"Cereal. I killed it. No spoon." NFL Wild Card Weekend, 2014

SAT, JAN 4
Kansas City at Indianapolis 4:35 PM
New Orleans at Philadelphia 8:10 PM
SUN, JAN 5
San Diego at Cincinnati 1:05 PM
San Francisco at Green Bay 4:40 PM

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Lovie Smith to Tampa Bay!

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the only one i see mebbe the other way is no over cincy, but...nah.

i meant over philly, but whatevs.

lovie to tampa is basically the bucs doubling down on the one functioning part of the team. i guess he went to the super bowl without an offense once already.

supposedly Revis is on the block?

Him leaving would be mutually beneficial.

Kansas City at Indianapolis - kc has quietly been a pretty bad team for a couple months now, there is no way they win this even though indy is not really that great either
New Orleans at Philadelphia - saints need this to be a low scoring game i think which is weird. i don't think you can rely on this philly team to do anything but the percentages have gotta be in their favour
San Diego at Cincinnati - bengals just showed a few weeks ago that they can stop san diego pretty well, iirc sd never got in the red zone that game, and that was in san diego, so i don't see how cincy doesn't win this, which in all likelihood means a conference game for marv because ne can't do shit against these guys either
San Francisco at Green Bay - green bay obv. there is too much narrative in their favour.

bears signed cutler to a 7 year deal.

i know he's a clown but i like the move.

http://deadspin.com/i-was-an-nfl-player-until-i-was-fired-by-two-cowards-an-1493208214

oh my god 3 phone calls in a row on WIP asking why chip isn't using vick in trick plays - i understand if the question is why not vick instead of brad smith (probably bc drama) but srsly this is how philly wants to spend our thursday before our first nfl playoff game in 4 years?? talking about vick??

San Francisco at Green Bay - green bay obv. there is too much narrative in their favour.

Hope you're right! GB really feels like the team of destiny this year don't they? It took two ridiculous, Matt Flynn-led comebacks, two collapses from other NFC North teams (specifically Detroit), one insane highlight reel play from Rodgers in the final seconds of an elimination game, and the fact that nobody on Chicago realized a live ball early in the game. Who's going to stop them?

lol get that narrative shit out of here

wait maybe the chargers got all those bullshit lucky breaks because they're destined to win, hmmmmmmmmm

idk about narrative but i feel like rodgers at home is probably lethal to any team - even one as good as sf

i'm sure chris kluwe is a lovely guy and the vikings special teams coach is an asshole but his cap number for 2013 was going to be $1.45 million. the guy who replaced him had a cap number of $450k.

also, chris, you did get another job in the nfl, it was with the raiders, and you got cut in the preseason.

look it's all I can do to forget that Kaepernick's two best games came vs. GB and that was when we had a lot of our first-teamers healthy

Maybe they cut Kluwe because World of Warcraft is lame and wanted to distance themselves from that shit.

i went to check the forecast for the gb game and im pleased noaa.gov uses this icon http://forecast.weather.gov/images/wtf/medium/cold.png

it's gonna be even colder than that game in 2007 vs the Giants where Favre chucked away a shot at the Super Bowl. and let me tell you, it was damn cold that night.

I guess it's a good thing the Giants sucked this year, because Tom Coughlin might have died this coming weekend if he had to stand on the sidelines for a game colder than the one in 2007.

CAD - I take it you didn't read the article because Chris says that one of the big reasons he's not playing is because of the veteran minimum salary

no i read it and i know he mentioned it.

i think there's a distinction between the veteran minimum (for another team to sign him) and what the vikings saved (by cutting him at that point in his contract) that's worth mentioning, if the discussion is "reasons why chris kluwe was cut."

i have no clue if he was cut due to his public comments or not, but for any other player this is business as usual in the nfl, and the article was way too "i'm not saying, i'm just saying" imo.

The Lions drafted a punter ten picks after the Vikings did. It's not like punters don't get drafted, as unwise as it may be.

kluwe's points for the record:

Some will ask why I waited so long to tell this story. It's a fair question, and I have two answers. The first is that I still have friends on the Vikings, and opening up something like this during the season would not help them focus on their jobs. By doing it now, I hope they don't have to answer questions about an issue that concerns only four people, and I hope the issue will have died down before next season starts.
The second is that I wanted to prove I still had the physical ability to compete in the NFL. I can still hit the ball 45 yards outside the numbers with good hangtime, and at the tryouts I've had this year I've gotten praise from the scouts and personnel people on hand, but for whatever reason I cannot find a job. (Side note: My numbers from last year would put me right in the middle of the pack for this year, and I've traditionally been in the middle to top third of punters each year).
However, it's clear to me that no matter how much I want to prove I can play, I will no longer punt in the NFL, especially now that I've written this account. Whether it's my age, my minimum veteran salary, my habit of speaking my mind, or (most likely) a combination of all three, my time as a football player is done. Punters are always replaceable, at least in the minds of those in charge, and I realize that in advocating noisily for social change I only made it easier for them to justify not having me around. So it goes.
Some will ask if the NFL has a problem with institutionalized homophobia. I don't think it does. I think there are homophobic people in the NFL, in all positions, but that's true for society as well, and those people eventually get replaced. All we can do is try to expose their behavior when we see it and call them to account for their actions.

If there's one thing I hope to achieve from sharing this story, it's to make sure that Mike Priefer never holds a coaching position again in the NFL, and ideally never coaches at any level. (According to the Pioneer Press, he is "the only in-house candidate with a chance" at the head-coaching job.) It's inexcusable that someone would use his status as a teacher and a role model to proselytize on behalf of his own doctrine of intolerance, and I hope he never gets another opportunity to pass his example along to anyone else. I also hope that Leslie Frazier and Rick Spielman take a good look in the mirror and ask themselves if they are the people they truly profess themselves to be.

that last one is pretty fucking direct: he's trying to torpedo Priefer and if his story holds up, he's right to do it.

also chiefs/saints/bengals/niners

In November and December, I was frequently marked for negative scores by Mike Priefer on our "Production Point" sheet for punts that earlier had been marked positive, despite the numbers being almost exactly the same in terms of hangtime and distance. I do not know if these "Production Point" sheets were ever shown to our general manager or head coach, nor do I know if they were used to evaluate my job performance, though I suspect they were. I often laughed with other players about how the points seemed to be arbitrarily assigned, and we all agreed that there was no way to succeed as far as the "Production Point" charts were concerned. The vast majority of special-teams players already had negative point totals for the year.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/03/opinion/can-animals-help-limit-concussions.html

nothing says playoff football like ty hilton for the first down

remember when kcc had a defense

the commentators on this game are so flat, i was in the next room and heard them calling that last play by kansas city and had no idea it was a long touchdown. i just assumed it was a successful third down completion and whatever

wow indy

that couldn't have gone much better tbh

that's a sweet play on 4th down

yeah these guys are lifeless. iirc they're the NFL Network guys

colts pretty much one amazing qb and not much else? i think this is the first game i watched them in this season

also of split feelings on andy doing so well. on one hand gfy, but on the other, good 4 u. idk.

this guy, alex smith

yeah colts are p much luck and mathis. i will be happy to see the back of them, even tho kansas is like a bye for denver

alex smith should prrrrrrrrrrobably retire after this half

way to show up at home, indy

i would not bet more than $10 on indy not tying this up at some point

‏@DeWittCBS 7m
Nice sign from the Colts mascot to KC Wolf who was seriously injured in a mascot accident earlier this season

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BdK7fXjIQAAOh1F.jpg

can a mod delete my last post

Andrew Luck looks like garbage

nice job by alex keeping that play alive

lol this game

only a 3 possession game - close!

every chief is getting hurt

lol

omg eternal lol at that INT

I just said to Ally on Twitter that half the NFL I watched this year could be described as "God is playing Madden" and this game is not an exception/counter-example

what the hell is going on in this game, i leave for 10 minutes and like 15 more points have been scored

i keep on thinking "an actual good nfl team would roll over either of these shitty teams" but then i remember there are currently no actual good nfl teams.

luck more like suck

chiefs have a really good shot of dropping half a hundred on the colts... inexcusable

oh come on

@ everyone on that play

omg

loooool nice

omg lololol

this game is so stupid

amazing

otm xpost

i would not bet more than $10 on indy not tying this up at some point
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Saturday, January 4, 2014 6:00 PM (1 hour ago)

can a mod delete my last post
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Saturday, January 4, 2014 6:07 PM (1 hour ago)

lol

this game is crazy

what is going on itg

huge comeback for indy - down 21 points now down a fg

no i know that was a post meant to convey bewilderment

this guy 27 on the colts is............ not very good at coverage

andy reid clock mgmt time

too bad for ppl wishing to see 2 good games that the iggles are going to spank the saints later!

i am rooting for the chiefs pretty hard, <3 u andy forever

#27 is that darius butler who used to be on the pats?

no he's 20 i think

yeah he is

ah lolron landry did he injure himself hitting a guy too hard again

pretty poor game for eric berry today

omg

here we go

OH MY GOD THIS GAME

you know... that might not end up being too bad for kc

this game. wow

ty hilton is basically uncoverable

yeah left KC tons of time and only need a FG

you know... that might not end up being too bad for kc

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Saturday, January 4, 2014 7:50 PM (23 seconds ago)

yeah reid is thinking the same thing, theyve got all 3 timeouts, no problem

you're joking right? on the timeouts because ...

ya

classic andy reid game

score gonna wind up 59-58 or what

kc's gonna score too fast

ouch

wow

alex noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

terrible

luckily andy reid saved those timeouts for...

horrible position but gotta go for it obv

man... i feel like they should almost kick it here

60 yards!

no one told alex smith what to do if the screen wasn't on. just awful. sharp playcalling by kc tho.

indy

i have about as much faith in ryan succop hitting a 60 yd fg as i do alex smith converting 11 yards

really thought indy would win this, but colts are the team i least wish to see in denver, and chiefs the one i most wish to see. and yet, great fun here.

ANDY

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

andyyyyyyyyy

hahaha nice job reid.

eh the timeout is m/l useless now

oh man so close

useless w/o a first down, but....

https://twitter.com/TheRealC_Portis/status/419635105598939136

https://twitter.com/sbnation/status/419635063714639872/photo/1

clinton portis is in my top 5 humans ever

these crazy win probability graphs are starting to lose some of the wow factor

so pumped for this eagles team + this early defensive stop I.G.G.L.E.S. EAGLES!!

close call on that 4th down

i'm wearing my westbrook jersey

got my eagles socks on

i'm wearing my westbrook jersey

fp'd u for not wearing a dawkins jersey

as expected this is turning out to be a defensive struggle

good field position, let's do this

how can a professional athlete do that

YEAH

FLETCHER

i love how collinsworth thinks foles is revolutionizing pump-faking

My dad saw kevin hart on tv and asked me "who is this child?" (He was being absolutely serious)

GO FOR IT

how many years have the eagles sucked in short yardage situations, god

every time they play that song re: philadelphia eagles i think of this beautiful video for it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8T8H3O4EP0

maybe we should have taken that first figgy

:|

My dad saw kevin hart on tv and asked me "who is this child?" (He was being absolutely serious)

― 龜, Saturday, January 4, 2014 8:47 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

your dad otm

have to admit, of today's games i was sure this one would have the more entertaining brand of incompetence, but apparently not so.

that first game was just something

the 2013 chiefs will baffle me for the rest of my life

like, they may have never played a game representing their true talent level--they always looked much better or much worse in different facets of the game than they actually were.

down 21 at the half and yr qb has two ints left to throw and u win

This ref should fear for his life

haw

boo points

Lol never thought Id hear that Offspring deep cut on tv

white christmas?

Yeah total classic. One of my favorite dexter holland performances

DREW BREES!

DEMECO

RACIST GUUUUUUUUUUUUY

wow this game. not what i expected. brees sack!

heck of a job by the eagles defense so far

Black really is slimming. Saints all look chicken legged

jeez coop

some pressure on brees would be nice

the big difference this half is that the saints have stopped making mistakes with the ball. philadelphia haven't really shown up today.

DESEAN

ugh go for it

gotta give the ball to shady

YEAHH

one stop please

shady can't get anything going tonight

feel bad for sweeting

YEAHHHH

ha that play was straight outta andy's playbook

ERRRRRRTZZZZZZZ

YES

great

Here we go

please throw a pick

oh my god this game

is it snowing or is it just the video?

looks like a fog?

game over

Maybe smoke from fireworks after the Philly TD?

only shot would have been to let them walk into the end zone

Nick foles gold

Looool

all nfc teams are cool there are no losers

playoff experience wins that one i guess

all the afc teams are assholes

at least i have weekends free from now till the Super Bowl ...

ugh bummerz

http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif

Andrew Luck is a beast with that beard, kind of literally. The dude looks like a centaur with that freaky medieval beard.

and the freaky medieval tonsure.

I'd also say that Robert Mathis has now stepped completely out of Dwight Freeney's shadow and this game has to be one that will go on any potential HOF resume.

most career sack/fumbles is an impressive stat.

Mathis' numbers are borderline HoF already but it'd be tough to keep him out w/ all of those strip-sacks, which is basically the most devastating thing a LB can do.

Colts' top new acquisitions on offense -- Richardson and DHB, who were supposed to eventually be Luck's #1 RB and WR -- combined for 1 rush, 1 fumble, 0 receptions, 0 yards. To DHB's credit he's continued blocking well and has even made some special teams tackles.

Curious to see what happens in the off-season. They'll almost certainly cut ties w/ DHB; for Richardson, the Colts' running back field is bonkers. #1 and #2, Bradshaw and Vick Ballard, coming back from injury. #3 Donald Brown, who was kind of a 4-year disappointment and has played well enough this season that the Colts have to consider keeping him. I think Richardson is totally salvageable but only if he unlearns his rushing style. You can see that he's quick to holes but once there's defensive pressure, Richardson starts dancing and stops his forward progress. Blindingly obvious that, after two years in the NFL, he can't be that kind of RB.

“The general manager needs to prevent the owner from hiring someone who’s not qualified. And that’s why Vinny is no longer here, to be truthful with you,” Snyder said. “He’s not here because his job was to prevent the owner from hiring a not-qualified coach.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/http://images.chron.com/blogs/askacat/hatcat.JPG/daniel-snyder-washington-http://images.chron.com/blogs/askacat/hatcat.JPG-owner-still-struggles-to-find-formula-for-success/2014/01/04/5d86bfa4-74a4-11e3-bc6b-712d770c3715_story.html

lol

ha damnit http://wapo.st/KqPwGi

Snyder had tired of defensive coordinator Mike Nolan’s bland play-calling. “Too vanilla,” he called it, and to illustrate the point, he left a gallon of ice cream on Nolan’s desk. Nolan chuckled, but later that season, the owner still wasn’t pleased and sent more ice cream, three five-gallon drums this time, with the note: “I wasn’t joking. I do not like vanilla.”

Feels like WaPo's own Snowden leaks, these last few pieces <3

omg those are real quotes

this guy
so unprofessional

honestly, why can't he try to behave like an adult - pick up the phone and talk to the coach if he has an issue? without yelling? also, raising lots for charity and lending out the private jet don't make up for terrible stress-inducing disruptive behavior at other times. it doesn't work that way.

yeah his defenders were kinda the most damning of all

Explained one close associate: “His whole exterior gets in the way of what’s inside. When you peel the exterior away, there’s really a pretty frail interior there.”

sure he acts like an asshole but once you peel back the layers hes actually a coward

Peel off the douche costume and find the incompetent within

Pat McAfee tweeted out this photo. Did he or did he not realize Andrew Luck is naked back there?

https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1557617_10201411522756555_157290626_n.jpg

not naked, hes wearing hands/phone underwear

zoltan mesko is on the bengals now? didn't know that. huh

EVERYBODY DANCE NOW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whNOfvyPpaM

Dalton threw 33 tds this season? had no idea.

they were all in that game against the jets

dalton just isn't good enough

even so, i can't believe san diego is going to win this. kudos to them, they have the hallmarks of a coughlin super bowl giants.

rip bungles

https://twitter.com/AnthonyDavis76/status/419677660344631297/photo/1

god damn McCarthy is such a joke of a head coach

I think the only thing that will wake up Snyder is a bunch of empty seats. I think it finally got to Angelos with the Orioles when his fanbase started to migrate to the Nats, I think that's the only thing that will fix Washington.

I know I would have already bailed. I grew up watching the Bengals since I was a kid and really at some point around the whole bad playoff game and the year that followed where Palmer got hurt, half the team got arrested at strip clubs and Mike Brown's 'let them eat cake' attitude, I really found myself just not really caring much what they do. Why bother...I did the same thing with the Cubs after following them for years around the time Baker, Sosa & company set fire to things.

It's the NFL, you can pretty easily follow any club these days and many in other areas do.

http://larrybrownsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/fed-ex-field-empty-fans.jpg

Those inside the organization laud Snyder's marketing instincts and ability to identify new revenue streams — the franchise has more than tripled in value since he bought it.

wake up sheeple, winning doesn't matter

rodgers!

mvp play, incredible

:-0

possibly a hold

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BdQT_KFCQAArxMC.jpg

lolll

too easy

wow Micah Hyde could've punched their ticket to Carolina right then and there. now looks like 49ers will win it right here

oh man. RIP pack, right?

had to figure they'd lose it in the most agonizing way possible

wow that was reeeeallly nearly blocked

49ers shaded the game i think. both these teams looked a lot better than all the other wildcard teams.

actually that is maybe harsh on san diego

Those inside the organization laud Snyder's marketing instincts and ability to identify new revenue streams — the franchise has more than tripled in value since he bought it.

wake up sheeple, winning doesn't matter

― mookieproof, Sunday, January 5, 2014 6:58 PM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

suspect this is more a league wide trend than anything to do with snyders marketing acumen

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BdQT_KFCQAArxMC.jpg

this was outrageous, one second he has rodgers in his arms the next he doesnt what happened

harbaughs are so gross

i'm so happy

ha omg https://vine.co/v/hYpV6ubrV6J

http://i.imgur.com/rudc1US.png

no one listens to me :(

DID SOMEONE SAY SOMETHING ha lol

Lol. Owned

wow

story going around that a 3rd wildcard team will be added for each conference

http://www.cbssports.com/general/writer/gregg-doyel/24399646/bengals-qb-andy-dalton-dodges-his-role-in-loss-better-than-he-does-ints
dalton comes off badly here, but not as bad as this writer and sports 'journalism' in general imo

washington, minn, detroit and tenn have requested permission to interview jay gruden

i say this every year but i just do not understand the fascination with jay gruden.

looks like a mad lil doll

the entire discipline of head coach hiring is a baffling mystery to me in general

well, like, i can understand detroit wanting to get ken whisenhunt because of his track record with qbs or something like that, but what about the cincinnati bengals offense would make anyone say "wow, that is something i would love to replicate on my team"

the relative head coach appeal of the cincy coordinators is a great case study in the importance of personality/off the field vs on the field.

If Jay does get a HC job, would he be the first former arena league HC to do so? I mean, probably not, but I can't think of any others off the dome.

jon bon jovi

JBJ is an owner, and also not a head coach in the NFL iirc.

Although, maybe he should get a look.

no he is an nfl head coach iirc for salt lake i tihnk

"People talked about cold weather and it would be a tough-to-catch ball, but the greatest catcher of all time, Michael Crabtree, catches everything," Harbaugh told reporters.
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This isn't the first time that Harbaugh has boasted about Crabtree's pass-catching skills, as he also did so in a radio interview before the 2012 season. But after Sunday's victory, which set up a playoff game next Sunday against the Carolina Panthers, Harbaugh was much more vocal about his beliefs.

"If my life depended on it and someone had to catch a ball, I'd enlist Michael Crabtree to do it," he told reporters.

kaepernick looked like he was having trouble with the cold, not getting his usual zip on the ball

i didn't see much of this game but the last td throw to davis was siiiiiick

he made very many mediocre to bad throws

i like it when he runs he is so fast but its doesnt look like hes even trying to go fast

said to a buddy last week that somehow i find the mechanics of kaepernick's running to be actually beautiful.

i get so amped i yell for him to run every play

p smart injury prevention and development wise how they keep his running mostly on ice during the season then turn him loose in the playoffs

kaep seems to be good at identifying when and where to run with the ball, or at least avoids choosing the wrong time/spot. i guess getting an extra couple seconds from that good o-line helps with that. by contrast, rodgers always seems like a dude who can move ok and escape pressure, but runs right into a sack a lot of the time.

arodg gets out of some tight spots tho!

http://cdn2.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/AARON-RODGERS-FALL-DOWN.gif

invisible pass rusher should've been flagged for a low hit

savage

why do we even watch this savage game

because sometimes this happens:

http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Tim-Tebow-Hit-in-Head-with-Pass.gif

http://img.pandawhale.com/61024-Mark-Sanchez-butt-fumble-gif-xDAf.gif

and of course

http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/mark-sanchez-flinch1.gif

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2752/4239142174_0624108a3a_o.jpg

infinite jets

truly

With SDSU also beating Kansas, that was one of the better San Diego sporting days.

http://www.freewebs.com/footballthoughts/reche.jpg

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/06/reche-caldwell-charged-with-illegal-gambling-operation/

damn dude

changsteinelgamal says:
Jan 6, 2014 3:19 PM
I guess if you want to gamble you should get into the stock market or insurance business.

I mean... duh

I didn't realize it had been so long since he played. Cut just before the 2008 season!

hoping for a panthers vs seahawks title game because

http://i.minus.com/iblwIjYssiErRv.gif

British newspapers always have to explain what american football is:

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/american-football-is-silly-and-dangerous-but-i-love-it-9044893.html

its very silly unlike super srs british sports because no substitutions in soccer

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/rechecaldwell_zpse4badca3.jpg

that independent thing is bizarre. am i missing a link to the rest of it or is that the lot? it reminds me of a history 'essay' i wrote c. 14yo where my gameplan was to write down everything i knew about the topic without doing any reading at all and i turned in half a side of big writing. fair play to the dude tho, he manages to cram a good amount of ignorance into a handful or words.

I think that's the whole article.

To be fair he's normally a politics writer

i am disinclined to be fair to him

"fair" enough

I strongly disagree with these rankings:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/news/20140107/super-bowl-xlviii-matchups-denver-broncos-new-orleans-saints/?eref=sihp

lol saints and broncos is just about the most boring super bowl permutation. and he really hates the chargers and the panthers, arguably the two most interesting teams left in.

patriots vs an actual bronco horse, the ultimate match up

tho watching the seahawks d destroy manning in frozen new jersey would be pretty cool too

a patriot vs a panther, mano a clawo

edward snowden perhaps? controversial. but an amazing half time show.

cool with most any matchup

a dinosaur vs the resiliency of the human spirit

apparently when LA gets a team it is going to be called the Los Angeles Resilience of the Human Spirit. their logo is going to be the crying litter indian

sound branding

was thinking the same as Robert, a Chargers/Panthers Super Bowl is obviously the best thing that could happen

If it's Pats and Panthers, I hope Justin Timberlake comes up and rips off Bruno Mars's shirt at half time and shows everyone his nipple ring.

I hate to be a dick about this but being called 'Robert' is really an affront to my made up italian heritage.

i didnt even see the O there, my made up condolences

Really the more compelling match-ups are in the AFC where you got Colts/NE (even with the player turnover) this week and could have Colts/Den or NE/Colts next week at least for 'rivalry' sake.

Niners/Seahawks would probably be the big game in the NFC, as Harbaugh and Carroll don't like each other at all.

For a good football game, I think the Panthers/Niners is a good matchup. It's pretty much two mirror image clubs going against each other.

All I got to say for the Colts is...
http://evolver.fm/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/loverboy_get_lucky.jpg

chargers/panthers is like a pillow smothering a human face forever.

and could have Colts/Den or NE/Colts next week at least for 'rivalry' sake.

Chargers & Colts have faced each other in the playoffs three times, and played earlier this season.

Chargers & Patriots have faced each other in the playoffs twice and I'm still pissed off about one of them.

Yeah the 2006 Charger loss to the Pats was a big one. It's not often a 14-2 team gets blown up and fire the coach after a playoff loss.

that was sweet

Off top of my head, these are some of the BAD playoff losses since 2000.

Pats to Colts 2006
Colts to Steelers 2005
Chargers to Pats 2006
Giants to Niners 2003
Pats to Giants 2007
Steelers to Pats 2002
Rams to Pats 2002
Ravens to Colts 2006
Colts to Chargers 2007

Seahawks to Steelers 2005

Pats to Colts 2006 - Pats blew big lead.
Colts to Steelers 2005 - Colts favored at home, fluke fumble stopped by Rofflesberger on shoestring tackle, drunken kicker missed field goal 20 yards right to tie.
Chargers to Pats 2006 - home, favored and blew big lead.
Giants to Niners 2003- blown snap on fg. blew lead
Pats to Giants 2007- overwhelming favorites lost on two freakish plays and lost perfect season
Steelers to Pats 2002 - home favorites, gave up punt return TD choked.
Rams to Pats 2002 - blew lead, arrogant coach didn't run ball to eat up clock which would have not gave Pats chance to win.
Ravens to Colts 2006- home game, hyped big and got beat by team basically in ugly slugfest (which should have been their game)
Colts to Chargers 2007 - lost as #1 seed at home to team with backup QB
Seahawks to Steelers 2005 - Seattle fans never going to let calls go, still angry about refs.
Raiders to Pats 2001 - tuck rule game
Raiders to Bucs 2002- other team knew what they were going to do before they did, center went awol day before superbowl seemingly has killed franchise since.

Cowboys to Seahawks 2006

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yh1DyvTuDA

Bengals to Chargers 2014 - Andy Dalton sucks

Packers to Eagles 2004 - 4th & 26

Packers to Giants 2007 - Pack heavily favored, Favre pick six to end it.

Seahawks to Packers - "We Want the Ball and Were going to Score"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzpowxGfVFE

Eagles to Pats - McNabb gets sick.

I guess I don't understand your rubric for "bad loss"

Yeah the 2006 Charger loss to the Pats was a big one. It's not often a 14-2 team gets blown up and fire the coach after a playoff loss.

― earlnash, Tuesday, January 7, 2014 6:19 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that was sweet

― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, January 7, 2014 6:20 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

reminiscing about this game never gets old

otm

Colts to Steelers 2005 - Colts favored at home, fluke fumble stopped by Rofflesberger on shoestring tackle, drunken kicker missed field goal 20 yards right to tie.

i was hung over, radio/cell coverage fading in and out as i drove from boone, nc through western virginia toward dc. never saw it, but it + the missed ray wersching fg that prevented the '84 49ers from going 16-0 are among the great appearances by the steelers' angel of mons

I guess I don't understand your rubric for "bad loss"

Eh, sometimes you lose and you really play as well as could be expected. While things could have gone differently, like Philly and Green Bay played and lost last week. They both played pretty well and just got beat, but not by much.

KC blowing a 28 point lead early in the 3rd quarter - yeah they fxxxed up and blew it.

how bout Packers to Giants in 2011. Pack were 15-1 (only loss was confusingly enough to a pretty awful KC team) and were expected to steamroll everyone.

Off top of my head, these are some of the BAD playoff losses since 2000.

Pats to Colts 2006
Colts to Steelers 2005
Chargers to Pats 2006
Giants to Niners 2003
Pats to Giants 2007
Steelers to Pats 2002
Rams to Pats 2002
Ravens to Colts 2006
Colts to Chargers 2007

― earlnash, Tuesday, January 7, 2014 6:34 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Falcons to 49ers, last year

Bears to http://images.chron.com/blogs/askacat/hatcat.JPG, '86 and '87

the year az went to the sb, 08-9 i think, it was a big upset them going on the rd in the divisional game to carolina and blowing them out, p sure carolina was a double digit fav

also the falcons as the #1 seed got blown out in the div rd by the packers the yr gb won it all, not sure how big a fav atl was there

they were 6 point favorites if I remember correctly. Sportsbooks really liked the Packers that year, their point differential was second only to New England and all six of their losses basically were by a field goal.

plus they looked so good going into the playoffs though that may not mean anything. i just remember being annoyed that atlanta was gonna have to face them that year cuz i was pretty sure rodgers would eat us up (as he did). the cards kinda limped assbackwards into the playoffs and the panthers were alot of ppls' pick for the super bowl (this was literally just before jake delhomme became jake delhomme as we know him now) so that was a crazy upset.