They don't even have the Chiefs making the playoffs, and the Chargers in the Superbowl!
:-)
Wild-card weekend
(3) 49ers 37 (6) Falcons 0: Holy Garoppolo. It's one thing to shock the world during the regular season. But to come out like this in the postseason and take down a talented and experienced team like the Falcons? The world better wake up: The 49ers are Super Bowl contenders.
(5) Rams 30, (4) Eagles 26: It's the old 2016 NFL draft postseason battle. And yes, Carson Wentz is healthy this January. But perhaps because the Eagles lacked the magic of Foles or perhaps because the Rams are just sizzling after their second-half run, Sean McVay gets the best of Doug Pederson in a closely contested matchup.
(6) Titans 10, (3) Browns 9: Oh, Browns. Even in the postseason, they find a way to torture their fan base. After a successful regular season, they get a winnable home game in the playoffs against a Titans team that is better than we all thought, but the offense sputters at the worst time. Three field goals is all they can muster in a loss to Tennessee's top-five defense.
(4) Texans 27, (5) Steelers 17: Watson earns his first playoff victory, as he and DeAndre Hopkins connect again and again in Houston's win. The Texans move on to face New England.
Divisional weekend
(5) Rams 30, (1) Packers 17: And just like that, it's over. The Packers' magical season, featuring the league's No. 1 defense and No. 4 scoring offense and Rodgers' resurgence -- it's all gone. The quarterback will still win the MVP, but the 13-win Packers pack their bags without a playoff win. Consider that, in Week 9, the Packers were 8-1, and Los Angeles was 3-5. Now, it's the latter that continues on.
(2) Saints 27, (3) 49ers 17: And here's where Jimmy G's road comes to an end. Brees' devastatingly accurate passing attack was too much for this defense. Still, it was a very successful season for San Francisco.
(1) Chargers 39, (6) Titans 30: Mariota puts on a show, but so does Rivers. And Joey Bosa has clearly become one of the game's elite defensive players.
(4) Texans 38, (2) Patriots 26: Houston finally got past New England in the playoffs. The Patriots stopped Houston in 2012 and 2016, but with Watson under center and Brady showing signs of age on the other sideline, Bill O'Brien is able to get one over on his former superior. But no, neither Brady nor Belichick retires.
Conference championships
Saints 17, Rams 10: Finally, justice. Sure, it was nice for the Saints to beat the Rams in the regular season, but they held the grudge from last year for 12 full months. And they got the opportunity to really pay back L.A. Defense stole the show, too, stifling McVay and Jared Goff.
Chargers 34, Texans 26: Rivers is just flying now. He and Keenan Allen are tearing up defenses. Hunter Henry has broken out to become one of the game's top receiving tight ends. And Bosa picks up a trifecta of sacks against Watson, who is prone to take them. In the end, Rivers is finally going to the Super Bowl.
Super Bowl LIV: Saints 40, Chargers 33
In a meeting of the No. 1 (Saints) and No. 2 (Chargers) offenses in the NFL, Brees is back on top. A decade after he and Payton beat Peyton Manning and the Colts in Super Bowl XLIV, the duo get it done again. It's heartbreak for Rivers, having come so close to finally winning that elusive championship, but he comes up a touchdown short. He says you'll have to simulate the offseason to find out whether he's coming back for a 17th season at 38 years old, but FPI leaves us at the Saints' victory parade down Bourbon Street.
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Originally Posted by dlphg9:
What an absolute joke that they didn't have us in the playoffs. The absolute disrespect we get every offseason is ridiculous. We've owned this division since 2016 and every offseason we get to hear how the Chargers are one of the best most talented teams in the division. This offseasons crap was even worse than usual because we were almost in the SB and our QB won the MVP the year before.
These mother****ers that wrote this article are acting like Mahomes had a fluke 50 TD 5000 YD season and a fluke MVP. Like Reid fluked into winning almost every division game for the last few years and a couple of those years were with Alex ****ing Smith, but noooo not this year. This year that old chokin bitch, Phyllis, was gonna lead the Chargers past the Andy Reid, with the reigning league MVP Patrick The Messiah Mahomes, coached Chiefs. Get used to it you ****ing brain dead idiots, because we are going to own this league and division until Patrick Mahomes decides that he is done owning the NFL.
Not surprised in the least. We live in flyover country. There is CA and NY and the rest of the country can go to Hades in the sports press's mind and that follows the same pattern in politics as well. America is CA/NY in the national media mind PERIOD.
The beauty of Mahomes is that he is sooooooooo good they can't ignore us any longer because it will be Pat who continually hands them their ass on a regular basis. It really still is the small market hate, BIG MARKET LOVE again by the national press both sports/politics.
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