Wild Card Weekend Results: 6. New York Jets @ 3. Indianapolis Colts: Colts 31, Jets 30. 5. Baltimore Ravens @ 4. Kansas City Chiefs: Chiefs 24, Ravens 17. 6. Green Bay Packers @ 3. Philadelphia Eagles: Eagles 14, Packers 7. And the one we care about, according to Madden: 5. NOR @ 4. SEA 1/8/11, [...]
WILD CARD ROUND #6 Jacksonville @ #3 Indianapolis: Indy wins the rubber match at home. #5 Baltimore @ #4 Kansas City: Ravens win on “been here before”. #6 Philadelphia @ #3 Chicago: Philly has too many playmakers. #5 New Orleans @ #4 St. Louis: Rematch goes worse for Rams than the first bout. DIVISIONAL [...]
Whoa. Duuuude. That was close. Really close. Waayyyy closer than it should have been. I really thought the Saints would march into Atlanta and burn the Georgia Dome down like General Sherman. But the men in black seem to find themselves in these supertight, last drive decides it, oh-my-God-how’s-it-gonna-end games a lot this year. Eight [...]
Well that was rough. The Saints defense spotted the Ravens 21 points before settling down to hold them to three field goals the rest of the way. But it put Brees and the offense in the position of having to throw a million times versus about two rushing attempts. Sean Payton clearly had the idea [...]
Just when you thought the Saints were going to let yet another team climb back into the game, Malcolm Jenkins takes the ball, and the momentum, back to the Saints’ side permanently. That’s twice in three weeks he’s turned around a game with one play. Big plays on both offense and defense. Special teams turns [...]
Wow. Hoo boy. That. Was. Amazing. The Bengals game was yet another thrill ride – but not the fun kind. The worst kind. You know when you’re a kid and the roller coaster has a sign that says “You must be this tall to ride”? Somehow, you get on it even though you’re not quite [...]
Thanks to Phillip H. Anselmo for covering for me last week with a thrilling wrap-up of last week’s Saintsgiving day miracle. After millions of Saints fans came back to the Thanksgiving table, apologized for screaming at cousin Louie’s punk-ass five-year-old Cowboys fan (“Not in my house, kid! What? Shut up Louie, she needs to hear [...]
Despite Brees’ four touchdowns in the big win over Seattle, both his and Coach Payton’s post game comments were of the “woulda, coulda, shoulda” variety. They woulda been happier if they coulda put the game away in the first half, and they shoulda scored at least 17 more points – Julius Jones’ called back TD [...]
