As we continue ranking the top games from around the National Football League across the last decade, it’s now time to stop and take a deeper look at the non-consensus, underrated matchups that, while clearly not in the company of the games we mentioned in Part One, not only provided drama but shaped up the fates of teams and dynasties.
Another season has gone by and the Houston Texans have yet again stumbled in the NFL playoffs.
The fairy tale story however wasn’t to be as the Chiefs ran rampant in an AFC Championship game which served as a reminder of how far the Titans have left to go before becoming real contenders for the big prize.
The Philadelphia Eagles couldn’t take down Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks in the Wild Card round. Here are several moves they need to make in order to return to the playoffs and progress further in 2020.
Soon after blowing a 24-point lead to the Kansas City Chiefs, causes for the capitulation were explored and analysed. A great deal of the blame has landed at the door of Houston Texans head coach Bill O’Brien.
The Tennessee Titans once again shocked the NFL world, upsetting the top AFC seed Baltimore Ravens on the road to reach the AFC Championship game for the first time since the 2002 season when they went down to the Raiders.
Many call the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs the best weekend in sport, and rightly so. The fat theoretically will have been trimmed away in the Wildcard round allowing for four quality football games to be played. This year saw the “YOU LIKE THAT” Minnesota Vikings hit their ceiling and crash out against the …
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The path to the Super Bowl is paved in Red & Gold. Thanks to a 13-3 record (with a few tie-breakers) the San Francisco 49ers will play their first playoff game since Jan 2013. The 49ers will host the Minnesota Vikings in the Divisional Round on Saturday. The Vikings are coming off an impressive overtime …
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Expectations are high for the Divisional Round this weekend, which sees the Niners face the Vikings, the Ravens host the Titans, Texans visit the Chiefs and the Seahawks head to Lambeau Field to face Aaron Rodgers’ Green Bay Packers.
After nearly sleepwalking into wildcard round defeat against the Buffalo Bills, the Texans lived to survive another day. This is largely due to Deshaun Watson calling upon his inner Michael Jordan to deliver some overtime magic.
A few hours before the New England Patriots kicked off their first Wildcard appearance in close to a decade, Tom Brady, presumably aided by his social media team, posted a video to his Twitter account. The video, captioned ‘It’s Too Late to be Scared’, was a two-minute-long montage of a lion roaring intercut with footage …
Not many rivalries have as consistently delivered in the playoffs as the one between the two teams which will get the 2019 NFC Wild Card round underway this Sunday. The Saints and the Vikings have put on a very competitive series of battles throughout the past decade, and here they find themselves as two of the top NFC sides yet again.
New contract. Pastures new. Retirement. Some of the possibilities facing the QBs currently not under contract for 2020 and beyond. Nine signal callers will end the 2019 season as unrestricted free agents. For some, the choice may seem obvious, others are not so blessed with this luxury.
Disclaimer: I’ve included the Dallas Cowboys vacancy on the list with the anticipation of it being added to the list of head coach openings. Dallas Cowboys Pros This is a playoff worthy roster, especially on offense, which is good enough (on paper) to win a championship. America’s Team has a top tier wide receiver and …
