talk NFC for now, the games went pretty much the way I thought. Except the one worry I had was Atlanta not showing up and they didn’t. How can you get in the playoffs and play that poorly? Then the Offensive Coordinator gets a Head Coaching gig and the Defensive Coordinator leaves for the college game. While I predicted the score to be close, I was expecting the good Atlanta team to show like the one in the first Saints game this season and not the one that played the Texans in week 12. Could this be due to one being played at home as compared to the road?

In the Division Round the Saints score was what I thought it would be, the Lions did a good job early but imploded as soon as adversity struck. The Lions had many opportunities and failed to convert. We have all seen the missed interceptions and the Saints punishing them for it. They made it look easy against the 23rd ranked defense, yes, another defense in the bottom half. Not to say that the Saints don’t have an incredible offense but constantly racking up numbers against the worst defenses in the league is not that impressive.  So first off congrats to the Saints and the Giants for moving on in the playoffs. Now its time to send you both home to watch the NFC championship. (more…)