I know we said last week was the last week, but we had such an outpouring of love that we decided to roll into the playoffs. Thanks for all the feedback!
If Jalen Hurts is good to go against Tampa, three quarterbacks who played their college football in Oklahoma will start at QB on Wild Card Weekend:
Jalen Hurts (Oklahoma)
Baker Mayfield (Oklahoma)
Mason Rudolph (Oklahoma State)
It’s not so much about the state you played in, though, as it is your draft class. Take 2020 for example:
Joe Burrow (Cincinnati Bengals, 1st Round, 1st Overall)
Tua Tagovailoa (Miami Dolphins, 1st Round, 5th Overall)
Justin Herbert (Los Angeles Chargers, 1st Round, 6th Overall)
Jordan Love (Green Bay Packers, 1st Round, 26th Overall)
Jalen Hurts (Philadelphia Eagles, 2nd Round, 53rd Overall)
A year later, the 2021 draft class was supposed to be one of the best ever for QBs.
It set a record for the most QBs selected in the first 3 rounds. Well, it's turning out to be one of the worst of the last decade.
Trevor Lawrence (Jacksonville Jaguars, 1st Round, 1st Overall)
Zach Wilson (New York Jets, 1st Round, 2nd Overall)
Trey Lance (San Francisco 49ers, 1st Round, 3rd Overall)
Justin Fields (Chicago Bears, 1st Round, 11th Overall)
Mac Jones (New England Patriots, 1st Round, 15th Overall)
If the draft class has a good crop of QBs, is the following year doomed?
Leave a comment and let us know what you think.
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37: At 37, Jerod Mayo now will become the NFL’s youngest head coach, taking over a title that Sean McVay had held since being named the Rams head coach in 2017; Mayo is a month younger than McVay.
2002: Lion's Rookie TE Sam LaPorta is the first rookie TE since Jeremy Shockey in 2002 to be named to the AP All-Pro team.
18: Travis Kelce needs just 18 postseason receptions to tie Jerry Rice as the all-time postseason receptions leader
1,000 [TRIVIA]: Bill Belichik has drafted more head coaches than 1,000 yard wide receivers. Who is the ONE 1,000 yard wide receiver? And which coaches did Belichick draft?
Quotes
“The whole thing is a mindset.”
Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa reveals he WON'T wear gloves for Chiefs playoff game - despite predicted temps of -1
“I can remember back when I was 7, 8, 9, 10 and Santa Claus was coming. And I just couldn’t stand it. If you asked me what I wanted, I would just almost pee down my leg, I’d be so nervous to even say it. That’s the kind of feeling I have here.”
Jerry Jones on the playoffs
“I don’t watch football, and I don’t know a damn about who is breaking records. I got receivers doing the same (bleep) he’s doing. Who’s got more yards, Amon-Ra (St. Brown) or him? There you go. So, why would I pay attention to him.”
Lions’ Ceedy Duce on Puka Nacua
"Anybody but the Chiefs"
Ja'Marr Chase when asked to name a team who'll make it to the Super Bowl
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Picks
Saturday, 1/12 @ 4:30pm (NBC)
Browns (-2) at Texans
Browns’ QB Joe Flacco never has lost a wild-card game; he’s 5-0 this round and a win today would move him past Brett Favre for most wild-card wins.
Flacco also has seven road playoffs wins and one more would move him past Tom Brady for most in NFL history.
Saturday, 1/12 @ 8pm (Peacock)
Dolphins (+4.5) at Chiefs
The Dolphins have 45% of the bets and 57% of the money: +12% differential
Record
ATS: 44-53-4 (-12.96u)
O/U: 35-44-3 (-12.15u)
Throwback Highlights
11 Years Ago: Flacco throws a 70 yard Touchdown pass against the Juggernaut Broncos in the last minute of the 2012 divisional round: It would later be known as “The Mile High Miracle”
Before this weekend, the last time an NFL playoff game was played in negative temperatures was in 2016. In that game, Blair Walsh missed a chip shot field goal in the game’s waning seconds. With a 10-9 final score, the Seahawks went on to the divisional round.
19 years ago, Randy Moss did his infamous TD celebration at Lambeau in the 2004 Wild Card (Jan. 9, 2005)
The BeastQuake happened 13 years ago (Jan. 8, 2011)
Trivia
The Patriots 2008 draft class now has produced two NFL head coaches:
First-round pick Jerod Mayo
Third-round pick Kevin O’Connell.
Sixth-round pick Kliff Kingsbury.
The only 1000 yard receiver BB drafted was Edelman. (Deion Branch's caraeer high is 998 yards.)