NFC has now 1 remaining spot open:
- Niners (#5) at Packers (#4)
- Saints (#6) at Dallas or Philadelphia (#3)
NFC Wild Card Weekend
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NBC gets their choice of juiciest matchup for the primetime game. Guessing they go with 49ers/Packers.
The Saints on the road this season look nothing like the Saints in the Dome.
For gambling purposes a game with a road-favored Saints against Philly would be amazing.
For gambling purposes a game with a road-favored Saints against Philly would be amazing.
Saints @ Eagles or Cowboys is the Saturday night game.
49ers @ Packers is the late game on Sunday.
49ers @ Packers is the late game on Sunday.
Full schedule for Wild Card Weekend:
Sat - KC at IND 435pm ET
Sat - NO at PHI/DAL 8pm ET
Sun - SD at CIN 105pm ET
Sun - SF at GB 430pm ET
Sat - KC at IND 435pm ET
Sat - NO at PHI/DAL 8pm ET
Sun - SD at CIN 105pm ET
Sun - SF at GB 430pm ET
So, 49ers at Seahawks will be at 1:35 p.m. PST on a Saturday? That sucks.
Edit: Can a poll be added to this thread as well?
Edit: Can a poll be added to this thread as well?
I was hoping for Primetime!
Edit: I guess Fox only had the two early games, though? Anyway, at least they'll get SF on short rest.
Edit: I guess Fox only had the two early games, though? Anyway, at least they'll get SF on short rest.
Really looking forward to that 49ers-Packers game, especially given the weather. If San Fran beats Green Bay again, in their elements, that pretty much settles the recent version of that rivalry, and Green Bay needs to go back to the drawing board. Either 49ers or Packers vs. Seattle is intriguing to me. If we can't get San Fran and Seattle murdering each other, seeing Rodgers and the Packers head to Seattle in a rematch of the Fail Mary game would be a nice consolation.
Forecast for Philly on Saturday night doesn't look too bad at the moment (Temps in the low-to-mid 20s but not much wind). Undecided on that one. Logically I can see the Saints struggling on both sides of the ball and getting beat handily, but my hunch is they are due for a good game on the road. If conditions are calm, the 20-degree temps are no excuse for Brees not to keep the Saints in that game.
Forecast for Philly on Saturday night doesn't look too bad at the moment (Temps in the low-to-mid 20s but not much wind). Undecided on that one. Logically I can see the Saints struggling on both sides of the ball and getting beat handily, but my hunch is they are due for a good game on the road. If conditions are calm, the 20-degree temps are no excuse for Brees not to keep the Saints in that game.
H78 said:
Not quite 10k tickets, but the Patriots game against Baltimore (You know, the one that was over in the first 5 minutes) had tickets easily available to purchase at face value. I know, because I debated going, but decided against it. And if I remember correctly, the weather was really cold too.
The Seahawks divisional round game sold out in 30 minutes today.
Maybe Packers fans don't want to sit in 1 degree weather?
Maybe Packers fans don't want to sit in 1 degree weather?
It's meant to be freezing in philly too but they sold out in 10 minutes.
None of the other 3 have yet.
I mean if the wildcards (3/4) are blacked out locally the nfl might have a serious (and overdue) revolution/ mass freak out on its hands.
Great news for the Eagles that the weather looks like it's going to be miserable. Should be good news to the Packers too, but niners aren't built like a warm weather team.
None of the other 3 have yet.
I mean if the wildcards (3/4) are blacked out locally the nfl might have a serious (and overdue) revolution/ mass freak out on its hands.
Great news for the Eagles that the weather looks like it's going to be miserable. Should be good news to the Packers too, but niners aren't built like a warm weather team.
axx said:
Adding on to that, although Green Bay has the larger national following, Philadelphia has 15x as many people as Green Bay. It isn't a huge surprise that they sold out faster.
Green Bay, Indy and Philly finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th in home attendance percentage this year. They will all sell out.
Dehere said:
Yeah, at the same time, Philly is actually a better road team than a home team over the past 4 years:
2013
Home 4-4
Away 6-2
2012
Home 2-6
Away 2-6
2011
Home 3-5
Away 5-3
2010
Home 4-4
Away 6-2
I swear they seem to play tighter at home/make more stupid mental mistakes. Other than the "advantage" of the cold (since NO is a dome team), I don't think Philly really has a "home field advantage" these days...
axx said:
-30 degrees wind chill expected Sunday evening. This one will be interesting to watch, that's officially dangerous weather to watch a sporting event for four hours in.
The article below says the wind chill for the "Ice Bowl" game in Green Bay on Dec. 31, 1967 was -36, so this one will be comparable. That game was bizarre. Bart Starr said he recommended the final TD scoring play to coach Lombardi (his own sneak) because the running backs couldn't get enough traction with the field being almost like ice. Lombardi went along and the rest is history. For this game, they'll have embedded electrical heaters in the ground though, I imagine.johnmd20 said:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/grb/?n=icebowl67
johnmd20 said:
I went to this game and that was the coldest I'd ever been. I swear the wind was worse than what was listed that day, because it was howling. We didn't get there until early 2nd quarter, spent halftime in the heated bathrooms, and left late 3rd quarter after it was 21-3 and I was frozen the whole time despite wearing 3 and 4 layers of clothing under 2 jackets.
I can't imagine watching that game live.
DanoooME said:
I went to this one and that was the coldest I'd ever been. I wore layer upon layer, had battery powered socks, stood on a broken styrofoam cooler to break the cold between my feet and the concrete, and still spent most of the 2nd and 3rd quarters inside a bar called Curleys because it was just too damned cold outside. And the game went to overtime.
I have no pictures from the game because my camera froze. As did my beer, and my phone. It was no joke. All said it's still the greatest game I've ever attended from an 'event' standpoint.
I went to the blizzard bowl in philly between the Eagles and the vick led falcons. I had a great time actually but it wasn't close to that cold and I had hand warmers 8 layers etc.
No one sat down the whole game as it was too cold to stop moving.
Children and old people should not go to - 30 games though.
No one sat down the whole game as it was too cold to stop moving.
Children and old people should not go to - 30 games though.
Are any of these games going to be snowy? Because that Philly-Lions game where everyone had to go for 2 was seriously great to watch (on TV of course).
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Saints have ruled Pierre Thomas OUT against the Eagles. Big break for the Eagles' defense.
Brutal. My favorite Saint. Routinely gets more yards after contact than he has any right to and the only RB on that team who can both run the ball and catch a pass. Sproles and Ingram really not suited to these weather conditions. Huge blow to the fleur de lis.
Saints have ruled Pierre Thomas OUT against the Eagles. Big break for the Eagles' defense.
Brutal. My favorite Saint. Routinely gets more yards after contact than he has any right to and the only RB on that team who can both run the ball and catch a pass. Sproles and Ingram really not suited to these weather conditions. Huge blow to the fleur de lis.
I'm not sure why they didn't either move the GB game to today or reloacte it. I have no problems with teams playing in the cold, but this goes beyond being a homefield advantage (since I don't think it's possible for anyone to prepare for unprecedented conditions) and enters into dangerous territory for fans and players.
This is something that no one besides me may be interested in: Chip Kelly being shown on TV going over the turf with the head groundskeeper. He's even overseeing how they paint the playoff logos on the field. Nothing gets by him.
This is something that no one besides me may be interested in: Chip Kelly being shown on TV going over the turf with the head groundskeeper. He's even overseeing how they paint the playoff logos on the field. Nothing gets by him.
Some of that may be for splits. Depending on route structures, receivers base their alignments on landmarks, such as "top of numbers," "bottom of numbers," etc. I they have splits based on other field markings such as logos, he probably wants to make sure they are exactly where he and the receivers expect them.
Or he is an anal control freak.
Some of that may be for splits. Depending on route structures, receivers base their alignments on landmarks, such as "top of numbers," "bottom of numbers," etc. I they have splits based on other field markings such as logos, he probably wants to make sure they are exactly where he and the receivers expect them.
Or he is an anal control freak.
I think mascho's right. Spacing is very important, especially for an offense that utilizes a ton of motion. The new logos are an added variable at certain parts of the field (I think they stick them at the 35s).