# NFL Playoffs: Wild Card Weekend **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 4, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083 "2013-01-04T17:40:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083/81 "2013-01-06T22:25:33Z")
Rooting for the Seahawks, but also rooting for Pete Carroll to have a heart attack. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083/82 "2013-01-06T22:28:22Z")
Hawks not looking like a play-off team today. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083/83 "2013-01-06T22:32:48Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > 13 years, actually (Nats 2.0 left after the 1971 season; Karate Kid was released in 1984), but it seemed like longer. Senators 2.0, but I know what you meant. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083/84 "2013-01-06T22:35:18Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Senators 2.0, but I know what you meant. 🙂 All Washington teams have been known informally as the Nats. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083/85 "2013-01-06T22:45:27Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I’m sure it’ll even up a bit over the course of the game, but the first quarter has seemed almost _unfair_. 😃 Well, I was right about the evening-up part. That scoop-and-run by Marshawn Lynch on Wilson’s fumble was _amazing_. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083/86 "2013-01-06T22:51:02Z")
> [@piepiepie](#): > > I’m still a little buzzed from the game, but I’m only 23 and Ray Lewis has been all I’ve known. That game was special. I wish he would’ve gotten that int though. I think the Ravens could make a push but Peyton Manning is kryptonite. It’s kinda weird seeing Lewis retire. He was definitely an obstruction to opposing offenses, and a terror the way he knifed through the offensive line to get to the QB. He was certainly a cut above the rest. His career will be an important slice of NFL history. I wonder if he’ll take a stab at a new career? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083/87 "2013-01-06T23:03:57Z")
Having grown up with the Cowboys but also the Baylor Bears, man it’s strange rooting for the Skins. C’mon RG, I wouldn’t do it for anyone else. Turning into a heckuva game, easily the best of the wildcard week. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083/88 "2013-01-06T23:10:48Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > It’s kinda weird seeing Lewis retire. He was definitely an obstruction to opposing offenses, and a terror the way he knifed through the offensive line to get to the QB. > > He was certainly a cut above the rest. His career will be an important slice of NFL history. > > I wonder if he’ll take a stab at a new career? This post is bloody suitable to the occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Chicagojeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083/89 "2013-01-06T23:11:54Z")
Foie… your QB cost you guys that game… Dalton played like shit. He really really needs to remember this one… and comeback next year. The Bengals are on the way up… Steelers are in rebuild mode and the Brownies are lost lost lost… The Ravens… this is their last stand… Ed Reed can’t hold up another year… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083/90 "2013-01-06T23:29:00Z")
I looked at Ray Lewis’ Wikipedia entry to remind myself what happened with that murder trial, and I found this brilliant pair of sentences: > [@](#): > > Lewis is a Christian, and his commitment to his faith was featured in a Sports Illustrated cover story in 2006. He has six children by four women. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083/91 "2013-01-06T23:44:14Z")
That field is an embarrassment. If you’re not going to replace pallets with good turf then go with an injury reducing synthetic. Until then, no Super Bowl host for you. ---
**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 6, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083/92 "2013-01-06T23:50:04Z")
Watching RGIII limp his way through a called run for him, I’m surprised they would even call that play. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083/93 "2013-01-06T23:55:55Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Watching RGIII limp his way through a called run for him, I’m surprised they would even call that play. They really need to bring in Cousins. ---
**Author:** ![Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speak_to_me_Maddie)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083/94 "2013-01-07T00:01:34Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Having grown up with the Cowboys but also the Baylor Bears, man it’s strange rooting for the Skins. C’mon RG, I wouldn’t do it for anyone else. Turning into a heckuva game, easily the best of the wildcard week. Tell me about it. I was in the Baylor Bookstore in November on a visit. It was really weird seeing a store in Waco, TX filled with Redskins hats and jerseys. Strange seeing the Redskins QB’s face plastered up on dozens of billboards on I-35. Bizarro world. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083/95 "2013-01-07T00:06:57Z")
RGIII is back in…Nooooooooooooo! And a sack. ETA: And…serious ouch. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083/96 "2013-01-07T00:09:51Z")
Ooof. That looked bad. I hope he’s ok, but that leg went in two different directions and he dropped like a rock. ETA: Good to see him walking off the field on his own. ---
**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 7, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083/97 "2013-01-07T00:10:09Z")
The decision to keep playing RGIII is one of Shannahan’s worst decisions ever. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083/98 "2013-01-07T00:31:31Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I looked at Ray Lewis’ Wikipedia entry to remind myself what happened with that murder trial, and I found this brilliant pair of sentences: > > > [@](#): > > > > Lewis is a Christian, and his commitment to his faith was featured in a Sports Illustrated cover story in 2006. He has six children by four women. Good for him! I like Christians who don’t completely discard Old Testament values.😉 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083/99 "2013-01-07T00:36:17Z")
All the winning teams covered the spreads. I hope no one here bet on Over on any of these games, no game came very close to covering the Overs. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083/100 "2013-01-07T00:55:23Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > The decision to keep playing RGIII is one of Shannahan’s worst decisions ever. Seconded. Rolling the dice with the future of your franchise player to win one game - when he’s clearly not helping you win anyway. When he hobbled towards the sidelines on that run on his second-to-last possession, it was clear that he already shouldn’t have been in there. But they left him in anyway, and his knee fell apart on that last play, all by itself. I just couldn’t watch any more after that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-playoffs-wild-card-weekend/646083.md?page=6)