As I type this, the Jets are hammering the Bengals in an embarassment to the AFC North. I’m calling this game at 30-0 in the 4th. In any case, the playoff mystery has been solved with both Baltimore and the Jets winning.
WILDCARD WEEKEND:
- Baltimore Ravens (6) at New England Patriots (3)
- New York Jets (5) at Cincinnati Bengals (4)
- Philadelphia Eagles (6) at Dallas Cowboys (3)
- Green Bay Packers (5) at Arizona Cardinals (4)
Three out of those four games will be rematches, which has to be some kind of NFL record. And with no-shows by the Eagles, Cardinals, and Bengals in each meeting, it’s hard to think any of those will be any different.
If you’re disappointed the Steelers didn’t make it, so am I. But they didn’t really belong with the NFL’s elite after what happened this season. The bright side is that they finished strong and gave us a reason to watch in the last three weeks. For that I thank them. But now the Steeler offseason will begin and we’ll have a lot to talk about over the summer. For the next month, pick your next allegiance and enjoy what the 2009 season has been leading up to.
After that, we’ll deal with free agency, the draft, coaching changes, and all the other stuff football nerds love about the offseason.
