Wild Card Weekend

Another interesting weekend of Wild Card games has passed. It always seems that the craziest games take place in the first round of the playoffs. Probably because the teams playing are good, but not good enough to limit the mistakes that make the games so bizarre.

I was astounded that the Colts defense played so well. They were one of the worst defenses historically during the regular season and were facing a very good running back in Larry Johnson. It just shows how valuable Bob Sanders is. This might be the win that lets Peyton Manning relax. He played poorly, but his team won anyway. The fate of the Colts is not entirely on his shoulders. The Patriots were back to their old form. The Eagles didn't look great, but Brian Westbrook is really good, definitely a top 5 back in the league right now.

The Cowboys vs Seahawks was the wildest game. Between the fumble through the endzone and the botched field goal, it was a memorable game. I was happy to see that the refs did a great job with all of the questionable plays. I also really enjoyed that Al Michaels and John Madden were on their shit whenever something controversial happened. There are so many football announcers who just don't know the rules. The only thing they missed was at the end of the game when Tony Romo picked up the ball and ran after he messed up the hold: Even while Babineaux was tackling him, all he had to do was stick out the ball for the first down. It didn't seem like Michaels or Madden realized that he was so close to the first down. They made no mention of that, just that he failed to score a touchdown. Nevertheless, it was a very exciting game.