# 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:** 5
**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, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/81 "2011-01-09T03:54:07Z")
Vinatieri is perfect from 50! 16-14 Colts with 53 seconds to go, and the Jets have two timeouts left. ---
**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, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/82 "2011-01-09T03:54:33Z")
Nice kick. Now it is up to the Colts’ D ---
**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, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/83 "2011-01-09T03:55:16Z")
4th quarter. 45 seconds. Mark Sanchez. Colts Defense. I love football. ---
**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, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/84 "2011-01-09T03:58:46Z")
“his third foot down… .” _snicker_ ---
**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, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/85 "2011-01-09T04:00:06Z")
WTF was that run? Is Herm Edwards calling the plays again? ---
**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, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/86 "2011-01-09T04:02:55Z")
Maybe the Colts should’ve rested their starters from Week 13 through 17 so they would’ve been fresher for that game. ---
**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, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/87 "2011-01-09T04:03:13Z")
Zero for 2. Worse the Jets go on. ---
**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, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/88 "2011-01-09T04:03:42Z")
The depleted Colts secondary and special teams gave it away at the end. Tough year. Revis was a monster, again. Great game. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/89 "2011-01-09T04:47:16Z")
I’m 0-2 with my picks so far. I felt bad for that kid who ran into the kicker. He looked like he felt like shit. Post season nerves, I guess. I was kind of glad the Colts still got the ball back without too much damage done so the loss wasn’t just on him alone. Great job by Revis all game. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/90 "2011-01-09T04:49:06Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > 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. Actually, if the Packers win, the 4 seed Seahawks go to Chicago and the Packers head to Atlanta. ---
**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, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/91 "2011-01-09T04:54:25Z")
Thank you, Nick Folk – you just kicked my Rabid Ferrets into the divisional championship round of my pool. ---
**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, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/92 "2011-01-09T05:01:11Z")
I will say, this ruined my perfect route for the Bears to get to the Super Bowl, which was the Eagles and then the Saints, both at home. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/93 "2011-01-09T05:26:22Z")
I really don’t get the Colts’ pass coverage on that last drive. They were giving huge cushions, despite the fact that the Jets didn’t have far to go for a FG, and especially despite the fact that, if you’re a Jets fan, Mark Sanchez throwing into tight spaces without the option of handing the ball off is not where you want to be. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/94 "2011-01-09T07:07:03Z")
Looks like a pair of really great games to watch. Of course I was working all night. Off tomorrow! Probably means the games will suck. Was telling a coworker I thought Seattle would win since Hasselbeck was the best QB in the league against the blitz this season and Nawlins blitzes so frequently… and especially without Ivory or Thomas… really wish I had put some money on that one. Or even entered the picks contests here. Damn. Just have to go on record that I think Kansas City beats Baltimore tomorrow. ---
**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, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/95 "2011-01-09T10:50:41Z")
So if Seattle wins the next game game and advances to the NFC Championship, they’ll have reached .500 for the season. They need to make the superbowl in order to have more wins than losses (and just for a few weeks, if they end up losing it). That’d be funny - playing in the superbowl, losing, and having a break-even season including the playoffs… ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/96 "2011-01-09T10:58:30Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Holy crap, what a run by Marshawn Lynch. What great determination. What a motor. Has a more powerful stiff arm ever been captured on camera before? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/97 "2011-01-09T12:51:15Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > Has a more powerful stiff arm ever been captured on camera before? On the replay, it’s IMHO a little less impressive than it first looked: Porter was already running in roughly the same direction as Lynch, and Lynch changes direction just as he disrupts the guy’s balance. Since the camera’s sensibly following the ball-carrier, it _ **seems** _ like Lynch is still running in the same direction – which means it _ **seems** _ like the guy he stiff-armed suddenly flies back with instant momentum in some new direction. But watch it from another angle and you can tell it’s mostly Porter’s own momentum that keeps propelling him in the same direction. Still a hell of a run, though. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/98 "2011-01-09T15:49:31Z")
A question. There was a lot of talk leading up to this weekend that the playoff structure was flawed; that a 7-9 team shouldn’t be in the post-season, and certainly not with a home game, that the playoffs should be seeded based on win-loss record alone. Does the Seahawks’ victory refute that line of thinking, or confirm it? ---
**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, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/99 "2011-01-09T16:01:24Z")
Neither. The results of one game should not be used dictate policy. The Saints are a pretty clearly superior team to the Seahawks, but in the NFL, there’s a significant amount of variance. A worse team might only beat a better team 25% of the time, but them having that good game doesn’t necesarily indicate they’re a better team. So I don’t even know how this would end up supporting the notion that the Seahawks deserved the home game, unless you think that every game in the NFL is definitive - that any team that beats another is the better team in general. ---
**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, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236/100 "2011-01-09T17:10:52Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > I will take credit as THE Doper that picked the Seahawks to win (although the Saints did get positive points). Oh, me too! I even put down some money on them. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-round/566236.md?page=6)