Wild-card games do not disappoint

Predictions on this weekend’s divisional matchups

It’s called “Wild-Card Weekend” for a reason, and the four weekend games lived up to their name!

All the games came down to a final drive in the fourth quarter, which is exciting.

In the Titans-Chiefs’ game, Tennessee came back from a 21-3 deficit, and had some wild plays in the win. Believe it or not, Marcus Mariota threw a touchdown pass to himself – his pass deflected off a Chiefs’ defender into his hands – to get the momentum going for the Titans. How often have you seen this?

The Freak remembers back in 1999 when Vikings quarterback Brad Johnson did the same thing. Why do I remember this? Johnson was my fantasy football quarterback.

What about the ref in this game blowing the call on a Mariota fumble that his forward progress had been stopped? He was going backwards on the sack! Of course his forward progress was stopped, it should have been a fumble and recovery for the Chiefs.

How about in the Bills-Jags’ game, and the terrible quarterback play?

Both quarterbacks couldn’t hit the side of a transport truck on the side of the road. Blake Bortles ran for more yards than he passed for, and Tyrod Taylor gets injured on the final drive and back-up Nate Peterman comes in on a fourth-and-three and gets the first down. However, two plays later he throws a pick, which is typical for him.

There was a strange play call by Saints head coach Sean Payton, who went for it late in the fourth quarter on fourth-andtwo at mid-field only ahead by five points. Drew Brees ends up throwing an interception on the play, which was another mistake by defender Mike Adams, who should have easily knocked down the ball and it would of been a gain of 16 yards for the Panthers.

And how about the Rams? It was youth versus experience, and the Rams just couldn’t rise to the occasion with too many miscues, including two fumbles on punts by Pharoh Cooper that led to 10 points by the Falcons.

Wonder what will happen this weekend in the divisional games?

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