"The Week that was in the NFL" Divisional Playoffs | Stack Attack's Blog

Hello once again everyone. Hope everyone is having a great week so far. It was a great weekend of playoff football. I was terrible in picking going 0-4. It was terrible, overpicked every single game. Anyhow, without any more small talk, let's get right into "The Week that was in the NFL" Divisional Playoffs:

Baltimore 13 @ Tennessee 10

Jeff Fisher can call that play (where the clock ran out yet Baltimore was not called for a delay of game and proceeded to get a first down) unforgiveable all he wants, but the fact of the matter is, that play should not have mattered at all. The Titans had 391 yards of offense, but had 3 turnovers (two of which were in the redzone). They had 12 penalties in the game as well. So the Titans shot themselves in foot and have no one to blame for the loss than themselves. However, give Ravens QB Joe Flacco some credit. He became the first rookie QB ever to win two playoff games in the same season. And the Ravens are in the AFC Championship game. Who saw that coming? Not I.

Arizona 33 @ Carolina 13

When I said the game was going to be a blowout, I clearly did not express myself the best. I meant to say that I was sure that the Cardinals would be the winning team in a blowout, not the losing team. All right so I'm lieing and I got this game totally wrong, but I am very happy for the Cardinals. Kurt Warner played great and is there a better wide receiver in the game than Larry Fitzgerald? Jake "daylight come and you got to" Delhomme had a terrible 34th birthday commiting six turnovers. That may be his last game as a Panther, but we will have to wait and see on that. Now the Cardinals get to host an NFC Championship game. Who saw that coming? Nobody. Absolutely no one.

Philadelphia 23 @ New York Giants 11

The great ride that the Eagles are on continues. Donovan McNabb had another good game since his benching and he had a nice chat on the telephone (that was pretty funny, though perhaps stupid at the time). The Eagles defense flew around the field Sunday and now they have to stop the great Cardinals offense, but they will be up for the challenge. The game for the Giants clearly shows how much they miss Plaxico Burress. Will they have him next year? That is yet to be determined. What is determined though is that the Giants are sitting home for the Super Bowl this year, while the #6 Philadelphia Ealges travel to desert to take on the #4 Arizona Cardinals. Philly @ Zona. Now everyone had that as the championship game when December came around right? Probably not.

San Diego 24 @ Pittsburgh 35

San Diego had a good run, but the Steelers were rested and played great in the second half. They held the Chargers to one play in the 3rd quarter. One play! That is unheard of. That domination helped the Steelers beat the Chargers and host the AFC Championship game against the Baltimore Ravens whom they've beaten twice already. Now that will be a slugfest.

Well that is all I have for today. Have a good week and we will see you back on Thursday for a preview of Championship Sunday. Until next time, c ya.