Playoff Football Roundup

This past weekend may have had rookie quarterback's making names for themselves and before it's end, Tim Tebow took the virginity of the new playoff rules and pulled a Ben Roethlisberger on them. This is What I took from Wildcard Weekend:

• The Pittsburgh Steelers are a STUPID football team. They came in with the right mind set of making Tebow throw, but when he carved them up in the first half they failed to make an adjustment at halftime. They loaded the box with their DB's and forced Tebow to throw and to his credit he made just about every throw he had to make.


• I hate Ben Roethlisberger. I hate him more just slightly less than LeBron James but I still loathe him with a white hot intensity. That being said, his fedora had a much better game than he did yesterday.


• Tim Tebow threw for 316 yards yesterday. More yards than any game this year against the top rated pass defense in the league. New England's got this...gulp.


• Tim Tebow threw for 316 yards yesterday? John 3:16 reads "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." If that wasn't a sign I don't know what is.


• There is NO DOUBT in my mind that the Giants are going into Lambeau Field next weekend and sticking it to the Packers. The GB offensive line looks like Swiss cheese right now and the Giants front 7 is hella scary.


• We can stop calling Matt Ryan, "Matty Ice" anytime now. He looked more like Matty Perry than a prolific quarterback.


• It's probably about time to give Eli Manning a little more credit. Granted he has a very balanced team, but he is certainly a top 5 quarterback all things considered this year.


• Calvin "Megatron" Johnson is the best Wide Receiver in football, it's not close.


• The only chance that the Broncos can beat the Patriots this week is if the Patriots turn the ball over 2+ times, and I just don't see that happening. Pats roll.


• I usually don't think the referees cost people games but the Lions got jobbed big time right before halftime which would have changed the entire complexion of the game.


• Mike Smith and Marvin Lewis should both get the axe. Marvin Lewis should have his challenge flag revoked and Mike Smith should learn that his team can't get a 4th and 1 in the I formation all damn year.


• The Saints had a tough time with Detroit's defense for the better part of 3 quarters. They will be shut down by San Fran.


• The Texans, despite a rookie QB, are for real and an absolute threat to the Patriots and they will be the team trekking to Foxborough on the 21st of January.

The news that Josh McDaniels may have flown under the radar certainly piqued my interest. for a couple reasons: 1) Did Bill Belichick know that Denver was going to win this game beforehand and that's why he signed him so quickly? 2) Bill Belichick is expecting to go to the Superbowl and he's going to need an offensive coordinator for it.

Bill Belichick knows more than most people on the odds of winning and I bet he knew that Denver was going to win this game, much like I did. He knows that a good offensive coach knows how someone should defend their scheme. So he brought in the man that drafted Tim Tebow and Demaryius Thomas and he will be just as much a defensive assistant as an offensive assistant.

I'm also not sold that he's going to be an "assistant" depending on how far the Patriots go in the playoffs. The unfortunate timing of National Signing Day for college football is during the week leading up to the Superbowl. That means newly anointed Penn State head coach, Bill O'Brien, is going to be tied up trying to restore a once storied franchise and his priorities probably don't lie with the Patriots anymore as he starts the new chapter and his life.

Tom Brady told Tim Tebow during their post-game embrace after the Patriots defeated Denver 41-23, "I'll see you again". Now I ask you, who's the real prophet?

Stay Tuned

Norton