January 15, 2007

Football Thoughts

The divisional round is always the best football weekend of the year, and this year didn't let us down. All four games went right down to the wire, setting up title games of Bears-Saints in the NFC and Patriots-Colts in the AFC.

Everyone said the AFC title game would be the "real Super Bowl" this year, but in the AFC the lower seeds won both games despite sluggish performances from their superstar quarterbacks, while in the NFC the home teams both looked good winning.

I would have been four-for-four in my pre-playoff title game picks had the Chargers held out against the Patriots. Aside from two drives, Tom Brady had the worst playoff game in his career, and New England got extremely lucky with several San Diego mistakes, which may cost Marty Schottenheimer his job. The most impressive quarterback in the round, in fact, was... Rex Grossman.

Saturday night also marked the death of the Eagles' season, as they played New Orleans tough, but ultimately lost by a field goal. There were some questionable calls, and I really have to question why Andy Reid punted on 4th-and-15 with two minutes left. But regardless, the better team won. The Eagles should be proud of themselves, though, for coming back from a 5-6 start and winning the division and a playoff game. I now prepare myself for seven months of daily McNabb-or-Garcia arguments on talk radio.

And finally... who else had a huge dilemma when "24" started with six minutes left in the Pats-Chargers game? Us non-TiVo subscribers were screwed; it's this century's answer to the Heidi Game.

Posted by Stephen Silver at January 15, 2007 02:19 AM
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