Vikings @ Saints: Wild Card Weekend

[Vic Mackey 46936]

4 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

old and short, a sitting duck back there. fuck him anyways 

Brees is a totally different QB come playoff time.

And fuck yeah, Vikings punch it in!

[MNLonghornFUKM 8799]

fuck the saints!

[Vic Mackey 46936]

That is what the Vikings should have did last drive. Go right up the middle. Not that toss play that close to the goal line.

[Vic Mackey 46936]

Damnit. Absolutely can not give up a return like that before half.

[Vic Mackey 46936]

Hahahaha he missed! 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8799]

haha!

[MNLonghornFUKM 8799]

3 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

That is what the Vikings should have did last drive. Go right up the middle. Not that toss play that close to the goal line.

agreed..and not run a PA pass to your 3rd string white TE on second down.

[Hagbard Celine 10771]

miss a 43-yard walkoff at home?

now THAT is a fatal omen in a playoff game.

[Vic Mackey 46936]

1 minute ago, Hagbard Celine said:

miss a 43-yard walkoff at home?

now THAT is a fatal omen in a playoff game.

Seemingly every time the graphic of how many kicks a kicker has made in a row, he will miss soon after. Never fails.

[Hagbard Celine 10771]

A new playoff format was unveiled as a result of the realignment that occurred prior to the 1970 merger of the National Football League and American Football League. 

The merged league consisted of two conferences each containing three divisions. The three division winners and the non-division-winning team with the best won-loss percentage qualified for the playoffs. A predetermined post-season schedule was produced that rotated the home teams based on divisions, regardless of winning percentage. While that format was short-lived – the league dropped it in 1975 – the addition of a wild card team was permanent. 

On March 29, 1978, the NFL adopted a new 16-game schedule preceded by a four-game preseason. An additional wild card team in each conference was added to the playoffs with the two wild cards squaring off during the first weekend of the post-season.

In 1990, two more wild card teams were added to the mix. Primary reasons cited for the dramatic change in the playoff format included an increase in television revenue and to streamline a complex tiebreaking system. With a total of three wild cards included in both the AFC and NFC, twelve of the league's 28 teams qualified for the playoffs.

Then, in 2002, when the league expanded to 32 teams, the NFL realigned into eight four-team divisions. A total of seven teams changed divisions with the Seattle Seahawks switching from the AFC to the NFC, where they first played in 1976.

The playoff format now includes four division winners and two wild-card teams from each conference. The Wild Card games that kick off the post-season play feature two division winners hosting wild-card teams.

Tough Odds

Since the Wild Card System began in 1970, only ten wild card teams have advanced all the way to the Super Bowl. Of those, six won the Super Bowl. Only four of those wild card teams -- New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Giants, and Green Bay Packers -- won three games on the road to make it to the Super Bowl. 

In 1969, the AFL implemented a playoff format that had the top two teams in each division qualifying for the post-season. The Kansas City Chiefs, who did not win the AFL Western Division title, accomplished the tough feat of advancing through the AFL playoffs before defeating the NFL champion Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV. 

1975 Dallas Cowboys  (10-4-0, 2nd Place, NFC Eastern Division)
Divisional Playoff – at Minnesota Vikings – (W) – 17-14
NFC Championship – at Los Angeles Rams – (W) – 37-7
Super Bowl X – vs. Pittsburgh Steelers – (L) – 21-17

1980 Oakland Raiders ( 11-5-0, 2nd Place, AFC Western Division)
Wild Card Playoff – vs. Houston Oilers – (W) – 27-7
Divisional Playoff – at Cleveland Browns – (W) – 14-12
AFC Championship – at San Diego Chargers – (W) – 34-27
Super Bowl XV – vs. Philadelphia Eagles – (W) – 27-10

1985 New England Patriots (11-5-0, 3rd Place, AFC Eastern Division)
Wild Card Playoff – at New York Jets – (W) – 26-14
Divisional Playoff – at Los Angeles Raiders – (W) – 27-20
AFC Championship – at Miami Dolphins – (W) – 31-14
Super Bowl XX – vs. Chicago Bears – (L) – 46-10

1992 Buffalo Bills (11-5-0, 2nd Place, AFC Eastern Division)
Wild Card Playoff – vs. Houston Oilers – (W) – 41-38 (OT)
Divisional Playoff – at Pittsburgh Steelers – (W) – 24-3
AFC Championship – at Miami Dolphins – (W) – 29-10
Super Bowl XXVII – vs. Dallas Cowboys – (L) – 52-17

1997 Denver Broncos (12-4-0, 2nd Place, AFC Western Division)
Wild Card Playoff – vs. Jacksonville Jaguars – (W) – 42-17
Divisional Playoff – at Kansas City Chiefs – (W) – 14-10
AFC Championship – at Pittsburgh Steelers – (W) – 24-21
Super Bowl XXXII – vs. Green Bay Packers – (W) – 31-24

1999 Tennessee Titans (13-3-0, 2nd Place, AFC Central Division)
Wild Card Playoff – vs. Buffalo Bills – (W) – 22-16
Divisional Playoff – at Indianapolis Colts – (W) – 19-16
AFC Championship – at Jacksonville Jaguars – (W) – 33-14
Super Bowl XXXIV – vs. St. Louis Rams – (L) – 23-16

2000 Baltimore Ravens (12-4-0, 2nd Place, AFC Central Division)
Wild Card Playoff – vs. Denver Broncos – (W) – 21-3
Divisional Playoff – at Tennessee Titans – (W) – 24-10
AFC Championship – at Oakland Raiders – (W) – 16-3
Super Bowl XXXV – vs. New York Giants – (W) – 34-7

2005 Pittsburgh Steelers (11-5-0, 2nd Place, AFC North Division)
Wild Card Playoff – at Cincinnati Bengals – (W) 31-17
Divisional Playoff – at Indianapolis Colts – (W) 21-18
AFC Championship – at Denver Broncos – (W) 34-17
Super Bowl XL – vs. Seattle Seahawks – (W) 21-10

2007 New York Giants (10-6-0, 2nd Place, NFC East Division)
Wild Card Playoff – at Tampa Bay Buccaneers – (W) 24-14
Divisional Playoff – at Dallas Cowboys – (W) 21-17
NFC Championship – at Green Bay Packers – (W) 23-20 (OT)
Super Bowl XLII – vs. New England Patriots – (W) 17-14

2010 Green Bay Packers (10-6-0, 2nd Place, NFC North Division)
Wild Card Playoff – at Philadelphia Eagles – (W) 21-16
Divisional Playoff – at Atlanta Falcons – (W) 48-21
NFC Championship – at Chicago Bears – (W) 21-14
Super Bowl XLV – vs. Pittsburgh Steelers – (W) 31-25

[Hagbard Celine 10771]

tl/dr: the takeaway is we are now in the longest drought, 8+ seasons, of a wildcard advancing all the way to the superbowl.

[Vic Mackey 46936]

Besides that long pass from Taysom, the Saints offense has been stuck in mud. 

[Deej 76584]

"You can call holding on almost every play."

Refs: Hold our beer.

[Vic Mackey 46936]

3rd and 2 and you call that? Keep pounding it down their throat.

[Irish Wrist Watch 1349]

What a total chickenshit call. Blind sided my ass

[MNLonghornFUKM 8799]

1 minute ago, Irish Wrist Watch said:

What a total chickenshit call. Blind sided my ass

dude got laid out before the punt was even caught. 

[4th&Five 41461]

He was looking at him!

[Irish Wrist Watch 1349]

Fuck these announcers defending calls like that. He turned his shoulder away from the blocker

[Irish Wrist Watch 1349]

Helmet to helmet. Fuk you refs

[GSU&UT 1798]

Holy shit these Vikings DEs came to play.

[Shaddie 1638]

2 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

dude got laid out before the punt was even caught. 

Is that a penalty?

[Vic Mackey 46936]

I wish Dallas could play defense like Minnesota.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8799]

1 minute ago, Shaddie said:

Is that a penalty?

i honestly dont know. is it?

[Jive Turkey 12569]

So many people have the Saints winning it all. Despite not having a bye. I didn’t see it. NFC is stacked. 

[TexasMan 10786]

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[Vic Mackey 46936]

Isn't Lattimore the same guy who blew the game when the Vikings won on that miracle play? Lmao.

[Carl Spackler 3461]

Just now, Vic Mackey said:

Isn't Lattimore the same guy who blew the game when the Vikings won on that miracle play? Lmao.

No.  Marcus Williams.

[4th&Five 41461]

No, that was #43 Marcus Williams. 

[Vic Mackey 46936]

1 minute ago, TexasMan said:

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Ummmm what?

[Vic Mackey 46936]

I thought Cousins could have ran for that 1st but he got ballsy and fit that ball right in to Diggs. Hell of a throw and catch.

[Vic Mackey 46936]

Hmmmm I'm not sure he got in.

Nm. He got in.

Edited January 5, 2020 by Vic Mackey

[Jive Turkey 12569]

Not sure how that was called a TD. 

[Vito Andolini 9115]

The dude(s) flipping the bird kinda amusing

[kopp0e 1135]

16 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

3rd and 2 and you call that? Keep pounding it down their throat.

That's what she couldn't say.?!

[MNLonghornFUKM 8799]

6 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Isn't Lattimore the same guy who blew the game when the Vikings won on that miracle play? Lmao.

that was marcus williams 

[Hagbard Celine 10771]

who is marcus williams?

[WhatTheBuck 28719]

Was that a cover of Ring of Fire playing as they went to commercial?

[Hagbard Celine 10771]

over/under on airing of taylorswift tonescreech commercial this afternoon?

[hookem48 4632]

1 minute ago, Jive Turkey said:

Not sure how that was called a TD. 

because there's no way in hell the side judge could see it so he just guessed.

[kopp0e 1135]

 

[Hagbard Celine 10771]

time for brees to go to work and resurrect this dead crowd

[Shaddie 1638]

7 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

i honestly dont know. is it?

I guess it is if it’s against the Saints

[Vic Mackey 46936]

Just now, kopp0e said:

 

Saints misery is so great. Fuck them.

[hookem48 4632]

they're in a dome, why is there no over head view on the goal line? Hell with the cameras on the wires why is there not always an overhead view on the goal line? 

[Vito Andolini 9115]

Aaron Glenn going full aggy

[Irish Wrist Watch 1349]

Terrible call

[Carl Spackler 3461]

2 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

who is marcus williams?

I'll take Saints defenders who monumentally whiffed on tackles in the playoffs for $500, Alex.

[Vic Mackey 46936]

1 minute ago, Hagbard Celine said:

time for brees to go to work and resurrect this dead crowd

Maybe they should let Hil play QB the rest of the game., Brees has been bad.

[Vic Mackey 46936]

Lmao Saints.

You had to know a fake was coming there, too. Payton knows time is getting scarce.

[Hagbard Celine 10771]

1 minute ago, Carl Spackler said:

I'll take Saints defenders who monumentally whiffed on tackles in the playoffs for $500, Alex.

/spartacus