Official Wild Card Weekend Thread

[channtheman]

Today I learned that Brett Hundley could have started for the Jacksonville Jaguars, and he would have been an upgrade!

[Rastak]

Tyrod Taylor got his head smashed into the ground.....didn't look good. Bills down to around 1 minute to get down the field and score.

[mraynrand]

Jacksonville-Buffalo is like watching Hundley vs. Hundley.

[Guiness]

Bortles has a playoff win as a QB. Of course, Trent Dilfer is an SB winning QB!

87 yards passing, 88 yards rushing.

One thing I have to say, the NFL needs to do much better job when it comes to determining if something is a catch or not. At the end of the game they ran at least half a dozen replays of Ramsey's INT from different views in super slow-mo to try and decide if the ball may have moved due to the ball hitting the ground. It really ruined the flow at the end of the game, to the point that I went into the kitchen to get something to drink.

[mraynrand]

^^^ Didn't you think the Bills were gonna win because that stable genius call of having him start in the middle of the season - to gain experience, of course - would eventually pay off?

[MadScientist]

Looks like the Panthers forgot to pack their defense for the trip to NO. Or maybe they brought the Packers defense by mistake.

[woodbuck27]

Looks like the Panthers forgot to pack their defense for the trip to NO. Or maybe they brought the Packers defense by mistake.

Things are going 'just swell' pour moi (knock on wood).

[denverYooper]

This just in: Ladarius Gunther plays for the Panthers

[mraynrand]

This just in: Ladarius Gunther plays for the Panthers

'plays'

[esoxx]

Dumbest decision I've seen a coach make in some time. Go for it at midfield up 5 with less than two minutes left? Unbelievably stupid move by Sean Payton.

[woodbuck27]

Dumbest decision I've seen a coach make in some time. Go for it at midfield up 5 with less than two minutes left? Unbelievably stupid move by Sean Payton.

That throw by Brees to what? ... five Panthers and 'of course' Picked.

'blind madness' for a Vet QB.

I didn't know I could leap off the floor that high anymore !

[yetisnowman]

'plays'

Hey he came and layed the wood on someone on a little check down throw by brees. Those plays typically absent from our DBs.

[mraynrand]

Hey he came and layed the wood on someone on a little check down throw by brees. Those plays typically absent from our DBs.

congrats

[mraynrand]

That throw by Brees to what? ... five Panthers and 'of course' Picked.

'blind madness' for a Vet QB.

I didn't know I could leap off the floor that high anymore !

Actually it was a brilliant play by Brees. Stupid play by the d-back.

[mraynrand]

One final word on the weekend games, specifically Jacksonville-Buffalo. I made comments during the season that starting caliber QBs cannot be long sequestered as back-ups because the league doesn't have 32 starting caliber QBs. Buffalo and Jacksonville prove this point. Holy hell, Bortles and James was picked #3 overall IIRC, and that guy is a train wreck at QB. And Tie-rod Taylor is even worse, if that can be conceived of. And these are playoff teams. Man alive, the QBing in the league is awful. And just so you know, I'm not excuse-making here. Packers leadership still gets a severe downgrade for not knowing how awful Hundley would be as a backup and for allowing the level of play to collapse due to a Rodgers injury. Perhaps if it hadn't already happened once (2013) it would be somewhat forgivable, but they all had to have known what would happen, and they didn't have a proper plan to deal with it.

Still, you can at least give them some leeway because the NFL QB talent overall is pretty dismal.