# NFL Wild-Card Weekend **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 6, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904 "2010-01-06T15:15:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904/61 "2010-01-10T20:34:39Z")
That’s the death knell I hear for the Patriots. I can’t believe how unprepared they were. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904/62 "2010-01-10T21:19:33Z")
Holy cow, now I’m 0-3. Is there any way I can make money off of my inability to pick? If you need your team to win, for the right amount I’ll pick the other team… ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904/63 "2010-01-10T21:36:07Z")
I’m 3-0 this weekend, but I have little confidence in my last pick, the Cardinals, because Boldin is hurt. ---
**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 10, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904/64 "2010-01-10T21:36:11Z")
Well, the scrub games are all done. Let’s bring on the Packers!!! ---
**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 10, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904/65 "2010-01-10T21:42:21Z")
Throw. The. Ball. Away. ---
**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 10, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904/66 "2010-01-10T21:43:25Z")
Ha ha. A-Rodge starts the game with a pick on his first snap. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904/67 "2010-01-10T21:46:48Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > I’m 3-0 this weekend, but I have little confidence in my last pick, the Cardinals, because Boldin is hurt. Well have no fear, I picked the Packers so you’re probably fine. In that playoff prediction thing, if I’m not dead last I’d love to meet whoever is. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904/68 "2010-01-10T21:51:10Z")
Nobody calls him A Rodge and the allusion to the Yankee makes no sense. ---
**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 10, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904/69 "2010-01-10T21:55:21Z")
_sigh_ ---
**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 10, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904/70 "2010-01-10T21:56:07Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > Nobody calls him A Rodge and the allusion to the Yankee makes no sense. Yes they do, and I made no allusion to the Yankees. ---
**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 10, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904/71 "2010-01-10T21:57:45Z")
What an awesome start for the Packers. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904/72 "2010-01-10T21:58:03Z")
Aren’t you supposed to me making lasagna anyway? Another doormat game. What a crappy weekend of football. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904/73 "2010-01-10T21:59:15Z")
The Arizona Cardinals are on fire and this is the right time! ---
**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 10, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904/74 "2010-01-10T22:02:57Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > The Arizona Cardinals are on fire and this is the right time! Since I like you, I got you two early turnovers and a secondary with poor depth for the New Year. Enjoy! ---
**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 10, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904/75 "2010-01-10T22:06:27Z")
I thought Rodgers wouldn’t succumb to the whole playoff atmosphere thang, but he’s missing throws, making bad decisions, and holding onto the ball too long. He’ll have to settle down and the defense needs to step it up, or this could be a long fucking day. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904/76 "2010-01-10T22:09:14Z")
Skip that. I’m not paying enough attention ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904/77 "2010-01-10T22:09:31Z")
All 4 Wild Card games are crappy. Add in the Alabama v Texas and this is a bad season. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904/78 "2010-01-10T22:17:13Z")
I think there’ll be better football next weekend, but any game could go any way and I wouldn’t be surprised. OK, scratch that – San Diego will not be on the wrong end of a blowout, and may very well be on the right end of one. ---
**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 10, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904/79 "2010-01-10T22:20:53Z")
I had a feeling this would happen. It was the only game of the wek I had a strong feeling about. I think McCarthy got rope-a-doped last week. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904/80 "2010-01-10T22:27:59Z")
Well, it’s clear which team had the emotion going into this game. :rolleyes: It’s also clear that the Packer Defense has no clue right now. \ SOMEONE is being horribly outcoached. :mad: ETA: AHA!!! FINALLY!!! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-wild-card-weekend/523904.md?page=5)