Official Wild Card Weekend Thread

[Guiness]

Late in the season, the Niners were being touted as a major force. I made a point to pay attention and then LA or the Cards, I forget whom, then absolutely had their way with them. They controlled the line and got in Jimmy G's face.

Jimmy G isn't capable of taking over a game, force him to make plays and.....well, he won't.

I hope the Pack can get in his face and disrupt him. That's the book on Brady as well, and they couldn't do that last year. Well, they did and forced a couple of turnovers, but it wasn't enough.

[Guiness]

at first glance i didn't think they got set.

but they did, just too well so the ref couldn't get through

They messed up a few things, from not advising the refs it would be a run play, to Dak handing the ball to the center instead of the umpire, and not letting him through to set the ball.

Florio breaks it down quite well. He feels a mistake was they didn't have someone representing the refs when they practised the play.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/01/17/final-play-for-cowboys-was-failure-of-coaching-and-execution/

[Guiness]

TJ Watt could have been a Packer.

Sigh.

To move down 4 spots. I wonder if they were considering him? TT's last draft btw

[HarveyWallbangers]

I have jumped about 8 pages, but the doom and gloom already starting is hilarious. This isn't last years packers team, its not 2 weeks ago packers team. This team has a very good shot. Of course its always difficult in the playoffs, but that is no reason to jettison Rodgers or assume he needs more weapons. Dillon over Williams makes this years team a better candidate to win in the cold single handedly. Douglas/stokes/sorta Jaire are far superior to what we trotted out last year.

How effective the big 3 coming back are is going to play a big factor, but this team won more games this year and last year than ANYONE. To suggest that is smoke and mirrors is silly. Yes, they may lose, the other guys get paid too. Shannahan is brilliant. But lets have some positive vibes folks, 13 wins 3 straight years is special. Now lets make it 3 straight NFCC games AND an Owl so we can see what kind of crazy offseason unfolds.

The Rams beat the Bucs last year with Goff and clobbered them earlier this year with Stafford. They have two things that give the Bucs (and most teams) trouble—good OL and pressure up the middle on defense. The Bucs don’t have the running game to take advantage of the Rams undersized DL.

[RashanGary]

The Rams beat the Bucs last year with Goff and clobbered them earlier this year with Stafford. They have two things that give the Bucs (and most teams) trouble—good OL and pressure up the middle on defense. The Bucs don’t have the running game to take advantage of the Rams undersized DL.

Good point. We match up a little better with the Rams. If we get through SF, we could have a decent NFCC matchup at Lambeau.

[kcpackman]

This is all going to come down to Rashan Gary, P Smith and and the backup OLBs. The coaches need to be telling them every 30 minutes to keep their outside contain. They need to funnel the RBs back to the inside.

[Bretsky]

They also need to make Jimmy G uncomfortable back there in the pocket, which will lead to 1-2 interceptions...those will be game changers

[Mayhem]

Are we going to have Suckman calling the game?

[kcpackman]

Another thought - Trey Lance will play in this game. Cause Shanahan will have looked at the Raven game tape. This is especially true now that it has been reveled that Jimmy G has a sprained throwing shoulder.

[Bretsky]

Tre Lance accuracy has really struggled at times this year though; you get the mobility but as a passer I think he's really a downgrade as a passer right now

[Guiness]

Here's a video of the Cardinals doing a final seconds running play properly. Fitzgerald runs the ball over to the center, who doesn't place it but instead hands it to the umpire. Umpire places it, line gets set, they snap and clock it. Perfect execution, Dallas has another play if they do this.

https://twitter.com/thecheckdown/status/1320572300069011457

[call_me_ishmael]

Damn, the Rams tackle hard is my impression so far tonight (I've watched 5 minutes). This was clearly a fumble and the TV announcers have said nothing of it. Odd.

[MadtownPacker]

That’s the way I would hit you P if I could. Sweet hit.

[MadtownPacker]

Damn they might beat Tampa.

[George Cumby]

LA is here to play.

Have any of these WildCard games been worth a damn?