NFL Wildcard Weekend

paulie21

Saturday 9.30pm

Oakland Raiders @ Houston Texans



Saturday Night/Sunday Morning 1.15am

Detroit Lions @ Seattle Seahawks



Sunday 6.05pm

Miami Dolphins @ Pittsburgh Steelers



Sunday 9.40pm

New York Giants @ Green Bay Packers

Chorus_suck

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Realt Dearg Sec

It's only for the regular season.

Itssoeasy

The playoffs and super bowl are not blacked out on game pass this season.

Itssoeasy

I didn't see much of the games last night but a few weeks ago who believed the raiders would be playing on the wildcard weekend ?

PhilipsR

I thought Connor Cook looked decent in his little cameo with the Raiders yday.

If he starts I think the Raiders will beat the Texans. Surprised to see them priced at 23/20.

ScummyMan

Ill take the 4 homes @ 2.27/1 I think. I can't see a rookie starting his first ever game in the NFL winning a post-season match.

TheDoctor

ScummyMan wrote: »

Ill take the 4 homes @ 2.27/1 I think. I can't see a rookie starting his first ever game in the NFL winning a post-season match.

Funny enough last season I backed all the away teams on Wildcard weekend.... and won

D9Male

I think Detroit will at least cover the spread. Seattle seem to have fallen over the line to get to the playoffs. They looked booked for #2 seed and have had a few bad results and even more bad performances.

Realt Dearg Sec

Giants Packers game is a really hard one to call. Who has the better run game? Suppose it depends ty Montgomery is the real deal, but in that cold it'll be crucial because a passing rhythm will be very difficult to establish. And yet rodgers has hit his stride at just the right time to really catch fire in the playoffs. I think the home advantage is important but the recent past tells us what the giants will think of playing in green bay... I'm going to predict the pack to edge this but it's really the most interesting and difficult to call this weekend. Go giants.

(Texans and raiders is also hard to call but it is hard to see it being relevant to the bigger picture)

coco0981

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

Texans and raiders is also hard to call but it is hard to see it being relevant to the bigger picture

Heard this line on podcast earlier that the raiders Texans game is the first playoff game without playoff implications

kopite386

I've gone with :
Raiders to win
Steelers to win
Ginats to win
And Seahwaks to win

I know this probably won't happen but will be an interesting watch

dfx-

Two very different teams to the Miami-Pittsburgh teams in week 6. A lot of influential Steelers didn't play in defense notably Shazier, Dupree and Davis who are now starters alongside an injured Roethlisberger and no Gilbert or Ladarius Green (though he is now not likely to play this weekend) on offense.

No Tannehill and maybe no Byron Maxwell too for Miami.

MightyMandarin

ScummyMan wrote:

Ill take the 4 homes @ 2.27/1 I think. I can't see a rookie starting his first ever game in the NFL winning a post-season match.

With that O-Line, I think he has at least a chance. His receiving corps is also performing well this season.

I just can't see Brock Lobster doing more in this game and Texans have been meh this season winning a crap division.

GoldFour4

Itssoeasy wrote: »

The playoffs and super bowl are not blacked out on game pass this season.

Had forgotten that and was about to ask what people were using to travel abroad!

the baby bull elephant

MightyMandarin wrote: »

With that O-Line, I think he has at least a chance. His receiving corps is also performing well this season.

I just can't see Brock Lobster doing more in this game and Texans have been meh this season winning a crap division.

Penn is missing the first game of his career, that will have an impact on the line.

eagle eye

The Seahawks are still a team I think can win the Superbowl. They met the Dolphins, Falcons, Patriots, Packers, Cowboys and Chiefs during the regular season. The results from those games were 5-1 with the only loss coming in Green Bay.

PhilipsR

eagle eye wrote: »

The Seahawks are still a team I think can win the Superbowl. They met the Dolphins, Falcons, Patriots, Packers, Cowboys and Chiefs during the regular season. The results from those games were 5-1 with the only loss coming in Green Bay.

They didn't play the Cowboys or the Chiefs?

Knex*

I've been waiting since yesterday evening for the first playoff game to kickoff. Would have been great to see David Carr able to play, but I still think this game has a lot to offer.

Looking forward to it.

TheDoctor

eagle eye wrote: »

The Seahawks are still a team I think can win the Superbowl. They met the Dolphins, Falcons, Patriots, Packers, Cowboys and Chiefs during the regular season. The results from those games were 5-1 with the only loss coming in Green Bay.

We played the Cowboys and Chiefs during pre season - Romo got hurt in that game.

PhilipsR

Knex. wrote: »

I've been waiting since yesterday evening for the first playoff game to kickoff. Would have been great to see David Carr able to play, but I still think this game has a lot to offer.

Looking forward to it.

I think Cook showed enough to be able to go to Houston and pull a W. Playing @ home is actually worse for Osweiler than playing away. If O'Brien has any sense, he'd have some easy completions planned in the playcalling for early on, to keep the fans off his back.

Knex.

Knex. wrote: »

I've been waiting since yesterday evening for the first playoff game to kickoff. Would have been great to see David Carr able to play, but I still think this game has a lot to offer.

Looking forward to it.

Yeah, don't get the whole dismissal of this game as the worst post season game ever, the worst QBs to get this far etc. etc. Both sides are there on merit and while it's likely the winner will go out in the next game, they deserve a bit of credit and respect for getting to this stage, a lot of teams would love to be in that place right now...

OldMrBrennan83

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TheDoctor

If my memory is correct the playoffs last year started with a kick return touchdown against the Texans.

Knex*

Patww79 wrote: »

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Ha, whoops!

ScummyMan

TheDoctor wrote: »

If my memory is correct the playoffs last year started with a kick return touchdown against the Texans.

Yep, Packers legend Knile Davis

MightyMandarin

ScummyMan wrote: »

Yep, Packers legend Knile Davis

Don't forget Jets legend Knile Davis either.

krustydoyle

Had little interest in todays games until about a half hour....

PLAYOFF FOOTBALL BABY.... WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Knex*

One country version of the American National Anthem away from kickoff.

TheDoctor

Road to Super Bowl 51 begins!!!!!

JaMarcusHustle

I don't like Sean McDonough as a commentator at all.

Knex*

TheDoctor wrote: »

Road to Super Bowl 51 begins!!!!!

And ends in the same stadium!

Only second time in the Super Bowl era that its the case.

eagle eye

Osweiler off to a good start, maybe he is one of those guys that plays well in big games.

I fancy the Raiders though, just feel that Cooper And Crabtree open the field up bit and they'll do enough to win it.

Knex*

I fancy Raiders to win the turnover battle, so would give them the nod for the game as well. I suspect it to be damn close though.

Knex*

You can see the loss of Penn for the Raiders there straight away. Christ.

TheDoctor

What a crap punt

Knex*

TheDoctor wrote: »

What a crap punt

Yeah, camera angle made it seem like it went way further than it did.

Mr. Guappa

Have ESPN always had playoff games? Are they part of the Super Bowl rotation now?

JaMarcusHustle

Mr. Guappa wrote: »

Have ESPN always had playoff games? Are they part of the Super Bowl rotation now?

No, thank God. Still only Fox, CBS and NBC. It's Fox this year.

thomond2006

I'd take ESPN over CBS for commentary.

LuckyGent88

Well this is a disastrous start for Oakland and cook

PhilipsR

Ridiculous play calling by the Raiders. Let him throw the ball.

poldebruin

JaMarcusHustle wrote: »

I don't like Sean McDonough as a commentator at all.

he never seems to shut up.

ScummyMan

Holy hell. That is some awful playcalling

Knex*

Apparently Raiders went back and watched all of Cook's tape from preseason, training, and college to script today's game and draft up playcalls that suit him.

NFL Network heard that earlier and said to watch out for a focus on screen passes to the running backs. Low and behold...

Brutal start for Oakland anyway. The loss of Carr and Penn is having a clear effect.

poldebruin

ill advised throw, that's the third time they've thrown a pass behind the LOS to that side. A TD here could be enough for Houston the way this game has started.

the baby bull elephant

Easy to forget that despite being in the same draft as Mack, Clowney is the same age as Mack was in his rookie season.

Knex*

the baby bull elephant wrote: »

Easy to forget that despite being in the same draft as Mack Clowney is the same age as Mack was in his rookie season.

Jesus, that's unreal.

Knex*

That was far too easy. Watson has started terrible at LT

Hazys

That should be a catch

poldebruin

Cook, did well to hold onto the ball there. This is just about as bad a start as a team could have.