Greetings...it's been a while.By the looks of things, I can see you aren't happy. Afterall who could blame you, your team has gotten so far...struggled mightily to get into the postseason, a true honor these days....
Anyway, the journey to the post season is long and hard...you rooted, you cheered, you cringed, and when the regular season ended, you celebrated, a postseason birth. And now, for three unlucky teams, and one really REALLY unlucky team, the season has ended abruptly.
It's ok, I feel your pain, I am a J-J-J-...I can do this, I am a J-J-J-, alsmost got it, J-J-Jets fan. In the words of the joker, here we go. Enjoy this San Diego Chargers Cheerleader for the moment.
First thing's first...
Arizona Cardinals 30 - Atlanta Falcons 24
This game really caught me by surprise, the Cardinals came out of the gates looking hungry and playoff ready, no one saw that coming considering the way they stumbled into the post season having clinched so early on. Dominique Rogers-Cromartie was all over the field collecting 10 tackles and a pick. Kurt Warner connected with Larry Fitzgerald on a big flea flicker early in the first and Arizona was able to run the ball with a resurgent Edgerrin James and hold off Matt Ryan and the unusually inconsistent Atlanta offense.
Arizona faces an interesting matchup with Carolina next week, if they are able to stop the run the way they did against Atlanta, then they can really do some damage.
San Diego Chargers 23 - Indianapolis Colts 17
In the night cap for Saturday's festivities, the game proved to be more tightly contested than some may have originally thought. There were two real heroes in this one. First off, in typical January fashion, LT was nowhere to be found again. Well LT be damned, in steps the diminutive former K-State star, Darren Sproles with the game of his life. When all was said and done he had 328 total yards, and two touchdowns including the game winner in OT. The other hero in this one was SD punter Mike Scifres, with a Madden-like 6 punts inside the 20 yard line and an average of 57 yards per punt, even 310 yards of Peyton Manning gold wasn't enough to overcome. This was a field position battle all night and it was won by the Bolts. They now move on the face the Steelers in Pitt where they will certainly be the biggest underdog of the weekend.
Baltimore Ravens 29 - Miami Dolphins 9
Not much to this game, a less than pedestrian performance by the comeback player of the year Chad Pennington and a swarming Ravens defense was able to collect 4 picks including 2 by Ed Reed. Miami was never able to overcome the turnovers and Baltimore ran away with this one. Offensively Baltimore was atrocious, Flacco connected on only 9 of 23 passes. If they don't get at least 1 defensive TD per game, they don't stand a chance. Next week at Tennessee should be a fun one to watch at the very least.
Philadelphia Eagles 26 - Minnesota Vikings 14
In a game that had Giants fans surely holding their breath, the Eagles showed that they are making a serious run at the NFC this postseason. The Eagles turned the ball over twice but Asante Samuel's pick six in the second quarter proved to be enough, as icing on the cake, Brian Westbrook took a screen pass 71 yards for the score, proving once again that he is the most important player on the hottest team right now. Look for them to give the Giants a lot of trouble next week in the Meadowlands.
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