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Woo boy was Wild Card Weekend fun. Not every game was epic, but we knew that would be the case before the weekend started. There were too many bad teams involved to see four high-level games. But each one was a special little snowflake, providing enjoyment of a different kind.Titans-Chiefs gave us a stunning comeback/gag, depending on how you look at it. Falcons-Rams was a reminder that experience matters, with a side of late-game drama. Bills-Jaguars was two homele s toddlers fighting with rocks; some people probably found it enjoyable and they are probably sick puppies. Panthers-Saints was an epic shootout with a dramatic finish.Underdogs went 4-0 against the spread, with two of them winning outright and the other two keeping it close. It was so fun it inspired me to hand out some awards. Let's get to them.Most Entertaining Game of the Week AwardThis was Falcons-Rams ... until Panthers-Saints swooped in and stole it away late Sunday. The game easily eclipsed the total of 47.5 and was highlighted by and winging the ball around in exactly the way we want them Jorge Posada Jersey to. Carolina defensive coordinator Steve Wilks, maybe soon to be a head coach, brought an outstanding game plan against the ' two-headed monster at running back, helping to lock down and . The duo combined for more than 3,000 scrimmage yards in 2017 but had just 68 yards combined Sunday. This is where the Saints are different: Stop their top option on offense and they'll put the ball in the hands of a Hall of Fame quarterback in Brees. He added to his eye-popping home playoff stats with the Saints, and he has never lost a home game in the postseason while with New Orleans. Drew Brees career home playoff stats with (5 games):116/171 (67.8%), 1529 yards (8.9 YPA) 12 TD 1 INTMercy. Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) Brees' lone interception of his home postseason career came on a highly controversial play in which Sean Payton decided to go for the jugular. With two minutes left and the Saints leading by five, Payton had the offense line up on fourth-and-2. Brees tried to hard count the offsides, but Carolina held steady. He called a timeout and it was a sumed Payton would punt, but he sent the offense back out and put the ball in Brees' hands again. The result was actually not that bad -- Brees threw a pick, but it was a quick kick basically because of the distance here. Still can't over this not being reviewed and changed into an incompletion. Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) Quick officiating aside (and, spoiler, this won't be the last complaint): This is a turnover, so it should be automatically reviewed. And yet, the NFL didn't pause the game to take a long look at the situation. That's absurd: clearly dropped the ball without completing the proce s of the catch, and it should have been an incompletion. The league has spent the Joe DiMaggio Jersey better part of five months now going into excruciating detail with these reviews; it chose two minutes left in a playoff game between divisional rivals to kick it under the rug? Serious question: Was it even reviewed? Because Fox only had time for a single replay on the live telecast before Carolina's offense was on the field running a play. It was worth 25 yards or so of field position. It has nothing to do with it being the Panthers or the Saints, it has to do with the total inconsistency that we see from game to game and week to week. It's maddening.A very low percentage of coaches have the huevos to go for that fourth down, and good luck finding a consensus on the move. Pete Prisco and I debated it on the Pick Six Podcast Sunday night ( ) and he hated it. The analytics agreed with Pete, so be careful if you're venturing into Hell anytime soon. Wear a coat. WP model actually favored the punt for the Saints on that 4th and 2 at 2:00 to play. Brian Burke (@bburkeESPN) I personally liked it, for two Aaron Hicks Jersey reasons. One, you're putting the ball in Brees' hands to win the game when your defense hasn't slowed Newton down. And two, if you polled 10 Panthers fans in the moment, at least nine of them would have preferred the Saints punt. That's my litmus test. Whatever the case, it backfired for Payton, because the Panthers got the ball and pushed it up the field quickly, getting near the red zone on this filthy pa s from Newton to : WOW, Kaelin Clay. : NFL (@NFL) This is where you lose me with the narrative about Newton not being an elite player or Newton not being able to carry his team. There are maybe five quarterbacks who can make that throw. Newton has to walk a tightrope to keep the Panthers in games. Heck of a catch by Clay with the toe drag too.Carolina had some shots to get into the end zone but at the end of the day, it was a different Cam who took the game over late -- Saints defensive end , recently named to the All-Pro team, was absolutely dominant in the trenches for the Saints. So much so he gave Panthers offensive lineman a pretty brutal nickname. Cam Jordan isn't shy about what he thinks of Panthers LT Matt Kalil: "Let's call him Speedbump -- Speedbump McGee." Josh Katzenstein (@jkatzenstein) There was some controversy with Newton on a play where the officials Jacoby Ellsbury Jersey called intentional grounding against the Panthers quarterback. Ron Rivera got miffed, saying he got no explanation. That's a fair complaint: At least tell the coach what happened and why the flag was thrown. But if you watch the play, it's hard to argue Newton was out of the pocket and it's hard to find a receiver in the vicinity of where Newton threw, even if he got it past the line of scrimmage. New Orleans' defense stepped up in a big way at the biggest moment, and the Saints move on to Minnesota, where they'll play a very dangerous team who beat them in Week 1. The Saints swept the Panthers, the first three-game sweep of a division opponent in franchise history, and could still potentially host the NFC Championship Game, if they can beat Minnesota and the topple the . Look at all the teams in the playoffs and find a more complete squad than the Saints. Carolina gave them everything Sunday, but they have so many ways to beat you.Jeff Triplette's Gold Watch AwardI that plagued the Titans-Chiefs game. But we really need some answers about Jeff Triplette being allowed to referee a playoff game. Was he one of the highest-graded officials this season? Or did he get thrown a bone by the league because he is apparently retiring? If it's the latter, Bernie Williams Jersey that's a disgrace, just like a lot of the calls from the Titans-Chiefs game.For starters, Triplette ruled that had his forward progre s stopped on this sack from during the second quarter. Wow. NFL (@NFL) Like, His forward progre s? He was . You can't just magically stop a guy before he goes to the ground. He got smoked by a freight train, sure, but in no world does that make sense. The play is over when Mariota goes to the ground. And the ball was clearly out before he got there.After the game, , saying that "the defend


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