What We Learned from Wild Card WeekendFun Fact out of the 8 head coaches there’s only one head coach that has a defensive background (sean McDermott)Dallas Cowboys @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers- Early on worried me with cowboys then they settled in
Dak Prescott Shut everyone upDak haters saying he wasn’t reading defenses meanwhile read Tampa all nightDak wasn’t even the one that had the best night! Kellen Moore was flawlessDak played the best game of his careerCowboys can finally check off some demonsTyler smith will be a top OL in this league within the next 2 yearsTom brady was offTom Brady looked oldTom brady won’t be on that team next year whether its another team or retireSeattle Seahawks @ San Francisco 49ers- first half was kept close
seattle losing the fumble cost them the game changed momentumBrock purdy moves to 6-0 in his careerPurdy showed poise made playsChristian McCaffrey with big gameGeno smith at the time of the fumble was 14/18 164 yards 1 TD at the end of 3rdDK had a big game 10 catches for 136 yards Kenneth walker averaged 4.2 yards per carryDallas Cowboys @ San Francisco 49ers- Great test for both teams
Cowboys had a +125 Point Differential this season; during the season the 49ers faced the chiefs (+127) and Seahawks (+6) every other opponent finished with a negative point differential I hated the monday night wild card game, great for your regular football fan to have 3 straight days of playoff football but terrible for the play on the field the fact 49ers played on saturday at 4 (1 cali time) and cowboys played 830 mondayboth defenses very good, its going to come down to who’s offense actually steps upwhen will we see or will we see the “rookie” brock purdy, only game that was a bit of a struggle for him was arizona but other than that he hasn’t looked like a rookie and every rookie has their moments1/3rd of purdy’s 30 attempts vs sea went to targets that had at least 5 yards separationDak needs to continue what he showed on monday night otherwise people will forget that performance49ers defense hasn’t played an offense like the cowboys since the game against the chiefs which was their last loss of the season back in week 749ers are susceptible to the passing gamekey for the cowboys offense is to protect dak the way they did monday night and no turnoversSF has had a turnover in every single game this yearkey for cowboys defense is to tackle, deebo and Cmac are yards after type players and biggest key is to get to brock purdyBrock purdy’s previous defenses he’s faced Mia 18th, TB 10th, SEA 26th, WAS 3rd Tot, LVR 28th, ARI 21st, SEA 26thKey for SF pressure on Dak and stop the runKey for SF on offense, run the ball and don’t turn the ball overLos Angeles Chargers @ Jacksonville Jaguars- 1st half was all the chargers and 2nd half all jaguars
Broadcast was MIS…ER….ABLE!this game is the reason i think trevor lawrence is already in the top 10 as a QB in this league, to have a 23 yr old throw 4 ints in his first playoff game and to be down 27-0 at one point yet stay poised and in the game to come back and win is unbelievablei don’t even know what to say about the chargers, its inexcusable to have a QB with the talent of justin herbert and first off not finish this game off but also not make deep runs in the playoffsive been hard on doug Pederson but what he’s done with this jacksonville team is nothing short of incredibleAccording to NFL Research, Lawrence boasts the highest-passer rating increase from Year 1 to Year 2 of any quarterback in league history. His passer rating has increased by 24.1 pointsJacksonville Jaguars @ Kansas City Chiefs- This is a rematch from earlier in the season (week 10)
Jaguars coming in with a huge amount of momentum and hypewill bye deem harmful for kansas city?jaguars are a different team than they were in week 10Jags on 6 game win streak 4 straight AFC Champ gamesTLaw has never lost a football game on a saturday 52-2 in HS lost 2 on a friday 38-2 in college losing on a bama monday and OSU friday and 1-0 NFL last saturdayNew york Giants @ Minnesota Vikings- I think we all saw this coming, we knew vikings were frauds but this solidified it
Daniel Jones might’ve had his best career gameive never seen so many wide open receivers as i did on sundayDefense for giants played really well between kayvon and dexter Minnesotas defense was so bad, so bad that giants fans think daniel jones is a top 10 qb Daniel jones reminds me of eli manning so much and i know everyone joked about it when he was drafted but its true, middle of the pack QB brian daboll is actually a really good head coach New York Giants @ Philadelphia Eagles- Giants are 8-1 straight up as playoff underdog since 2007
07 +7 @DAL W07 +7.5 @GB W07 +12.5 NE W11 +8.5 @ GB W11 +2 @ SF W11 +3 NE W16 +5 GB L by 2522 +2.5 @ MIN WIts hard to beat a team 3 times in a seasonfirst meeting with a healthy jalen hurts eagles put a beating down on the giantsGiants are hot but eagles aren’t the vikings lets not get to far ahead of ourselves here vikings are not a good football team they overcame their weaknesses because of the stars they have on that teamJalen hurts had another week to recover from the shoulder injurythe only worry when it comes to the eagles is that with the struggles they had at the end of the season and hurts only getting one game before the playoffs and eagles struggling against the giants and then having the bye will that effect them#1 seeds one and done statsBaltimore Ravens @ Cincinnati Bengals- Cincinnati struggled in this game
Weird that lamar jackson didn’t travel with the team Offensive line is still an issue for Bengals causing burrow to get the ball out quick with no big time throws throughout this gameLosing jonah williams can deem big Bengals let Huntley finish with his 2nd best QBR in his careermissed opportunities for ravens in red zone ultimately ending with fumbleqb sneak has worked so well for every team but not going over the topMiami Dolphins @ Buffalo Bills- Buffalo blew a 17 point lead
josh allen continued turnover issuejust knowing a skylar thompson led team to a 3 pt loss to bills is unsettling for the billstake it as a division rivaljosh allen needs to cool it with the turnovers, won’t be able to overcome going up against a good QBdolphins had 7 sacks against josh allen Cincinnati Bengals @ Buffalo Bills- 3 backup lineman potentially playing for cincinnati and losing awuzie for the season
injuries are hitting at the worst time for bengalsBurrow is showing really how good he actually isBurrow sacked league high 51 timesJosh allen sacked 7 times is a concern now facing hubbard and hendrickson Cincinnatis secondary is my biggest concern in this matchup Upcoming Releases - 2022 Topps Finest Baseball ($250) 1/20/23
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