This was one of the most entertaining Wild Card weekends in recent memory. 2 games came down to the last drive and one game had over 70 points scored. Let's get to the reviews:
On Saturday the 7-9 home dog, Seattle Seahawks, overcame one of the largest point spreads in playoff history and defeated the defending Super Bowl Champions 41-36. The birds were down by 10 at two different points in the first half but rattled of 17 unanswered points in the second half and never lost the lead again. Matt Hasselbeck threw for four touchdowns with Marshawn Lynch adding a score himself. The Saints attempted a fourth quarter comeback but to no avail. Drew Brees threw 60 passes while completing 39 for over 400 yards in the losing effort. The Saints have never won a road playoff game, The Seahawks have never lost a playoff game at Qwest Field, and no 7-9 team has ever lost a playoff game...
In the night game the Super Bowl runner-up from last season played the AFC Championship runner-up from last season with a different result, the New York Jets defeated the Indianapolis Colts 17-16 on a walk-off field goal. The game started of with punt after punt after punt after punt while the Colts had 3rd and 1 and couldn't convert about 47 times. The Colts finally scored a 57 yard touchdown to Pierre Garcon with 5:25 left in the second quarter to take a whopping halftime lead of 7-0. The Jets came out of the gate with LT running like his TCU days and the Jets held a lead of 14-13 until Adam "I don't miss in the postseason" Vinatieri put the Colts ahead 16-14 with :57 seconds left in the game. On the ensuing kickoff, the Jets got to their own 47 yard line with two timeouts of their own and one of the Colts' that Jim Caldwell decided he didn't want anymore, so he gave it to T-Rex Ryan. The Jets took 5 plays to get the ball well into the territory of Ryan's third favorite foot, the right foot of Nick Folk, and he put it through to end Ryan's drought against Manning.
In the Sunday early game John "the other" Harbaugh defeated the Kansas City Chiefs handily, 30-7, in a game that made me change the channel to watch re-runs of "Dora the Explorer" with my kids. I would really like to tell you more about the game but seriously, I was watching Dora. All I know is, the Chiefs kept it interesting by taking a 7-3 lead with 2:00 to go in the first quarter and I'm not sure if the Chiefs saw the ball again. Matt Cassel threw for a robust 70 yards on 9/18 passing, and Jamaal Charles had 82 and THE score for KC. Joe Flacco threw for 265 yards and 2 TD's on 25/34 passing and Willis McGahee put in another score just to rub it in with 4:00 to go in the game.
Luckily I had enough Cheetos and threats of turning the Chiefs back on, for my kids to allow me to watch the late game...and boy was it worth it. The Packers beat the Eagles 21-16 in a game full of excitement. Aaron Rodgers threw for 180 yards and 3 scores while James Starks ran for 123 for a rookie franchise playoff record. Michael Vick threw for 292 yards on 20/36 passing with one passing TD along with 33 yards rushing with one rushing TD. The Packers jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the second quarter while the Eagles kicked a field goal with a minute left in the half to cut the deficit to 14-3. The Packers got the ball back and had an opportunity to go up 21-3 but James Jones dropped a perfectly thrown pass with seconds left in the half and the Cheeseheads settled with the 11 point lead. The Eagles came out of the locker room and put 7 up in less than 2 minutes and then we had a ballgame. The Packers put up another TD with 7 minutes to go in the 3rd to regain their 2 score lead. In the fourth quarter with 4 minutes to go, Michael Vick ran in for a one yard score to make it 21-16. After hobbling off the field after two failed two point conversion attempts (No, the Eagles fans did not electrocute Vick. Yes, they wanted to electrocute Celek) The Eagles had to kickoff, down 5. The Packers went a quick three and out and actually kicked to DeSean Jackson (They must've missed the Giants game) with two minutes to go. Vick completed a couple quick passes to Jackson and Riley Cooper, then he got the kiss of death with pick in the endzone. The Packers kneeled on it and won the game 21-16.
Like I said before, this was a very exciting weekend. Check back on Friday for my predictions for next weeks games.
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