🏈 🏈 🏈 2026 Official NFL Wild Card Round Thread 🏈 🏈 🏈

[majestik101]

Originally Posted by Boo

Good thing you wrote tt and not ff

[Siberian13]

Originally Posted by Boo

Good thing you wrote tt and not ff

Now you’re just getting Hairy excited.

[hairysasquatch]

Originally Posted by Siberian13

Mina is awful

Originally Posted by majestik101

Agreed. Especially when that mutt of hers starts barking off camera

How dare you slander Mina!

[Siberian13]

Originally Posted by hairysasquatch

How dare you slander Mina!

She works for ESPN, she slandered herself.

[hairysasquatch]

Originally Posted by majestik101

His cohost held it together incredibly well!

[Floridacardguy]

Originally Posted by majestik101

My picks

(5) Rams
(2) Bears

(6) Bills
(6) 49ers
(2) Patriots

(5) Texans

Closest game Packers vs Bears
Blowout game Chargers vs Patriots

Tempted to pick the opposite of you across the board but I can’t. I’ll agree with all yours except the Bills- Jaguars roll them over. They stick 8 in the box and jam up cook and Allen those receivers are not scary. If you’re the Jags you need to sell out to stop Allen and cook from running

[Siberian13]

Originally Posted by Floridacardguy

Tempted to pick the opposite of you across the board but I can’t. I’ll agree with all yours except the Bills- Jaguars roll them over. They stick 8 in the box and jam up cook and Allen those receivers are not scary. If you’re the Jags you need to sell out to stop Allen and cook from running

Does the NFL want Josh Allen or Trevor Lawrence? Jags might get screwed by the refs like when they played the Patriots in the AFC championship when Bortles was there.

[majestik101]

Originally Posted by Floridacardguy

Tempted to pick the opposite of you across the board but I can’t. I’ll agree with all yours except the Bills- Jaguars roll them over. They stick 8 in the box and jam up cook and Allen those receivers are not scary. If you’re the Jags you need to sell out to stop Allen and cook from running

Yeah but they're the Jags for chrissakes. They'll Jag it Up™ at some point during the 4th quarter or the refs will royally screw them over and then we'll all be throwing T-Law back into the quarter-dollar bins afterwards

[Siberian13]

Originally Posted by majestik101

Yeah but they're the Jags for chrissakes. They'll Jag it Up™ at some point during the 4th quarter or the refs will royally screw them over and then we'll all be throwing T-Law back into the quarter-dollar bins afterwards

Coen has now made Baker and TLaw playoff QBs. He really should be higher in the coach of the year awards odds but we all know it’s going to Vrabel.

[coltsnsox07]

So many really good young QB's in the playoffs, plus two old guys who still have it.

[blackvodka]

Honestly the team I probably trust the least is the Chargers. Followed by Panthers then the Steelers.

The Jags & Bills game intrigues me the most. That game is tough to pick.

If Love plays great the Packers will win, but he has to have an amazing game.

After seeing San-Fran Saturday night I just couldn't pick them to win in Philly. That D eats them alive IMO.

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[blackvodka]

Originally Posted by coltsnsox07

Why do so many like the Bears over Green Bay? Packers have their flaws but they match up very well vs Chicago's so-so pass rush and db's. Plus their whole team had a nice bye week rest. Some betting sites have Green Bay a 1.5 favorite.

The Packers just choked a few weeks ago against them. Plus they gave up 41 to the Ravens back-up just after that.

Oddly enough the Packers might win. The Bears have had a great season, but they're tough to trust for some in a playoff game due to lack of experience.

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[blackvodka]

Rams

Packers (close game)

Jags (close game)

Eagles

Patriots

Texans

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[Floridacardguy]

Originally Posted by blackvodka

After seeing San-Fran Saturday night I just couldn't pick them to win in Philly. That D eats them alive IMO.

Question is, which Eagles offense shows up? The one that can't complete a pass in the 2nd half, or run the ball when they should, or can't block at all?

[Boo]

Originally Posted by Floridacardguy

Question is, which Eagles offense shows up? The one that can't complete a pass in the 2nd half, or run the ball when they should, or can't block at all?

At least it will be the one with a QB that can run, unlike old stone feet this past weekend.

[Floridacardguy]

Originally Posted by Boo

At least it will be the one with a QB that can run, unlike old stone feet this past weekend.

Just hope Hurts can complete a pass in the second half like he failed to do twice this season

[blackvodka]

Originally Posted by Floridacardguy

Question is, which Eagles offense shows up? The one that can't complete a pass in the 2nd half, or run the ball when they should, or can't block at all?

The Eagles inconsistent offense is the only reason the 49ers weren't the team I trust the least. I just can't pick San Fran right now. Their offense keeps them from being a near lock though, despite being reining SB Champs.

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[Grid]

Originally Posted by coltsnsox07

Why do so many like the Bears over Green Bay? Packers have their flaws but they match up very well vs Chicago's so-so pass rush and db's. Plus their whole team had a nice bye week rest. Some betting sites have Green Bay a 1.5 favorite.

Bears "should" win. Bears at home. Since Caleb, Bears are 2-2 VS Packers. Bears are just hit or miss on which team will show up. You cant trust young teams like that. Not with money on the line.

Most of that team is making their first playoff appearance. You have a HC in his 1st year who has never been HC for a playoff game.

Versus the Packers, who make the playoffs every year, Whose HC lead them to two NFC Conference Championship games. And has a team mostly rested, after sitting out their last contest. Hence being 1.5 favs.

[Jaysabz]

Originally Posted by Floridacardguy

Question is, which Eagles offense shows up? The one that can't complete a pass in the 2nd half, or run the ball when they should, or can't block at all?

Under over - 22.5

The number of times you've brought up the Eagles / Bills second half stats and Hurts "not completing a single pass" on these forums since that game. Ignore the drops, and the fact that most were throwaways when Hurts was running for his life from unblocked blitzers. And Hurts "attempted" seven passes in the second half.

I didn't look at FCG's post history. But if anyone is on public transit and wants to count - would be an interesting exercise. I feel like it's got to be over 22.5.

Speaking of not completing passes, Allen not completing that last one was a real doozy, wasn't it? Who won that game by the way?

[JWBlue]

Originally Posted by coltsnsox07

Why do so many like the Bears over Green Bay? Packers have their flaws but they match up very well vs Chicago's so-so pass rush and db's. Plus their whole team had a nice bye week rest. Some betting sites have Green Bay a 1.5 favorite.

My first instinct was Packers.

I have been picking against the Bears practically every game the entire season not believing in them. At some point I have to accept they are for real even though a lot of numbers offensively and defensively say they are not.

Packers on the road missing their best defender. Not sure why they are favored which makes me believe they will probably win. Vegas knows something.

[Floridacardguy]

Originally Posted by Jaysabz

Under over - 22.5

The number of times you've brought up the Eagles / Bills second half stats and Hurts "not completing a single pass" on these forums since that game. Ignore the drops, and the fact that most were throwaways when Hurts was running for his life from unblocked blitzers. And Hurts "attempted" seven passes in the second half.

I didn't look at FCG's post history. But if anyone is on public transit and wants to count - would be an interesting exercise. I feel like it's got to be over 22.5.

Speaking of not completing passes, Allen not completing that last one was a real doozy, wasn't it? Who won that game by the way?

Don't forget him not completing a pass in the 2nd half of the Bucs game too

[Jaysabz]

If I'm not mistaken, this will be the first time in the playoffs for:

Nix (AFC 1)
Maye (AFC 2)
C. Williams (NFC 2)
B. Young (NFC 4)

Luckily, all these players will debut on their home fields, so they won't have to fight the crowds, just the adrenaline rush in their own bodies.

Kind of crazy - you have Rodgers and Stafford - the elder statesman, then the oldest QBs of the other playoff teams are guys like Allen (2018 Draft), Darnold (2018 Draft), Herbert (2020 Draft), Love (2020 Draft), Hurts (2020 Draft), Lawrence (2021 Draft), and Purdy (2022 Draft).

The rest are 2023 draft or later! Lot of young blood w/ 10 of the 14 playoff QBs being 2020 Draft Picks or younger.

[Jaysabz]

Originally Posted by Floridacardguy

Don't forget him not completing a pass in the 2nd half of the Bucs game too

Who won that one?

[Floridacardguy]

Originally Posted by Jaysabz

Who won that one?

LOL, who doesn't win against the Bucs? ANY QB in the league (including all my favorites Bo Nix, Stroud, McKee,Purdy) that doesn't complete a pass in the second half of a playoff game can count on their team being eliminated

[Blamo]

Ok here are my dumb takes:

I think the Patriots are unproven. Doesn't mean I think they are bad, but the only team they beat with a winning record this year is the Bills, who they also lost to. The combined record of the teams they beat is 88-150 (this double counts teams they beat twice, like the Jets, so adjust that accordingly if you wish). Again, doesn't mean they aren't good. They didn't pick their schedule. But I still think they need to prove themselves.

My sleeper pick to make the superbowl is the Texans. Started off 0-3 but since September their only two losses were against the AFC and NFC #1 seeds.