# NFL 2023: Wildcard Weekend **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [January 10, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866 "2024-01-10T02:46:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866/201 "2024-01-15T04:01:49Z")
Good for Detroit! Glad they got the win! ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866/202 "2024-01-15T04:02:28Z")
NFC North representing this weekend, for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866/203 "2024-01-15T04:02:38Z")
Well done, Detroit! ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866/204 "2024-01-15T04:04:34Z")
Lions will host another game next weekend. Good for them. > [@EllisDee](#): > > By the way, taking that final timeout after the 2:00 warning was a mistake. Should have taken it at like 2:10. Don’t think it mattered a whole lot. Would have been 3 kneel downs after the first down regardless. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866/205 "2024-01-15T04:05:42Z")
Oh my god, the Lions just won a playoff game. I was about 13 last time this occurred. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866/206 "2024-01-15T04:06:33Z")
I was 15. Man i can’t stop smiling! ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866/207 "2024-01-15T04:07:24Z")
With no rooting interest in these playoffs, I’m hoping to see Lions vs Texans in the Superbowl. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866/208 "2024-01-15T04:26:20Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > _I was 15. Man i can’t stop smiling!_ I scraped myself out of whole 45 feet deep just to glimpse a corner of a projector that once had the smell of… Hehe hey, nevermind all that what a weekend!!! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866/209 "2024-01-15T04:28:01Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > With no rooting interest in these playoffs, I’m hoping to see Lions vs Texans in the Superbowl. I’ve been so burned out on NFL due to being a Lions fan, I will admit it would be thrilling just to be in the Super Bowl. If the Lions managed to win the Super Bowl, I think it would be a great story. And to happen the same year Michigan won the college championship? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866/210 "2024-01-15T05:13:12Z")
I had to watch the games tape delayed. The Lions win! I was 30 the last time they won. (goes to look it up) 38-6 over the Cowboys. The only playoff win for Barry Sanders. The Lions would go on to lose to the Redskins in the NFC Championship Game, and the Redskins would go on to win Super Bowl XXVI over the Bills, their 2nd of 4 consecutive Super Bowl losses. The previous Super Bowl, XXV, was Scott Norwood’s Wide Right. Of all of the Bills’s Super Bowls, that was the one they should have won. As for the early game, Jordan Love looked great early. The Niners better be ready next week. And I just gotta say… [![](https://i.imgur.com/mSf8hJM.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/mSf8hJM.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866/211 "2024-01-15T05:47:31Z")
I’ve been somewhat rooting for Jordan Love even though I needed the Packers to lose their last regular season game for my Seahawks to make it into the postseason. But good for him and Green Bay. Fun fact: > **[Packers tie Patriots for most all-time NFL playoff wins with blowout over...](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/packers-tie-patriots-for-most-all-time-nfl-playoff-wins-with-blowout-over-cowboys-in-wild-card-round/amp/)** > > Green Bay is in elite company And… > **[Packers become first No. 7 seed in NFL history to win playoff game](https://packerswire.usatoday.com/2024/01/14/packers-become-first-no-7-seed-in-nfl-history-to-win-playoff-game/)** > > No. 7 seeds were previously 0-6 in playoff games. The Packers became the first to win on Sunday in Dallas. But even better… [https://atozsports.com/green-bay/packers-cowboys-playoffs-at-t-stadium/](https://atozsports.com/green-bay/packers-cowboys-playoffs-at-t-stadium/) > Since AT&T Stadium opened in 2009, both the Packers and the Cowboys have the same numbers of postseason wins in the retractable-roof stadium: three. And well done Detroit! Good to see a long-suffering fan base get some glory, and at home, and against Stafford. Somebody, can’t remember who, said Stafford finally gave Detroit a playoff win. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![LoneRhino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lonerhino/32/1311_2.png) [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866/212 "2024-01-15T07:09:34Z")
If the Bills win tomorrow we’ll get to see Patrick Mahomes play his first road playoff game. ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866/213 "2024-01-15T08:02:36Z")
Does Dak Prescott’s snap cadence make anyone else’s skin crawl? Best part about the Sunday results is that we don’t have to hear that “YEAH, HERE WE GO” any more times this year. Don’t know why it bothers me so much. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866/214 "2024-01-15T12:23:16Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Man, as as lifelong Lions fan, i just don’t have the constitution for playoff football. Ho boy, you’re not kidding. That was a freakin’ nailbiter- barely clinging to that 1 point lead toward the end. I couldn’t believe it when Goff started taking a knee. That’s it? They won? No last minute turnover, bad ref call, crazy-ass Campbell trick play that goes sideways, or meteorite crashing through the roof of Ford Field to somehow cause the Lions to lose? As a Lions fan, this was kind of our Superbowl. I don’t expect the Lions to actually win the Superbowl-- their defense is too soft. If the Lions had a better defense they could be a juggernaut, more like the Ravens, who destroyed the Lions early on this season. Although…next up for the Lions is either the Eagles or the Bucs, most likely Eagles. I kind of like the Lions’ chances against either of those teams. After that, I’m not sure at all what’s going to happen. As a Lions fan unfamiliar with playoff winning, will Lions vs. Bucs or Eagles be for the NFC championship, and the winner then goes to the SB, or is there another playoff game in there somewhere? It seems hard to believe that the Lions could have just one win between them and showing up in the SB. But again, if the Lions do manage to make it to the SB, I expect them to face the Ravens again, and I don’t see them having a better outcome than the October game. But that’s ok. As a long suffering Lions fan I’m happy with whatever happens now. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866/215 "2024-01-15T12:27:09Z")
> [@solost](#): > > As a Lions fan unfamiliar with playoff winning, will Lions vs. Bucs or Eagles be for the NFC championship, and the winner then goes to the SB, or is there another playoff game in there somewhere? Next week is the Division round, the week after that is the Conference Championship, and the winner goes to the Super Bowl. Does anyone remember what the deal with the Goff/Stafford trade? I can’t remember if Stanford demanded a trade, or what. There seemed to be a ton of booing for Stafford. Hoping to see a Week 1 rematch for the Chefs - that’d be a great Super Bowl. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866/216 "2024-01-15T12:31:02Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Next week is the Division round, the week after that is the Conference Championship, and the winner goes to the Super Bowl. Ah ok, thanks. > [@Munch](#): > > Does anyone remember what the deal with the Goff/Stafford trade? I can’t remember if Stanford demanded a trade, or what. There seemed to be a ton of booing for Stafford. Before the game started they did a little ‘swapping places’ recap of what happened, complete with silly graphics of Stafford and Goff carrying moving boxes. According to the recap, Stafford asked for / demanded a trade. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866/217 "2024-01-15T14:22:31Z")
> [@solost](#): > > will Lions vs. Bucs or Eagles be for the NFC championship, and the winner then goes to the SB, or is there another playoff game in there somewhere? As has been noted, next week the Lions will host the Bucs or Eagles. If they win that game, they will play the winner of the Niners/Packers game for the NFC championship. If the Niners win, that game will be in San Francisco. If the Packers win, Detroit would host the championship game. As a Chiefs fan, I would be okay with a Lions/Chiefs Super Bowl. Actually, I would be ecstatic. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866/218 "2024-01-15T14:31:21Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Does anyone remember what the deal with the Goff/Stafford trade? I can’t remember if Stanford demanded a trade, or what. There seemed to be a ton of booing for Stafford. Despite asking for a trade, Stafford left on decent terms with most of the Detroit fanbase. He never really complained about the shitty team, and fans generally appreciated all the time he spent there and wanted to see him succeed elsewhere. But coming in as the opponent standing in the way of their first playoff victory since forever? Oh yeah, he’s gonna catch a lot of boos for that. > [@solost](#): > > I don’t expect the Lions to actually win the Superbowl-- their defense is too soft. If the Lions had a better defense they could be a juggernaut, more like the Ravens, who destroyed the Lions early on this season. If the Lions could play their red zone defense all the time, they might actually be decent. The Rams were 0-3 on TDs within the red zone yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866/219 "2024-01-15T14:58:10Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > If the Lions could play their red zone defense all the time, they might actually be decent. The Rams were 0-3 on TDs within the red zone yesterday. I think it’s the Lions’ safeties that are the main weak link of their defense. That becomes less of an issue on a short field. ---
**Author:** ![LoneRhino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lonerhino/32/1311_2.png) [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866/220 "2024-01-15T15:47:45Z")
Admittedly, the Cowboys are my most disliked team in the NFL, so yeah, it irritates me. I’m hoping somebody makes a video with Dak yelling “Here we go” and showing his interceptions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-wildcard-weekend/995866.md?page=12)