NFL Playoffs

[Toadstool]

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This is the first season I've followed the NFL from the beginning of the season and I'm really enjoying the playoffs so far. This Bengals v Titans game already looks like it's going to be a cracker.

Anybody following it and supporting a specific team?

I've not really picked one team to follow but I like the Rams' kit (for obvious reasons) so hoping they do well.

I follow the colts - they remind me a bit of city - this year they only had to win their last game against a team that a team that hadn't won for about 7 games and I think had only won twice all season - and in true city fashion they lost ( badly ).

[Optimistic Nick]

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And if the first game was good....

Wow. The bills / chiefs game was amazing. Well worth staying up to watch that ending

[LeningradCowboy]

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American football, bloody hell!

[NYCBlue]

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I follow the colts - they remind me a bit of city - this year they only had to win their last game against a team that a team that hadn't won for about 7 games and I think had only won twice all season - and in true city fashion they lost ( badly ).

Giving up a first round pick for Carson Wentz was a huge mistake

[NYCBlue]

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Looking good for the Chiefs now. I'll be rooting for the Rams though. Matthew Stafford and Copper Kupp won me my fantasy league.

[Harry Lime]

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Looking good for the Chiefs now. I'll be rooting for the Rams though. Matthew Stafford and Copper Kupp won me my fantasy league.

They've lost their last 6 against the 49ers. I have a feeling they'll break that streak next Sunday. Hope not though, been following the red and gold since 84.

This weekend was easily the best group of 4 games I've seen for drama and close finishes.

[Toadstool]

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Giving up a first round pick for Carson Wentz was a huge mistake

Sure looks that way!

[Harry Lime]

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The NFL have jiggered with the wildcards recently but that has made it conceivable the 49ers could get to the Superbowl as the third placed team in the NFC West. I'm not that knowledgeable of NFL history but I'd guess that may be the first time ever.

Go Cards. Yeah, I know we put up the performance last week of a scratch team that met in the carpark. I'm beginning to believe you can't have a nervous dwarf as your QB.

Wildcard format was expanded by one team last season. The only difference this season was the extra regular season game. The 9ers were seeded 6 out of 7 so they would have got in under the old format. I'm not sure if 3 have qualified from one division before but the divisions are really lopsided, that's the problem as I see it. The NFC West has been tough for years, I'm glad to see Arizona doing well as opposed to the Seahawks. Followed Kyler from his rookie season. Been a 49er fan since 1984 though through thick and thin

[NYCBlue]

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They've lost their last 6 against the 49ers. I have a feeling they'll break that streak next Sunday. Hope not though, been following the red and gold since 84.

This weekend was easily the best group of 4 games I've seen for drama and close finishes.

Sports talk radio was going nuts today. The consensus was that it was the best weekend of football ever. A lot of debate about overtime rules though. And clock management. Buffalo does a squib kick and Kansas doesn't have time to get those plays off.

[Harry Lime]

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Sports talk radio was going nuts today. The consensus was that it was the best weekend of football ever. A lot of debate about overtime rules though. And clock management. Buffalo does a squib kick and Kansas doesn't have time to get those plays off.

Both fair points I think. After all that it seemed fair to give the Bills a shot with the ball, and I didn't think about the kick off. Hindsight mind, with 13 seconds left 99% of the time it's over .....

Even after the dust has settled I'd say that it was the best quartet of games ever. I liked the contrast too, two defensive grinds on Saturday and then bonkers shoot outs on Sunday. Every game finishing with a game winning score. Can't really ask for much more drama than that

[StraightOuttaCanton]

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I had a $50 money line (to win outright) parlay (accumulator) on Bengals, 49ers, Rams and Bills. Would have paid out $1,960. Was very excited with 13 seconds of regulation remaining. Like others have said the best weekend of NFL play offs I think anyone can remember, which was much needed as it was the complete opposite of the Wild Card games last weekend which are normally great but were shockingly one sided this year, possibly because of the expansion to the 7 seeds qualifying from each conference