Can there be at least one good playoff game?

[AROS]

Sheesh. Can I just watch one quality, competitive playoff game this weekend please?

Is that too much to ask?

 

[Cyrus12]

Doubt it...maybe next week

 

[retro74]

This next one might be more competitive (Packers at Eagles for anyone reading in the future)

 

[DarkVictory23]

Eagles and Packers is between 2 of the top 3 teams. Might not be a better overall game the entire playoffs (only PHI vs. DET in the NFCCG would rate higher).

Still no guarantee it doesn't end up a stinker, of course.

 

[jeremiah]

Eagles and Packers is between 2 of the top 3 teams. Might not be a better overall game the entire playoffs (only PHI vs. DET in the NFCCG would rate higher).

Still no guarantee it doesn't end up a stinker, of course.

I think GB is going to take Philly. I have a hunch that the turf monster is going to reach out and snap them back to last year, when they totally lost their MOJO. Just a hunch, but I took the points and bet $200 on the outcome.

 

[warden]

I am cheering for Bobby Wagner, and Dan Quinn

 

[James in PA]

Next week there should be a very good game between Baltimore and Buffalo for the right to lose to Kansas City the following week.

 

[DarkVictory23]

I am cheering for Bobby Wagner, and Dan Quinn

Buccaneers and Commanders are extremely similar teams- top 5 offenses with below average defenses.

Should be a real high scoring affair, so should be enjoyable for that.

 

[SocialParasite]

You didn't enjoy either Jim Harbaugh or the Stealers get eliminated?

 

[Shane Falco]

I'm betting Eagles whoop up on GB. The game I'm looking at to be a battle is Wash@TB.

 

[James in PA]

I have a feeling Philly will beat Green Bay rather convincingly. The final two games of the wildcard round should be pretty competitive though.

 

[bileever]

Maybe we should return to only 1 or 2 wildcard teams. 14 teams qualifying for playoffs means some mediocre teams getting in.

 

[Cyrus12]

Next week there should be a very good game between Baltimore and Buffalo for the right to lose to Kansas City the following week.

This 100 percent! They'll kill each other just to lose to the magic of Mahomes...

 

[Maulbert]

Maybe we should return to only 1 or 2 wildcard teams. 14 teams qualifying for playoffs means some mediocre teams getting in.

Green Bay would've been the last team out. How is 11-6 mediocre? Mediocre is 9-8. Hell, even Denver won 10 games.

 

[Cyrus12]

Just a big discrepancy in talent between the top tier and lower tier playoff teams. I recall a time when wildcard weekend was the best of the playoffs...

 

[James in PA]

Yep, 2 vs 7 is a big mismatch, which we are seeing this weekend. Just wait until they expand the playoffs again and we have 1 vs 8.

$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[Chapow]

Like a couple others have said, I think the Bucs/Commanders game is likely to be the best game of wildcard weekend. And by best, I mean the most fun, most exciting game for those of us that don't really have any rooting interest in any of these games.

 

[MoldyPurpleMayo]

Next week there should be a very good game between Baltimore and Buffalo for the right to lose to Kansas City the following week.

Look this was a great joke, but the reality of the situation took me from to

 

[kidhawk]

Wildcard weekend often has stinker games. I think our best shot is the Commanders game.

 

[DarkVictory23]

Yep, 2 vs 7 is a big mismatch, which we are seeing this weekend. Just wait until they expand the playoffs again and we have 1 vs 8.

$$$$$$$$$$$

I mean, Green Bay was just outside the top 5 in offense and top 5 in defense.

This is one of the best teams in the entire playoffs, even though they are looking like garbage right now. (Refs handed the Eagles a turnover I don't think they should have gotten, which helped quite a bit in how this game is looking, too).

Denver was also a good team. Buffalo is just the best team in the AFC, were at home, and had a very good gameplan.

The three worst teams in the playoffs this year won their division.



That said, I certainly preferred the 6-team format, but both Denver and Green Bay are towards the upper half of teams in the playoffs this year.