In their first playoff games, Jordan Love and CJ Stroud finished with identical stat lines:
Trey Lance and Akili Smith are shockingly identical, too, but for the wrong reasons.
Both were the #3 overall pick and the 3rd QB taken,
Both threw 5 TDs
Both ran for 1 TD
Both beat just 2 separate opponents as a starter
Both made their debut on Sep. 12
Both made their first ever start on Oct. 10
Do we live in a simulation?
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This simulator gives you a winner, scoring summary, and MVP.
If we live in the Matrix, Saquon Barkley might be Neo.
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0: The Miami Dolphins now own the longest Playoff Win drought. They have not won a playoff game since 2000.
0: Since their addition in 2020, #7 seeds are 0-6 and are outscored by an average of 12.6 points in the NFL playoffs
372: Jared Goff completed all 21 of his passes when he was not pressured for 266 yards & a TD, the 2nd-most non-pressured passes without an incompletion in a game since 2018. Goff had just a 0.3% chance of completing all 21 passes (1 in 372).
0: There were four teams with no Pro Bowlers. The teams with the top three picks in the draft. And the Packers. Cowboys had seven.
31: The Cowboys are tied with WHICH team as the all time playoff loss record holder? (31 losses.)
Quotes
“If Mike McCarthy's on the hot seat, I should be, too”
“Jared was really efficient. You can see the command that he has. He’s done a great job. The grit, the resilience, and the way that he’s done his thing here over the last 3 years, I’m happy for Jared, and ... appreciative of the 4 years we had together.”
Following the loss, McVay spoke on his ex-QB
There’s a few quarterbacks who’ve thrown me multiple picks in my career and Dak is now one of them, so he’s among my top QBs."
"I'm happy for the players."
Matthew Stafford if he's happy for the city of Detroit, seeing as how he played his first 12 seasons there
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Picks
Monday, 1/15 @ 4:30pm
Steelers at Bills (-10) U33.5
The Bills have five double-digit wins this year, all by at least 21 points.
Buffalo wins comfortably often, with 31 of the last 44 Bills wins coming by double digits (71%).
Since 2010, double-digit favorites in the NFL playoffs are 11-4 ATS.
The last time these teams faced off in the 2022 regular season, the Bills steamrolled the Steelers by the score of 38-3.
Monday, 1/15 @ 8:15pm
Eagles at Bucs O43.5
Record
ATS: 44-57-4 (-16.96u)
O/U: 35-44-3 (-12.15u)
Highlights
89-year-old Lions season ticket holder witnesses his team win its first playoff game since the 1991 season
Current situation in Buffalo
Buffalo bills fans shoveling inside the stadium 🏟️ getting paid $20 to do it. The Bills stadium is in a residential neighborhood. So these guys walked there. Follow me for more cool posts
Dan Campbell and Brad Holmes give passionate speeches in the Lions locker room after their historic playoff win vs the Rams