Non-Steeler playoff games thread

[feltdizz]

Just a little NFL rant - the new playoff format is terrible. 1 good game so far, 1 terribly officiated game (shocker) and 3 blowouts. With this new format it feels like the 7 seed can essentially just back into the playoffs and not really earn a spot. In 89 when the Steelers made it in the team actually had won 4 straight games and this was generally how it felt with the wild card teams they had to get on a roll to even make it and thus were playing good football even if the team itself wasn't that good. It feels like this new format will be awarding teams for backing in essentially leading to more bad games.

the 7 vs 2 will always be ugly until there is an upset. There will be an upset. Always happens.

Not mad at a weekend of playoff football and who woulda thunk the Bills would blow out the Pats? That blowout was fun to watch.. lol.

[SteelerMaine83]

I think the other games do demonstrate clearly what I always say--franchise QB is a stupid term (and I use it,too) because to me a franchise QB is someone who can win four (three if you're the top seed) games in a row against "good" teams to win a Super Bowl. Dak?? He can be fun to watch, he seems like a good guy off the field, but they pay him $40m a year and he is never going to win a Super Bowl. He can't play 3 or 4 good games in a row. Jimmy G? Same, at 27m a year.

Franchise QBs in the game today? Brady, Rodgers, Mahomes, Wilson if the talent on his team were even average (they are bad). Allen and Burrow could put themselves in that category with SB win this year. A few young guys could get there. At some point in your career you have to get your team in the playoffs and show you don't s*** the bed in the big game to be a true franchise QB. The rest are merely entertainers, eating space against the cap and producing sub par results.

Let's not bring in any other QB in FA this year unless they come in at $5m or less. Fix the other problems, then give a rookie QB the best chance to succeed.

[Moonie]

Cowboys fans and Prescott blaming refs for the loss, especially focusing on that last play where the ref spent seconds placing the ball for the next play (that never got started).

Who is to blame there? I think Romo said that Prescott or someone else should have handed the ball to the ref for a quicker ball placement. The OL was clearly in his way and didn't even seem to be aware that the ref need to get in and place the ball. Was the ref to blame? Did he take longer than usual or necessary to reset for the next play?

[NorthCoast]

Cowboys fans and Prescott blaming refs for the loss, especially focusing on that last play where the ref spent seconds placing the ball for the next play (that never got started).

Who is to blame there? I think Romo said that Prescott or someone else should have handed the ball to the ref for a quicker ball placement. The OL was clearly in his way and didn't even seem to be aware that the ref need to get in and place the ball. Was the ref to blame? Did he take longer than usual or necessary to reset for the next play?

No way you can blame the ref there. Dak handed it to the center who put it on the ground. The 40 yr old out of shape ref ran as fast as he could to touch the ball. The 'Boys had 59min:54sec to win that game and they didn't.

[flippy]

Has anyone else lost interest in watching any more NFL games this season?

Ill probably watch some games out of boredom, but I don’t really care who wins. I can’t figure a reason to be invested in the outcomes.

[T.Ferguson]

Has anyone else lost interest in watching any more NFL games this season?

Ill probably watch some games out of boredom, but I don’t really care who wins. I can’t figure a reason to be invested in the outcomes.

I'll still watch some out of boredom but I've honestly been losing interest in the NFL for some time. Lot of reasons tbh, I think if the NFL wasn't so established in our culture it wouldn't be very popular at this point, it's just not a very good product at this point.

[crushedspirit]

These two teams tonight both have shown Jekyll and Hyde tendencies. Might come down to which QB makes no mistakes.

[SteelBucks]

Playoff football in LA is nothing more than a Hollywood photo op.

Go Arizona.

[crushedspirit]

Rams looking good. Arizona looking lost.

[NJ-STEELER]

kyler throwing the game away

[crushedspirit]

Murray playing scared

[brothervad]

A small consolation...Steelers are trending to be the third worst score differential for wildcard weekend.

Not really making me feel better...but wow the Cards are looking really bad tonight.

[T.Ferguson]

Murray playing scared

Yeah he looks totally scared and real bad, happy feet, taking way too long in the pocket. I haven't seen him play that much this year but not looking good in this one that is for sure, that INT from his end zone lol. Maybe a bad matchup for the Cards as well.

[crushedspirit]

That looks like a scary injury. Hope for the best.

[T.Ferguson]

I don't get why the game clock continues to run after an offensive penalty is called. The Rams had a 2nd down the clock is running. Penalty on Rams. 2nd down again, the clock then starts to run again, what the hell, it shouldn't run again after that penalty until the end of the play.