Divisional Round Madness

See thats what I get...
You would think I would know better than to flaunt my wisdom. I go from a Penthouse 4-0 on wild card weekend to a 1 bedroom basement apartment 1-3 this past weekend. Geez, I mean the Colts cant stop Billy Volek?
If you tell any right thinking, rational football fan that the Chargers would be without LT for half of the game, Rivers for the last quarter and a have a hobbled Antonio Gates on the road in Indy, they say Colts walkover.
Chargers 28 Colts 24...
Damn.
Wait I can explain, Eli and Peyton decided to switch teams for a week, cause I know that wasn't Eli playing poised and calm in Dallas. Leading the G-Men to a last minute drive to tie the score at the half. What's that? It was Eli?
Whoa.
And before I get anymore flak from Packer fans. I'll apologize. But on the real for real, after the Seahawks jumped out 14-0 everyone was thinking. Oh snap, the Seahawks could pull the upset. Then Ryan Grant got over his fumbleitis and the Pack rolled off 6 straight scoring possessions and that was that. I knew it was fated for the Pack to win when the snow started to fall heavily. Packer hater that I am, I had to say that was just too cool to watch.
The Pats...what can you say?
Tom freakin' Brady. You cant even be that good on Madden. I tried. Brady was playing out of his mind. The Jags were game, they were bound and determined to keep Moss from hurting them and aside from a critical drive sustaining catch during the Pats first offensive series he was not a factor. But the Pats are just so relentless and the Jags hung tough for a half, but just seemed to wear down, when the Pats went up 28-17 late in the third, you could look at the Jags and tell they were done. Jack Del Rio has a squad that will be a force in the AFC for years to come, but this year they were simply outgunned.
So now we're down to four and lets look at the other teams that were eliminated.

Dallas
The Pokes didn't lose because of Romo's dalliance with Jessica Simpson, they lost becuase their offensive line kept letting Osi Umineyora and Michael Strahan into their backfield. Romo was on the run or on his back all day. Wade Phillips is a lot like his daddy, Bum Phillips was, he can coach a team all year, get them into January and he finds a way to lose it. Could a 13 win coach lose his job?

Indianapolis
The Colts should have had that game won, but it seemed that even with more than a few questionable calls going their way, they couldn't close the deal. Marvin Harrison's fumble cost them a chance to really put the Bolts behind the 8-ball early, Harrison's showed a lot of rust and it hurt. Where was Joseph Addai? Manning had that look on his face like he used to when he was at Tennessee, he looked as if he had done all he could but the parts around him let him down.

Seattle
Paging Shawn Alexander...
The Hawks lack of a running game was their downfall, Matt Hasselbeck while a gutty game QB was throwing all day and the Pack knew that without a real running game that he was dead meat. Shawn Alexander was a non-factor and the Hawks proud defense simply got worn down by the battering ram running of Ryan Grant.

I'll preview the matchups on Friday and have my usual Phat Dap/Head Slap on Wednesday and the spec sheet is coming back soon as well. If you've been here since the beginning you know how that goes...
Until Next Post Fellow Sports Fans!