# NFL Wild Card Round **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 3, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236 "2011-01-03T17:15:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/61 "2011-01-09T00:51:12Z")
Gah! If they were playing _any other team…!_ ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/62 "2011-01-09T01:00:19Z")
Holy crap! How the hell did the 7-9 Seahawks make it to the second round? Wait, I know. They looked _good_. Let’s see how they play my Falcons. ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/63 "2011-01-09T01:03:27Z")
Woohoo! Go Seahawks! What a game. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/64 "2011-01-09T01:07:43Z")
The Seahawks played a great game, and deserved the win. Congrats to the team and their fans. The run by Lynch was incredible. Don’t know that it would be possible to choreograph a more impressive run for a movie. My Saints had a good run over the last two seasons. Best run we’ve ever had. We got beat fair and square. No shame in that. **GEAUX SAINTS! (Get 'em Next Year).** ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/65 "2011-01-09T01:16:44Z")
Fuck me sideways. That shows what can happen when you come up with a good game plan and get a really strong performance from your quarterback. And that run by Lynch was just incredible. Congrats to the Seahawks. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/66 "2011-01-09T01:18:01Z")
To those people who were bitching about the NFC West camp being rightly seeded fourth, consider yourselves pointed and laughed at. 😃 Crappy 7-9 team FTW! ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/67 "2011-01-09T01:19:23Z")
So did anyone else notice that Peyton Manning has turned into a bobble-head doll? I got seasick watching his half-time interview with Costas, his head was bobbing so much. I wonder if that’s from being a qb or _why_ he’s a qb. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/68 "2011-01-09T01:20:11Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > To those people who were bitching about the NFC West camp being rightly seeded fourth, consider yourselves pointed and laughed at. 😃 > > Crappy 7-9 team FTW! Doesn’t prove anything, the results of any particular game are pretty high variance. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/69 "2011-01-09T01:24:46Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Doesn’t prove anything, the results of any particular game are pretty high variance. That’s the weird thing though - the bad division winners seem to always win the wild card game. It might be selective memory on my part I guess. But the last three I remember were these Seahawks, the 8-8 Chargers who beat the 12-4 Colts, and the 9-7 Cards who went to the SB. ---
**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/70 "2011-01-09T01:37:23Z")
wow what a great game. That last touchdown was awesome! Go Seahawks! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/71 "2011-01-09T02:18:19Z")
Memo to Mark Sanchez: Your receivers are not nine feet tall. ---
**Author:** ![Implicit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Implicit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Implicit)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/72 "2011-01-09T02:30:56Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Memo to Mark Sanchez: Your receivers are not nine feet tall. He didn’t get your memo. That interception was another overthrow. ---
**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 9, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/73 "2011-01-09T02:31:40Z")
Poor Mark Sanchez. ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/74 "2011-01-09T02:33:18Z")
> [@borschevsky](#): > > That’s the weird thing though - the bad division winners seem to always win the wild card game. It might be selective memory on my part I guess. But the last three I remember were these Seahawks, the 8-8 Chargers who beat the 12-4 Colts, and the 9-7 Cards who went to the SB. It’s almost like they play that game at home! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/75 "2011-01-09T02:34:08Z")
Well, I was wrong about the Seahawks, but the Jets are losing at the half, so I am content. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/76 "2011-01-09T02:53:09Z")
Last year I was hoping the Jets would somehow knock the Colts out of the playoffs as the Colts laid down against them and let them into the playoffs. It didn’t happen and I guess it doesn’t really matter if it happens this year, but it would still please me. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/77 "2011-01-09T03:42:30Z")
Ouch. Nothing like a potentially game-losing mistake on your record. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/78 "2011-01-09T03:42:56Z")
That was a costly mistake! Running into the kicker. It looks like I’ll be 0 for 2 at the end of the night. ---
**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 9, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/79 "2011-01-09T03:43:49Z")
Poor Taj Smith. ---
**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 9, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/80 "2011-01-09T03:46:49Z")
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