What Went Down on Wildcard Weekend!

Hi, the first week of the playoffs is officially over and lots has happened since my last post. Here is all starting with the Saturday games:

Raiders @ Texans, My Prediction from my last blog post: Texans, Final Score: Texans 27 Raiders 14:
This was a good game. The Texans and Raiders game was one of the hardest to call because of all of their struggles, but the Texans did in fact win. By a lot too! Everything clicked for the Texans this week. Former 1st overall pick and pro bowler this season Jadeveon Clowney showed that he really was worth that first pick. He had a hanfull of impactful plays including an interception which is rare for someone at his position. He looked amazing. Struggling QB Brock Osweiler even looked good, finally getting the ball to star receiver DeAndre Hopkins. He threw for 168 yards and a TD with no interceptions which is rare for him. He also had 1 rushing TD. He looked good and it will be interesting to see if he starts next week or if the Texans go back to Tom Savage. Again, DeAndre Hopkins finally got the ball a lot and he had 5 receptions for 67 yards and a TD. Maybe he's back!? The Raiders were decent. You could totally tell rookie QB Connor Cook was starting his first game, he played terribly. He threw for 161 yards, 1 TD, and 3 interceptions. Not great. That brought down the Raiders even though their defense did play pretty well. Hopefully next season Derek Carr stays healthy the whole time so the Raiders can have their well deserved playoff run. TEXANS WIN!

Lions @ Seahawks, My Prediction from my last post: Seahawks, Final Score: Seahawks 26 Lions 6:
What a game the Seahawks had. They destroyed the Lions who were looking for their first playoff win in years. The Seahawks O was on fire and the Lions could not put it out. Russell Wilson finished with 224 yards, 2 TD's, and no interceptions. Wilson though wasn't the highlight of the game. Paul Richardson, the 3rd receiver had an insane game. He finished with 3 receptions for 48 yards, and a TD. Doesn't sound like much, but it was. Richardson had what I would say, the play of the year catch for the TD. He caught the ball 1 handed under a Lions defender, it was insane. Watch it here: http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-cant-miss-plays/0ap3000000771120/Can-t-Miss-Play-Richardson-pulls-in-one-handed-scoop-catch-TD  . Anyways, Richardson had some other insane catches and he was looking like Odell Beckham Jr. Thomas Rawls lit up the running game and makes the Hawks feel better about it going into next weeks playoff game. Rawls ran for 161 yards, and a TD. He had so many broken tackles and he just played so well. It looks like the Thomas Rawls from last season. Doug Baldwin had some great plays including a funny 1 where there was a pass in the endzone right to Jermaine Kearse and Baldwin was nearby so he tipped it to himself and caught it. It was funny. The Lions played terribly. Zach Zenner had a great first quarter running the ball, but the Lions pretty much ditched the run game for the rest of the game. Matthew Stafford played horribly and receiver Anquan Boldin got way to many penalties. The defense was even worse as you can see by the amazing stats of the Seahawks offensive players. The Seahawks D played really well and they will be a force to be reckoned with in the coming weeks of the post-season.

Dolphins @ Steelers, My Prediction from my last post: Steelers, Final Score: Steelers 30, Dolphins 12:
I thought this might actually be a close game, but it wasn't. The Dolphins offense and defense played poorly while the Steelers offense and defense surged. The Steelers D forced so many fumbles on the Dolphins and the Steelers O highlighted the stars Le'Veon Bell and Antonio Brown. Dolphins QB Matt Moore who had surprised me of how good he was playing as a backup the last few weeks looked like a regular backup like he is. He played horribly. Jay Ajayi was a no-show unlike the way he was when the Dolphins beat the Steelers earlier this season. The Steelers will be one of the hardest teams to take down in coming weeks of the playoffs and they will probably reach the AFC championship.

Giants @ Packers, My Prediction from my last post: Packers, Final Score: Packers 38, Giants 13:
This was a very disappointing game for the Giants. What many people thought would be a very close game really wasn't. It was very low scoring until about half way through the 2nd quarter the Giants were up 6-0 and the Packers put together a scoring drive with Davante Adams. With 6 seconds left in the half, Packers QB Aaron Rodgers did what he does best: clutch hail marys where he bombed one from near mid field to the endzone and Randall Cobb came down with it. As the game went on the Packers kept scoring and scoring and Cobb finished with 2 more TD's making it a TD hattrick for him. The Giants offense was slowed down because Odell Beckham was well covered and dropped a bunch of passes. The Giants "Super Bowl defense" got shut down. Many people were ready to see the Giants win the Super Bowl again, not if Aaron Rodgers has anything to say about it. The Packers look like the most dangerous team in the league and could easily take the Super Bowl.

I WENT 4-0 IN PREDICTIONS! GOOD FOR ME! The games next weekend for the Divisional Round will be: Steelers @ Chiefs, Texans @ Patriots, Packers @ Cowboys, and Seahawks @ Falcons. I will have lots of news and predictions coming this week so stay tuned for the next week of the exciting road to the Super Bowl! Also comment which player of these players: Paul Richardson, Le'Veon Bell, Jadeveon Clowney, and Randall Cobb was your playoff player of the week. All 4 of those players were important assets to their teams WIN!