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Sunday’s afternoon and night was a crazy scene as we had the first two games of wild card weekend kicking off with the Cincinnati Bengals taking on the Buffalo Bills at 3:00 Eastern time, and the San Francisco 49ers taking on the Dallas Cowboys at 6:30. Let’s go through each game and give my overall thoughts on it.

Cincinnati Bengals at Buffalo Bills 

        The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Buffalo Bills 27-10 to advance to the AFC championship game where they will have a rematch against the Kansas City Chiefs in arrowhead. With Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow having another great playoff game this Bengals offense was really efficient and scored on over half of their drives. Credit to the Bengals defense as they held the Buffalo Bills to just 10 points and gave Josh Allen fits between their zone coverage and unique pass rush blitzes.

Dallas Cowboys at San Francisco 49ers 

The San Francisco 49ers advance to the NFC championship game as they beat the Dallas Cowboys 19-12 on Sunday night football. With Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott having a horrible game he really let the Niners win the time of possession and keep Dallas’s defense on the field for too long. With 49ers rookie quarterback Brock Purdy having a pedestrian game he gave the ball to the offensive playmakers and let this 49ers defense carry them to a victory.

Saturday afternoon and night was a crazy scene as we had the first two games of wild card weekend kicking off with the Kansas City Chiefs taking on the Jacksonville Jaguars at 4:30 eastern time, and the New York Giants taking on the Philadelphia Eagles at 8:15. Let’s go through each game and give my overall thoughts on it.

Kansas City Chiefs vs Jacksonville Jaguars 

        The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 27-20 to advance to the AFC championship game for the fourth straight time. With Patrick Mahomes injuring his ankle early in the first quarter this game felt like it could be a close game and credit to head coach Andy Reid who dialed up plays for backup quarterback Chad Henne and scored a touchdown to Travis Kelce, Kelce had a phenomenal game with two touchdown receptions. Even though Jaguar fans are disappointed that the season is coming to an end they are arguably the most overachieving team this year and have a lot to look forward to in the future.

New York Giants vs Philadelphia Eagles 

The Philadelphia Eagles are advancing to the NFC championship game as they destroyed the New York Giants with a 38-7 win on Saturday night. With Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts having a pretty good game with two touchdowns on 16-24 passing, Hurts had an overall efficient game and relied on the Eagles run game to carry this Philadelphia offense. The Eagles defense is what was really strong in this game as they gathered five sacks and multiple turnovers against an anemic Giants offense. With Daniel Jones and the Giants offense really struggling in this game they really couldn’t do much to keep up with Philadelphia on both sides of the ball?

With the NFL playoffs starting this weekend We have so many games throughout the weekend to go through and look at, some teams are projected to win by over a touchdown and some are going to be nail biters. Let’s go through all of the divisional round weekend games and give my predictions for each.

         Kansas City Chiefs vs Jacksonville Jaguars 

When: Saturday 4:30 PM ET

Score: 27-21 Chiefs win

New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles 

When: Saturday 8:15 PM ET

Score: 28-20 Eagles win 

Buffalo Bills vs Cincinnati Bengals 

When: Sunday 3:00 PM ET

Score: 31-30 Bills win

San Francisco 49ers vs Dallas Cowboys

When: Sunday 6:30PM ET

Score: 28-21 49ers win

With more shocking news coming out of the NFL on Thursday afternoon from offensive coordinators, getting fired to lots of other coaching changes and rumors, let’s go through some of the rumors and firings that happened in the last week and what this means for them each.

        So far this week we’ve had a few head coach firings that included Texans head coach, Lovie Smith, Arizona Cardinals Kliff Kingsbury and Broncos, Nathaniel Hackett but we also have other potential openings like the New Orleans Saints and the Carolina Panthers.

        So far we’ve had a few offensive coordinators getting fired like New York Jets Mike LaFleur,Los Angeles Chargers Mike Lombardi, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Byron Leftwich and Baltimore Ravens Greg Roman. We also have other openings that are presumably going to be open later in this off-season that haven’t been named yet.

One of the best coaching candidates on the market this off-season is former New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton, who has reportedly had many meetings around the league with teams like the Denver Broncos, Houston Texans, Carolina Panthers, and possibly more in the future. It was reported that the Broncos and Payton are most likely going to come to an agreement and for this to be the likely spot Peyton lands.

With DeAndre Hopkins still being a top 10 receiver in the NFL it is widely viewed around the NFL that Hopkins will be available via trade and will get traded this off-season to a winning organization and team. With Hopkins spinning a few seasons in Arizona it never panned to anything spectacular and Hopkins has increasingly become frustrated with the situation on the Cardinals and with quarterback Kyler Murray. Let’s go through my top three trade destinations for DeAndre Hopkins.

New England Patriots 

Patriots receive:  WR DeAndre Hopkins, 2023 6th round pick

Cardinals receive: 2023 2nd round pick, 2024 5th round pick, 2024 7th round pick

New York Giants 

Giants receive: WR DeAndre Hopkins, 2024 5th round pick 

Cardinals receive: 2023 2nd round pick, 2024 4th round pick, 2023 6th round pick 

Cleveland Browns 

Browns receive: WR DeAndre Hopkins

Cardinals receive: WR Donovan Peoples-Jones, 2023 3rd round pick, 2023 6th round pick, 2024 5th round pick, 2024 7th round pick

With Lamar Jackson in the Baltimore Ravens, seemingly at a standstill on contract talks, it doesn’t look very likely that Lamar will play for the Ravens again and is likely to be traded this upcoming off-season. With Lamar wanting a fully guaranteed contract like Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson the Ravens have made it clear that they’re unlikely to give it to Jackson, and this is heading towards a likely split between the two parties. Let’s go through my top three trade destinations for Lamar Jackson and what team would have to trade to get Lamar.

New York Jets

Jets receive: QB Lamar Jackson, 2023 6th round pick, 2023 7th round pick

Ravens receive: QB Zach Wilson, 2023 1st round pick, 2024 1st round pick, 2024 3th round pick, 2023 5th round pick, WR Denzel Mims

Atlanta Falcons 

Jets receive: QB Lamar Jackson 

Ravens receive: QB Desmond Ridder, 2023 first round pick, 2024 first round pick, 2023 second round pick, 2024 6th round pick 

Washington Commanders

Jets receive: QB Lamar Jackson, 

Ravens receive: DE Montez Sweat, QB Carson Wentz, 2023 first round pick, 2024 second round pick, WR Curtis Samuel

Capping off the wildcard weekend of the NFL season we have the Tampa Bay buccaneers and the Dallas Cowboys fighting for the last divisional round playoff spot in which the winner of this game will travel to San Francisco and take on the 49ers. With this game being one of the bigger talking points of the week, this is most likely going to come down to one play at the end of the game and decide who will advance. Let’s go through each half of football and give my overall thoughts on the game.

        In the first half the Cowboys took a very early 18-0 lead over the Buccaneers and we’re playing great on both sides of the ball. With Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott having the game of his life, he was making up for his poor play in week 18 against Washington. With the Buccaneers trailing the entire first half they couldn’t run the ball whatsoever and forced Tom Brady to drop back over 80% of the time. With a monster offensive game and half by the Cowboys, the Buccaneers really struggled to get anything going in the first half, scoring zero points.

        In the second half it was all about the Cowboys as they kept their lead, and ran the ball somewhat affectively against a very good Tampa Bay run defense, with Cowboys running back Tony Pollard having over 5 yards of Carry he kept the ball out of Tom Brady’s hands and made this a very quick game. With Tom Brady having to throw 66 times in a playoff game there was no chance for the Buccaneers to win this game and spark a comeback in which the Buccaneers have been one of the best teams in the league from coming behind this year.

Overall, my prediction was that the Buccaneers would win, but with the Cowboys jumping out to such an early lead, Tampa Bay couldn’t keep up on offense, forcing Brady to throw too many times and ending their season early. The Dallas Cowboys will now travel to San Francisco and face the 49ers in the NFC divisional round.

Sunday afternoon and night was a crazy scene as we had three games of wild card weekend kicking off with the Buffalo Bills taking on the Miami Dolphins, New York Giants vs the Minnesota Vikings and Cincinnati Bengals vs the Baltimore Ravens. Let’s go through each game and give my overall thoughts on it

Buffalo Bills vs Miami Dolphins

The Miami Dolphins go home as the Buffalo Bills beat the Dolphins 34-31 in a crazy shootout that was an unexpected close game. With third string quarterback Skyler Thompson, starting this game many fans and media members thought the Bills were going to pummel the Dolphins rather quickly and credit to the Dolphins as they made this a ball game and kept the game close. Even though the Dolphins lost this game, they have to feel pretty good about their season and how they played on Sunday.

New York Giants vs Minnesota Vikings

The New York Giants advance to the divisional round as they beat the Minnesota Vikings 31-24 in regulation, thanks to a great game by quarterback Daniel Jones and the Giants defense. The Vikings really struggled in this game and particularly on defense which was no surprise as the Vikings have a bottom three defense in the league and what was the cause to most fans and media members for picking the Giants in an upset fashion.

Cincinnati Bengals vs Baltimore Ravens

The Cincinnati Bengals advance to the AFC divisional round as they beat the Baltimore Ravens 24-17 on Sunday night with a massive effort on the defensive end. With the Ravens having to play backup quarterback in Tyler Huntley, there wasn’t much they could do as they have really struggled on offense without Lamar Jackson this season. With the Bengals offensive line getting more banged up every week this Bengals team is slowing down on offense as they can’t protect Joe Burrow as well in weeks prior.

Saturday afternoon and night was a crazy scene as we had the first two games of wild card weekend kicking off with the San Francisco 49ers taking on the Seattle Seahawks at 4:30 eastern time, and the Jacksonville Jaguars taking on the Los Angeles Chargers at 8:15. Let’s go through each game and give my overall thoughts on it.

San Francisco 49ers vs Seattle Seahawks

        The San Francisco 49ers pummeled the Seattle Seahawks 41-23 as 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy put on a show in the second half throwing 4 ouchdowns and having a overall good game, Christian McCaffrey and Deebo Samuel also both had great games as they each had over 100 yards of scrimmage and really carried this 49ers team to a victory. Credit to the Seattle Seahawks as they played a great first half but couldn’t keep up in the second half as the 49ers offense really exploded onto the scene in the second half.

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Los Angeles Chargers

In one of the most historic comebacks in NFL playoff history, the Jacksonville Jaguars came down from a 27-0 deficit in the second half to defeat the Los Angeles Chargers 31-30. With Trevor Lawrence really struggling in this game, throwing four interceptions he picked up his play throwing four touchdowns and leading the Jaguars to a comeback win and a divisional playoff game, with the Chargers blowing such a significant lead, the Chargers head coach Brandon Staley is rumored to now get fired as he has underperformed with this roster in the last couple years with one of the league’s best quarterbacks in Justin Herbert.

Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay has announced on Friday that he will return to the Rams next season to coach per NFL network insider Ian Rappaport. Sean McVay‘s future for the last couple months was up in the air, it was reported throughout the week that he was leaning towards a Reporting gig in the booth with either ESPN or Fox.

        The 37 year old head coach is a Super Bowl champion in which he won last year and marks him as the youngest coach to win a Super Bowl, with McVay coaching for his fifth year this is just a second time he missed the playoffs as he had a very disappointing and one of the worst Super Bowl defending years going a dreadful 5-12.

        McVay stated throughout the year that he is tied to the current roster core, which includes Aaron Donald, Cooper, Kupp, Matt Stafford, and others, which definitely raised a red flag in the media. With Aaron Donald contemplating retirement last off season that’s what really started the rumors as McVay pointed out he was tied to Donald and the Rams corps.

Sean McVay will look to bounce back next season and hopefully make a long playoff push with many players coming back from injuries next year, this Rams team can be a very scary team to go against next year if they are fully healthy.