Wildcard Recap

NFL wildcard is wrapped up and the Divisional round is next. Wild-card round games were on Saturday the 6th and as well on Sunday the Seventh.

 

What we learn from the Wild-Card? Well, Nick Foles having that playoff run again, The Cowboys and Chargers have a great defense, and  Andrew Luck is back. The Wild- Card round started with Saturday Evening Football. The Colts played the Texans on the road. Then it finished off with seahawks playing the Cowboys at AT&T stadium. Then Football Sunday caped off with the Baltimore Ravens playing home against the LA Chargers. The night ended with Bears vs Eagles at Soldier Field stadium.

Recap of playoff Games.

 

Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans- It was Luck’s first playoff game since his injury that kept him out for the 2017-2018 season. Colts, who are a sixth seed, played the rival and divisional leaders the Houston Texans. Andrew Luck and T.Y. Hilton were unstable as they drove down the field to end the drive with a Eric Ebron Touchdown. The colts would scored another two more touchdowns, one in the first and and second quarter. By the end of the first half the Colts would lead by 21 points. The Texans would finale score, with a connection from Deshaun Watson to Keke Coutee, in the fourth quarter with 14 minutes remaining in the game. That would be the last time any team would score and the Colts take the win. Now the Colts will play the Kansas Chiefs this sunday. Will the Colts keep it rolling or will that Chief Offense determine their the winner.

 

Seattle Seahawks at Dallas Cowboys- This is the second time the Seahawks played the Cowboys in the playoffs. In this matchup dallas and the Seahawks played with great defenses. The Cowboys shutdown the seahawks running game. This would help Dallas win because the Seahawks had more rushing attempts than passing. The Seahawks produce turnovers and held the Cowboys to only 10 points until the fourth quarter. This is where Dallas took the lead. And would score 14 points. The seahawks would catch up, but would not be able to bring the offense in before time expired.

 

Los Angeles Chargers at Baltimore Ravens- This was a defensive heavy game. Ravens only allowed the Chargers to kick field goals until the last quarter. The Chargers shut out the Raven until the third quarter. The Ravens were lead by rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson. He started over Flacco. The Chargers limited his ability to run out the pocket for huge gains. The Ravens game plan was to run the ball and it was held to a minimum. It wasn’t until the final quarter that the Ravens started passing the ball. This is where the Ravens would be able to score touchdowns. The Ravens where now only a touchdown away from winning or tying the game. The Ravens defense would force a punt from the Chargers offense. Now there was only a minute left. Lamar Jackson had the ball, ravens fans were expecting a comeback. But in the end Lamar would fumble the ball and that would seal the Chargers win.

 

Philadelphia Eagles at Chicago Bears- This was also a great defensive game. The Eagles are hot since Nick Foles has been there starting Quarterback. The Bears have had the top 5 defense this season. The first half was only field goals. The bears lead 6-3. In the third quarter is where the Eagles would score their first touchdown. Then in the fourth quarter the Mitchell Trubisky scored and put the bears up 15-10. But the game wasn’t over because nick foles would drive down field to put them up  16-15. The bears would get the ball back and get the ball into field goal range. This would set up a Cody Parkey Field goal attempt. His attempt would hit the post of the field Goal. This would end the game and send the Eagles to the next round.