NFL Wild Card Sunday Recap

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On to business...

By the time I woke up at 1pm on Sunday, took a dump, brushed my teeth, put my contacts in and poured myself a bowl of cereal IT WAS 21-0 BALTIMORE ALREADY! Oh well, I suppose the Ravens deserved this game because they were the superior team and New Engl— err Tom Brady played like shit. You could see the 2010 version of the Patriots were so far removed from the 18-1 team of 2008. The defense got steamrolled by Baltimore's rushing attack early and could not make enough stops in the second half to attempt a legitimate comeback.

The first New England points came via a bizarre fumble recovery on a punt in which the Patriots' player never seemed to have control of the ball as he went out of bounds. For some reason John Harbaugh did not challenge the call, he probably did not care since the Ravens were up 59-0 at that point. The following New England drive was where Wes Welker Jr. made an appearance. His actual name is Julian Edelman, a 7th round pick this year out of Kent State; watch out for this guy if Welker misses any time next year. I swear, he might as well have been Wes, he immediately became Brady's #1 option because he was running quick slants or posts across the middle, and because Randy Moss was playing like "straight cash crap homey".

I liked him better in the Daunte Culpepper era...

Baltimore gets a rested but possibly groggy Colts team this weekend, will Indianapolis be ready for this physical of a game? I hope so. Too bad New England is not around for late January football... NOT. It was not like the Patriots were that good of a team this year anyway, it would kind of be a shame if they  would have made a run in the playoffs.

GAME: Baltimore 33 — New England 14

No defense whatsoever in this game...

If you like high-scoring playoff football this game was for you; if you like high-scoring playoff football you are a dumbass. Yes, this was a close, exciting game, but you knew once the score got to 78-72, the winner of this game was not gonna do squat in the rest of the playoffs. Quick recap: Green Bay had 10 turnovers in the first quarter, Arizona got out to a 17-0 lead which ended as a 24-10 score at the break. The second half went TD, TD, TD, TD, TD, TD, TD, TD, TD, TD, TD, TD, missed 34-yard field goal and the game was tied 45-45 going into overtime.

In overtime, Aaron Rodgers overthrew Greg Jennings, who got three steps behind the Arizona defense, by a yard. Then on second down the refs missed an obvious roughing the passer call, then on third down some defensive end came around the edge, forced a fumble off Rodgers and Carlos Dansby caught it in mid air and returned it 20 yards for a walk-off touchdown. What a fitting end to an offensive game for the defense to score a touchdown... HA! HA! HA! Shut up.

Green Bay was obviously the better team, their defense had a bad day and their offense could not take care of the football, but they should have won this game. I can foresee the Cardinals going NOWHERE past this weekend. Even though I like Kurt Warner, I do not really want to see Arizona win any more games, let alone the Super Bowl.

GAME: Arizona 51 — Green Bay 45 (OT)

This weekend's predictions coming up.