NFL WILD CARD WEEKEND 2012 WRAPUP

by Ryan Meehan

Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford mentally prepares himself for what I hope is a haircut of some sort

 
Wild Card weekend this year was very seed specific.  Every 5 and 6 seed lost, and every division leader moved on.  We had the first non-sudden death overtime game in NFL history, sort of.  We saw the Steelers go home earlier than I think a lot of people expected them to exit the postseason.  The Texans won their first playoff game in franchise history, the Saints and the Lions gave us the shutout we expected, and the Giants embarrassed the Falcons.  I should also mention that I actually picked one of the winners correctly this year (New Orleans), as opposed to last year when I got blanked.  Let’s take a closer look and see what transpired.  Continue reading