NFL Wild Card - Sunday LIVE THREAD

[thoughtomator]

NFL Wild Card weekend!

Carolina Panthers at NY Giants - 1 PM ET

Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinati Bengals - 4:30 PM ET

[MikefromOhio]

considering it's only his 2nd year, I think you guys are jumping the gun JUST a bit.

[thoughtomator]

Feh. I will enjoy every moment of Chicago's dismantling of Carolina next week.

[LK44-40]

Disappointing that the Panthers couldn't turn their good break into a TD.

I'm just reading over this thread an hour after the game and enjoying the early predictions from NYG fans! I had only radio coverage, but I was seriously irritated at that field goal. The impression I got from the radio was that the Panthers were like, "Hey, we've already got one TD...why try to get another one?" And the radio seemed to think this was sound strategy! (Of course, the last Panther radio man that spoke his mind is now the radio man someplace else.)<<"grrrrr">>

Of course, those four points did work out to be deliciously irrelevant! Still don't think the attitude was quite right about it, though.

[ShorelineMike]

Have you ever seen a place clear out as fast as Giant Stadium?

The Carolina MotherShip came and sucked them all out of the stadium. Pfft!

[Beowulf]

Passer Rating
Rank	Player	Team	Yds	Att	Cmp	TDs	Ints	Long	Rating
1	Peyton Manning	IND	3747	453	305	28	10	80	104.1
2	Carson Palmer	CIN	3836	509	345	32	12	70	101.1
3	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	2385	268	168	17	9	85	98.6
4	Matt Hasselbeck	SEA	3459	449	294	24	9	56	98.2
5	Marc Bulger	STL	2297	287	192	14	9	57	94.4
6	Tom Brady	NE	4110	530	334	26	14	71	92.3
7	Jake Plummer	DEN	3366	456	277	18	7	72	90.2
8	Trent Green	KC	4014	507	317	17	10	60	90.1
9	Byron Leftwich	JAC	2123	302	175	15	5	45	89.3
10	Drew Brees	SD	3576	500	323	24	15	54	89.2
11	Brad Johnson	MIN	1885	294	184	12	4	80	88.9
12	Jake Delhomme	CAR	3421	435	262	24	16	80	88.1
13	Mark Brunell	WAS	3050	454	262	23	10	78	85.9
14	Kurt Warner	ARI	2713	375	242	11	9	63	85.8
15	Kelly Holcomb	BUF	1509	230	155	10	8	65	85.6
16	Donovan McNabb	PHI	2507	357	211	16	9	91	85.0
17	Drew Bledsoe	DAL	3639	499	300	23	17	71	83.7
18	Steve McNair	TEN	3161	476	292	16	11	57	82.4
19	Chris Simms	TB	2035	313	191	10	7	78	81.4
20	Kerry Collins	OAK	3759	565	302	20	12	79	77.3
21	David Carr	HOU	2488	423	256	14	11	53	77.2
22	Trent Dilfer	CLE	2321	333	199	11	12	80	76.9
23	Eli Manning	NYG	3762	557	294	24	17	78	75.9
24	Josh McCown	ARI	1836	270	163	9	11	49	74.9
25	Michael Vick	ATL	2412	387	214	15	13	58	73.1
26	Brooks Bollinger	NYJ	1558	266	150	7	6	60	72.9
27	Joey Harrington	DET	2021	330	188	12	12	86	72.0
28	Gus Frerotte	MIA	2996	494	257	18	13	60	71.9
29	Kyle Boller	BAL	1799	293	171	11	12	47	71.8
30	Anthony Wright	BAL	1582	266	164	6	9	48	71.7

[maineman]

WOW....NEED 8 THROW FOR 6.

[maineman]

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[cardinal4]

Giants 27, Panthers 16.

The exact score I came up with, too. Im surprised at how it turned out..

[SamAdams76]

Well three Super Bowls in three years gives him that right. On the other hand, Archie, Peyton and Eli have earned squat.

[maineman]

Cowher allows Ben to throw often enough for him to have the third highest passer rating in the league.



3RD DOWN WITH OVER 8 YARDS TO GO...PITTS=22%. AWFUL.

[Poser]

If Brady is only number 6, the rating system is poor.

[maineman]

Archie, Peyton and Eli have earned squat. SQUAT AND A HALF

[maineman]

CHEAP SHOT

[Poser]

Bummer. Quarteback out. That was a pretty cheap shot.

[maineman]

Kitna will kick the Steelers as#es just as well.

[bikepacker67]

Yup... well... Squeelers aren't really known for clean play.

[MikefromOhio]

Well three Super Bowls in three years gives him that right. On the other hand, Archie, Peyton and Eli have earned squat.

Make that a crapload of money. Just to warn you, you are starting to sound like USC-fan.....just FYI

[maineman]

That is the Steeler way...CHEAP SHOTS

[doug from upland]

Unbelievable. What a tragedy. My initial guess is that Palmer is out for the game and the playoffs if the Bengals advance.

[Poser]

Moron sportscaster says the guy was blocked into Palmer's leg. Clearly he wasn't.