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Saturday Matchups
Indianapolis 24 @ Buffalo 27
The Bills get their first playoff dub since 1995. Josh Allen was stellar like expected. The Colts, behind another valuable performance from Phillip Rivers made the game tight and to the last minutes but Buffalo held strong.
Allen stepped up in the game's biggest moments. Threw & ran the ball good. The tandem-ship of Diggs and Allen was elite all season long and that continued on Saturday. Buffalo looked good despite allowing some magic from Rivers late. Poyer made a hell of a strip that should have been. Still baffled it wasn't called a fumble. Bills were just too much for the Colts to overcome as the coaching made some questionable time-management moves early in the second half that cost the Colts.
Buffalo moves on to the Divisional Round to face off against a scorching Lamar Jackson and the 5th seed Baltimore Ravens. Bills Mafia is ready.
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Rams 30 @ Seahawks 20
Defense likes to take over the Playoffs and the Rams defense on Saturday took over Seattle and left the Seahawks sitting at home upset and reminiscing. Aaron Donald and Jalen Ramsey proved on the big stage that they are the elite of elite while Coach McVay and DC Staley coached a hell of a game.
Jared Goff wasn't able to start due to his thumb injury that he just had surgery on twelve days ago, forcing the Rams to start John Wolford making McVay have to improvise with his personnel and play call. Most thought the Rams would get smacked by Seattle without Goff starting. Wasn't the case. The Rams defense went to work! Donald was a immediate force early in the game before leaving the action with a injury, but the depth behind him stepped up big time and played great. Ramsey shut down DK when he was assigned to him.
Rams caused just too much fits for Russell Wilson as he arguably had one of his worse playoff games. The defense jumped LA to a early lead and they just never lost it. Big ups to Jared Goff who played superbly well for just having thumb surgery... on his throwing hand. Cam Akers shined in his Playoff debut as he dismantled a solid Seattle defense. Rams move on to the Frozen Tundra in a meeting with NFC's best Packers.
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Tampa Bay 31 @ Washington 23
Well for Chase Young and the Football Team... ya got what ya wished for. Tom Brady has now beaten his 18th team in the NFL Playoffs. His 18th team... absolutely insane. The task wasn't as easy as some believed it would be though. Prior to the game, Alex Smith's calf injury became to be too much to give it a go so they had to roll with former XFL backup Taylor Heinicke. Boy did the guy take advantage of the moment. The game was exciting and the play from Heinicke forced Brady to buckle up.
Buccaneers were just too much for Washington to overcome. Fournette's play on the ground was a big factor in leading Tampa. Gronk should get the love he deserve for being assigned to Chase Young and slowing his role. Taylor Heinicke may not have slayed the GOAT but his fearless play won the respect of his team, the football community & the spectators.
Tampa Bay sails their boat on to the SuperDome for a clash with Drew Brees and the Saints. The matchup will be the first in NFL Playoff history with the starting Quarterbacks both being 40+ years old. Father time doesn't have sh** on the NFL's Greats.
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Sunday Matchups
Baltimore 20 @ Tennessee 13
Run Lamar, Run! A matchup slating the NFL's most dominant runner against the most dominant running QB. We didn't expect the results we got. Lamar per usual did his thing on the ground, splitting the Titan's defense and causing the front 4 fits. It was the play from Henry that was shocking. Ravens defense shut down King Henry. I mean, they shut his a** down! First time in his career he had 15 plus carries and less then 50 yards in a game. Judon and Co were on a mission.
Early on it seemed as if the Titans would cruise. Tannehill and AJ Brown were dicing up early as they jumped to a 10-0 lead. Vrabel's squad had a choke hold on the Ravens at home, putting Lamar in a situation to get two monkeys off his back. Win a game after being behind 10+ points and win a playoff game. He rose to the occasion in a telling way.
Jackson's electric 48 yard scramble for a score seemingly took all the gas out of the Titans as they couldn't rally past it allowing the Ravens to fly to victory and give Lamar Jackson all the confidence he needs moving into a tough matchup at Buffalo against their Mafia of Bills.
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Chicago 9 @ New Orleans 21
In perhaps the least entertaining game of the weekend, the Saints slowly ran away with the contest behind their three headed monster of Brees, Thomas & Kamara. The Saints defense was superb as the Bears, as some expected, did absolutely nothing on offense.
Brees was cookin' and controlled most of the game. MT found the endzone for the first time this season and AK47 continued to unleash havoc in open space. Chicago's defense played great. They kept the game from being a full blown blow out. Defense can win championships but ya have to be able to score some points, especially against a offense like New Orleans that hasn't been shut out since 2002 which is the longest streak in NFL.
Saints move on to next week as they welcome Brady & the Buccaneers in a epic clash with a chance to clinch a ticket to the NFC Championship game.
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Cleveland 48 @ Pittsburgh 37
Boo Boo Shoester!
In a highly anticipated rivalry game after a week of talk and banter, the Browns went into the Steel City and handed their arch rival a certified a** kicking. They made sure to dance and shove it into the Steeler's face too! Not only is JuJu Smith-Schuster a bit salty after his comments came to bite him in a biiiig way, he also probably has Adderall (Corvette, Corvette) hidden on Spotify.
The Browns played one of the best halves of any team in playoff history. They took that Lebron meme and made it their own. All the hate, the non-believers & TikTok nonsense brought the very best out. They straight went at Pittsburgh- going up 28-0 in the first quarter. They were ANGRY. Baker Mayfield had things rollin' all game.
Pittsburgh started the season 11-0 just to finish 1-5 and get thrashed by the Browns at home. Cleveland gets their first playoff dub since 1994 and has the City feelin' a type of hope they haven't felt in a very long time. Here's the catch... they must now face off against the defending champion Chiefs, in what should be a fantastic battle for a chance to move one step closer to the grandest stage.
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